Locum Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology (NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant) - General[...]

Main area: General Medicine/Diabetes & Endocrinology

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Provide weekend working on a rota)

Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:4 weekends)

Job ref: 205-20440857

Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Site: Royal Stoke Hospital

Town: Stoke on Trent

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 17/04/2025 23:59

Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology / General Medicine, providing expert diabetes patient care at UHNM, serving a catchment population across Staffordshire, Leek Moorlands and North Shropshire. The successful applicants will join the Diabetes, Endocrinology & General (Internal) Medicine team doing a variable split of Diabetes & Endocrinology and General Medicine. We currently run 2 acute general medical wards at Royal Stoke and 1 acute general medical ward at County, where most of the patients with acute metabolic diseases are admitted under the consultant team, supported by junior and middle grade staff. A full range of secondary and tertiary outpatient diabetes & endocrine clinics is delivered at UHNM.

Main duties of the job

• Each ward has a daily board round followed by a morning consultant ward round.
• You will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of services.
• You will be expected to make sure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.
• All medical and dental staff employed by the Trust are expected to comply with the UHNM Trust’s Health and Safety Policies.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we are highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provision of cover to your base ward, attendance at daily board rounds and weekly case conferences, as required, on your base ward.
• Provide cover for an agreed complement of wards for a specialist opinion on patients.
• Take on-going responsibility for patients under his/her care.
• Participate in the development of the protocols and guidelines.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues in other specialities and participate in regular clinical meetings and other postgraduate activities.
• Take an appropriate share of responsibility for the professional supervision and development of junior doctors within the speciality, to include appraisal.
• Provide ward based teaching to junior doctors, medical students and physician associates.
• Demonstrate a firm involvement in Clinical Governance, Risk Management and Clinical Audit.
• Ensure own practice is up-to-date.

Person specification

• Qualifications: MRCP (UK) or an equivalent Qualification.
• An enthusiasm, as well as interest, to be involved in medical education.
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT in General Medicine.
• A minimum of 12 years medical work since obtaining a primary medical qualification, of which a minimum of 6 years should have been in a medical specialty.

Personal Attributes

• Enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure.
• An enquiring and critical approach to work.
• Caring attitude to patients.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies.

Professional & Multidisciplinary Team Working

• Ability to work effectively with colleagues and within a team.
• Attendance at MDT meetings.
• Track record of engaging in clinical governance - reporting errors, learning from errors.

Important information about your application

All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.