Locum Consultant Physician in Endocrinology & Diabetes
Employer Location London Salary £93,666 to £126,281 per annum Closing date 22 Feb 2024
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust (CWH) wishes to appoint Consultant Physicians in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medicine (Fixed Term for 12 months post). The Trust is looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated physicians to join the team.
The Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes is one of the largest in the country, combining general and specialist diabetes and endocrinology, including nationally commissioned specialist endocrinology.
This post will include general diabetes and endocrinology clinics, youth endocrinology and diabetes transition, along with a rotational commitment to general medicine.
This post will be mainly based at West Middlesex Hospital, with few sessions at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Site depending on service needs.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will:
1. Share a commitment to care of general medical in-patients under the endocrine team
2. Participate in the acute medical on call rota for West Middlesex Hospital
3. Provide general diabetes and endocrine clinics, as well as other clinics as determined by the job plan and requirements of the service
4. Enhance the educational opportunities available to our trainees by any reorganisation and development of services that they initiate.
5. Regular audits will be required and supervision for Quality Improvement Projects (QIP) undertaken by the trainees.
6. Involvement in general management and committee work for the hospital will also be encouraged.
About us
We provide services from two main hospitals, West Middlesex University Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We're one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children's unit at West Middlesex - in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to our detailed job description for more information.
7. Work collaboratively with colleagues to maximise the clinical care and outcomes of patients, facilitating their safe discharge.
8. Work in collaboration with community teams and other partners.
9. The departments aim is to develop cross site working and partnerships in order to provide the best quality care to our patients. The post holder will be expected to actively participate in these developments with the post holder expected to work flexibly across either of our sites.
10. Cover for Consultant colleagues within the Department to allow for annual and study leave.
11. Make collaboration between hospital and community services as efficient as possible, supporting discharge from hospital where appropriate and ensuring appropriate follow up arrangements.
12. Provide peer group support, supervision, further education and professional development essential to the welfare and effectiveness of trainees.
13. Be educationally responsible for training and appraisal of junior staff
14. Demonstrate a continuing commitment to medical audit and evaluation in the department
15. Develop communication and other non-clinical aspects of new departmental initiatives.
16. Actively participate in undergraduate teaching of clinical medical students attached to the department
17. See referrals from other colleagues
18. Actively participate in other specialist or new services or initiatives when required
19. Be registered with the Royal College of Physicians for CPD and carry out the requirements of the College. The trust will fund the post holders CPD as agreed as part of his/her personal development plan.
20. Participate in appraisal on an annual basis. Appraisals are part of a robust divisional annual system, which is led by the Divisional Medical Director. The post holder is expected to be informed of the annual timetable for appraisal and ensure that appropriate time is set aside to update their portfolio and mandatory requirements.
Please refer to our detailed job description for more information
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
21. MBBS or equivalent
22. GMC Registration
23. MRCP or equivalent
Desirable
24. Relevant CCT or equivalent or within 3 months of CCT
25. Higher degree e.g. PhD or MD
Experience
Essential
26. Broad experience in General Internal Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology
27. Teaching experience / willingness to teach medical, nursing & other staff
28. Experience of audit / clinical research
Desirable
29. Undertaken a management course
30. Understanding of the NHS and its organisation
31. Completed publications in appropriate journal(s)
Personal qualities
Essential
32. Willingness to be flexible in working patterns
33. Willingness to share non-clinical organisational tasks / team player
34. Trustworthy / Responsible
35. Understands self
36. Projects confident, credible professional image
37. Pays attention to detail
38. Builds rapport & maintains good working relationships with colleagues
Skills and knowledge
Essential
39. Strong verbal and written communication skills
40. Ability to lead a team
41. Commitment to work with other consultants and members of the multi-disciplinary team
42. Commitment to the achievement of Government and Trust targets
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