Interview date - Thursday 27th March 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant colleague to join the Rheumatology team at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust. The post is based at Warwick Hospital with some outpatient clinics held at Stratford Upon Avon Hospital. There are no on-call commitments. You will be joining our friendly dynamic team of 7 Consultants, 1 Senior Trust Doctor, 5 Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialists, and 1 Clinical Pharmacist.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, innovative, and dedicated individual keen to add to our drive to deliver high-quality rheumatology services for our local population. Please refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role. The successful candidate will be supported in developing subspecialty interests and will be actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
About us
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC, and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition, our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for the recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond, ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa, and Shipston-on-Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways, and delivering high levels of productivity. Our values can be summed up in one sentence: We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective, and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient-facing or not; we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will undertake outpatient clinics at Warwick and Stratford upon Avon Hospitals. You will be expected to undertake administrative duties directly associated with the care of patients and the running of clinics. There is an opportunity to develop a specialist interest.
Other duties will include:
1. Supervision of patients receiving day case infusions
2. Seeing ward referrals from other teams
3. Clinical supervisor for trainee doctors and nurse specialists
4. Involvement in departmental teaching of trainees and other health professionals
5. Active part in Audit and Clinical Governance
6. Involvement in teaching of undergraduate medical students will be encouraged
Person Specification
Satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance
Essential
* Satisfactory Occupational Health Clearance
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