Overview
An opportunity has arisen for a full-time Consultant in Rheumatology and General Internal Medicine within a growing, dynamic and forward thinking Rheumatology department at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, part of the Chelsea & Westminster Foundation Trust. The candidate will join a faculty which currently consists of 4 Consultants, an Associate Specialist, a Specialty Doctor and a Specialist Registrar, working with a multidisciplinary team at the Chelsea & Westminster site. The appointed individual is expected to uphold the Trust values to ensure the delivery of the highest quality care to patients.
Applicants must be on the Specialist Registers for Rheumatology and General Internal Medicine, or within six months of being admitted to the Registers if they are trainees currently in a training programme within the UK. Any candidate who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post; if such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with consultant colleagues.
Responsibilities
1. Outpatient activity: Four full outpatient clinics each week and one short outpatient clinic each week. There are nurse led clinics including for patient education and disease modifying drug monitoring to support the outpatient service. There is a pharmacist prescriber to support prescription of DMARD drugs. There is an Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner providing a weekly Spondyloarthritis clinic within the Rheumatology Outpatients.
2. Inpatient activity: Rheumatology patients are admitted under the medical teams, with appropriate input provided from the Rheumatology SPR and Consultants. Rheumatology SPR and Consultants also provide advice around management of rheumatology-related problems in other patients on request, including patients on the Ambulatory & Emergency Care Unit as well as wards.
3. MDT meetings: Attendance with appropriate contribution is expected at the radiology/rheumatology MDT, attended by specialist musculoskeletal consultant radiologists and trainees, and at the fortnightly Complex Rheumatology/Connective Tissue Disease/Vasculitis meetings.
4. Departmental meetings: Attendance with appropriate contribution is expected at the weekly Grand Round and Rheumatology Academic Meetings, as part of CPD. Attendance with appropriate contribution is expected at Governance Meetings.
What the Trust offers and site information
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 performing Trusts in the country, and one of the top trusts to work for – staff report engagement and motivation, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment. The Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five domains, with an overall rating of ‘Good’, and an NHS Improvement inspection has awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’. Our facilities are among the best in the country, with ongoing investment in the estate and major expansion and redevelopment projects at Chelsea and Westminster and West Middlesex, in partnership with CW+ and donors.
Post holder duties
* Participate in, and provide committed Rheumatology outpatient care, and inpatient support.
* Participate in the General Internal Medicine (GIM) rota for the hospital.
* Facilitate access to a full range of inpatient and outpatient Rheumatology services.
* Be expected to cover for absent Consultant colleagues to allow for annual and study leave.
* Make collaboration between hospital and community services as efficient as possible, supporting discharge from hospital where appropriate and ensuring appropriate follow up arrangements.
* Provide peer group support, supervision, further education and professional development essential to the welfare and effectiveness of trainees in Rheumatology, General Internal Medicine and allied professions.
* Be educationally responsible for supporting training and appraisal of junior staff.
* Demonstrate a continuing commitment to medical audit and service development in Rheumatology.
* Demonstrate commitment to engagement in clinical trials in Rheumatology as opportunities arise.
* Develop communication and other non-clinical aspects of Rheumatology services.
* Actively participate in undergraduate teaching of clinical medical students attached to the department.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025
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