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Consultant in General Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology
The closing date is 02 June 2025
Working Full time : 10 Sessions per week (Plus 1.5 PA's)
Applications are invited for the position of Consultant Physician in Endocrinology and Diabetes. This is an exciting opportunity to join our busy and visionary department and have an opportunity to participate in the continuing development and success of the service. The candidate will be expected to integrate within the team of seven other existing full-time consultants in order to provide a complete and high-quality Diabetes, Endocrine and General Medicine service.
We have a strong tradition for team working with a multidisciplinary approach utilising the skills of specialist nurses, dietitians and podiatrists.
There are close links between the hospital and community diabetes services. There is a full range of specialist diabetes clinics including Antenatal, Foot, Renal, Type 1, Complication and Young Persons as well as Endocrine and bariatric clinics with regular MDT meetings.
The department has a very active and expanding research portfolio involving both multinational commercial clinical trial work and investigator initiated trials in various aspects of diabetes and endocrinology as well as research related to diabetes education and patient management strategies.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate extensive experience in Endocrinology, Diabetes and General Internal Medicine.
Main duties of the job
The principal duties and responsibilities are listed below:-
o Care of general medical emergencies referred by General Practitioners and ED, including on call and post take ward rounds as directed by the Clinical Director.
o Ward rounds for inpatients.
o Review and advise on the management of inpatients referred by other specialists within the hospital.
o Specialist and General Medical Outpatient clinics.
o Close liaison with primary care to further develop diabetes care in the community.
o Teaching of medical students and doctors in training.
o Audit, CPD, Clinical Governance and Annual Appraisal.
o Development and promotion of evidence based practice and guidelines.
o Multidisciplinary team working and leadership.
o Relevant participation in management.
o Research activity.
o Other appropriate duties and responsibilities.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MRCP and ALS
* SCE in Diabetes and Endocrinology
* MD/MSc/PhD
Registration
* Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for General Internal Medicine and Diabetes and Endocrinology or within 6 months at time of interview
* CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) or via CESR Route
Experience
* Wide clinical experience in Endocrinology & Diabetes and also General Internal Medicine.
* Experience /Interest in teaching
* Demonstrate the use of Clinical Audit within the Service
* Recognised Teaching Skill Course or Qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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