Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology
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Our local Clinical Biochemistry department provides a comprehensive array endocrine tests in addition to supporting regular dynamic endocrine testing. All imaging modalities including PET-CT scanning are available
to support endocrine work up.
We have the support of the nuclear medicine department for the treatment of benign and malignant thyroid disease. The ENT department offers a thyroid and parathyroid surgery service and a regular thyroid
multidisciplinary meeting occurs on the Canterbury site.
We have very good links with the pituitary and adrenal MDTs based at Kings College Hospital, London for pituitary, adrenal and other specialised endocrine referrals.
All consultants joining our Diabetes and Endocrinology department will have the opportunity develop professionally, expand their skill set as well as contribute to the service.
We are passionate about offering high quality care to our patients and manage patients both general diabetes and endocrine problems.
The successful candidate will be expected to support diabetes and endocrinology services at William Harvey Hospital. The appointee will work in collaboration with the other D+E physicians in the Trust to share facilities and provide continuity and high standards of care. Clinics will be held at William Harvey Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital Folkestone, and Buckland Hospital, Dover. Integrated Diabetes Care has been adopted in East Kent.
The duties of this post will therefore include supporting primary care to manage the large majority of diabetic patients not requiring specialist care. This will involve liaising with GP’s, taking part in education programmes for practice staff, responding to email requests from GP’s for clinical advice and working closely with community-based specialist nurses to manage caseload. The appointee will share junior staff. There are; 1 Specialist Registrar, 1 Foundation year 1 on a 4-month rotation, 1 Foundation year 2, Core Trainee 1st year. The junior doctor programmes are currently under review to ensure optimal training opportunities.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Through our Family First scheme we pledge to find roles for partners of consultants offered a substantive post - For more information please visit https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/careers/family-first-scheme/
We also offer removal expenses, up to 32 days’ annual leave and active support for study, quality improvement and patient safety work as part of our ‘We care’ improvement journey, and medical education and research.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Christopher McGettigan Job title: Diabetes and Endocrine Clinical Lead Email address: christopher.mcgettigan@nhs.net Telephone number: 07572217219
Alternatively please contact: Amanda Epps via a.epps@nhs.net / 07771983257
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