As a medical consultant at South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS FT trust, you will have continuing responsibility for care of your inpatients and outpatients when necessary; you will be in charge of inpatients of consultant colleagues during periods of on call duty, holidays, study leave and (short term) sickness. You will be expected to supervise junior medical staff allocated to you and you may be a nominated educational and/or clinical supervisor to identified junior medical staff assigned to the metabolic department with appropriate training provided if necessary. You will also be expected to undertake as part of the team an active role in regular departmental Clinical Governance meeting, including morbidity & mortality (M&M) reviews. As the consultant team expands, we envisage rotating cover across the two sites, you will be expected to undertake daily ward rounds, board rounds and administrative duties directly associated with the care of patients and the running of clinics. You will share responsibility for provision and development of the Metabolic service with the consultant team. PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE