We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
This is a 7PA innovative post created to support our expanding Connective Tissue Disease Service to deliver local and regional specialised commissioned services. The successful applicant will have a higher degree in a relevant research area, have an outstanding record in delivering tertiary level care and have sufficient experience in supporting phase 2, 3 and 4 clinical trials to allow you take a lead role in expanding the departments clinical research activity in connective tissue disorders. We are keen to support applicants who wish to develop a research interest, now or in the future, capitalising on our excellent links with the Musculoskeletal Research Group at Newcastle University and associated research groups working in the field at Newcastle University.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This role will incorporate fully job planned clinical oversight of our large, busy infusion unit. The post holder will coordinate the department’s medical oversight of the service working as part of an MDT comprising senior nurse specialists, prescribing pharmacist and administrative support. The post holder will oversee training / mentoring of the DCU nursing team, middle grade doctors and MDT members to ensure the safety and quality of the service provided.
In addition, this post will include responsibility long term follow up of a small cohort of patients with connective tissue disorders previously under the care of a consultant now retiring. The post includes contribution to the low frequency rheumatology on-call service for speciality referrals only and management of a small number of in patients.
We would welcome enquires for an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and medical board, please contact: Dr Elizabeth Kidd or Dr Alice Lorenzi on 0191 2137967, or via email at Elizabeth.kidd3@nhs.net or alice.lorenzi@nhs.net.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Clinical:
• Referrals come from Primary Care in Newcastle and surrounding areas, other medical specialities, and orthopaedics.
• Tertiary referrals come from a wide geographic area from West Cumbria to Teesside and North to the Scottish Border.
• The successful candidate will share responsibility for running and ensuring best practice in our connective tissue disease service;
• The post-holder will participate in a consultant non-resident on call rota for rheumatology and will conduct a ward round with the on call registrar on Saturdays and Sundays when on call.
Administrative:
• Participate in audit and clinical governance.
• Show a commitment to continuing professional development.
• Participate in Annual Appraisal for Revalidation, and Annual Job Planning meetings - guidance for which can be obtained from the Trust, the GMC and Professional Bodies.
Research:
• The successful candidate would be expected to participate in clinical research in line with the department’s and Trust’s priorities.
• Commitment to research participation
• Awareness of GCP and commitment to maintain GCP certification
Teaching:
• Enthusiastic about teaching
• Capacity and commitment to teaching medical undergraduate and graduate students, nursing and AHP team members
This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024
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