We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team. We will consider both full time and less than full time applicants.
This post will include responsibility for patients across a broad spectrum of rheumatology, in particular as part of our Inflammatory Arthritis Service, including the National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit. There will also be opportunity to join our Connective Tissue Disease and Vasculitis service, if desired. The successful applicant will be responsible for a mixed caseload including some follow up patients from the cohorts of consultants who have retired, as well as new patients. The role will include involvement in our regular multidisciplinary team meetings, supporting our specialised commissioned services and regional advice provision.
We have a busy dedicated musculoskeletal outpatient department (including Xray facilities), a day case unit and in patient beds.
We supervise the care of large cohorts of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondylarthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, systemic sclerosis, SLE, primary Sjogren’s syndrome, vasculitis and myositis with dedicated specialist clinics and databases. There are well established links with many specialities in the Trust and we hold regular combined clinics with dermatology, neurology, gastroenterology, the interstitial lung disease chest physicians, the pulmonary hypertension physicians and the medical obstetricians. We have an adolescent / young adult clinic, with attention on developmentally appropriate healthcare for both new referrals and overlapping care of those transitioning from the paediatric service, Our metabolic bone service works closely across a wide clinical remit and range of clinical services including genetics, paediatrics and endocrinology. It is supported by a full MDT including 2 very experienced specialist nurses, a fracture liaison nurse, specialist physiotherapy and a medical physicist responsible for Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanning and reporting. We deliver a fracture liaison service and support the DXA scanning service in primary and secondary care.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
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· The successful candidate will share responsibility for running and ensuring best practice in our rheumatology service. This will include supervision and training of junior doctors, clinical nurse specialists, clinical pharmacists, and AHP
· Active contribution to the multidisciplinary team meetings (where relevant this can include for inflammatory arthritis, AxSpA, metabolic bone, radiology, histopathology plus local and regional CTD MDT meetings)
· Provision of long term care to an existing cohort of patients and management of new referrals.
· Contribute medical support to the multidisciplinary team and ensure training and safety standards are met.
· Set up regular audit and quality improvement cycles.
· Once established in the clinical role, aim to develop the department’s engagement and participation with teaching across the medical undergraduate and graduate curriculum and support supervision and clinical oversight of AHP and nursing departmental teaching.
This advert closes on Friday 28 Feb 2025
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