Overview
Specialty Doctor/GP with Specialist Interest in Diabetes Care (2 posts)
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Diabetes Department in NHS Tayside as a specialty doctor/GP fulfilling 1.5 sessions. These posts are to help the secondary care diabetes service provide outpatient care for people with diabetes across Tayside. We anticipate at least one post working in Angus (Arbroath Infirmary or Whitehills Hospital, Forfar). The appointee will join a dynamic and proactive team of 7 full time equivalent consultants/specialists in Diabetes & Endocrinology with a variety of sub specialty interests including academic interests, with well established links with the University of Dundee.
The outpatient service runs clinics in Perth, Ninewells, Arbroath and Forfar, and NHS Tayside provides outpatient (general, genetic, pre-pregnancy, young adult, foot) and inpatient diabetes care for people living with diabetes in Tayside and North Fife. The role will include providing one clinic per week, undertaking associated administrative tasks relevant to the clinic, and contributing to the monthly diabetes team professional development afternoon.
Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Prof Ewan Pearson, Clinical Lead for Diabetes, NHS Tayside, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. Telephone 01382 383387 or email ewan.pearson@nhs.scot.
Responsibilities
* Provide outpatient diabetes care as part of 1.5 clinical sessions per week.
* Conduct one clinic per week in support of the secondary care diabetes service for communities across Tayside (including potential posts in Angus).
* Undertake administrative tasks relevant to the clinic and contribute to the monthly diabetes team professional development afternoon.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Contract
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Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
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