The purpose-built Community Diabetes Centre was opened in 1996 and is located on the Kettering General Hospital site. The department has close links with Leicester / Cambridge for endocrine issues and Oxford, to whom patients for pituitary surgery are traditionally referred and with Northampton, where patients would be referred to receive radioactive iodine for benign thyroid disease as well as vascular intervention/surgery. Kettering, Leicester and Cambridge endocrine team meet monthly for discussion of complex cases. Diabetes care benefits from input of expert nurses, podiatrist and dietitians as well as organised MDT meeting/teachings. A range of general and speciality clinics happen in both diabetes and endocrine. The appointee will join a team of 5 existing consultants who currently deliver a mixture of inpatient and outpatient diabetes and endocrine services for the Trust. Due to the changing dynamics of chronic disease management the structure of the consultant team is under continual review in order to facilitate an efficient interface between primary and secondary care. JD Pending Royal College Approval This is a post will aid us to formalise and standardise a new model of delivery of care for inpatient general medicine with a special interest in diabetes and endocrinology. The appointee will NOT have a commitment to the acute general (internal) medicine on call rota although in the unlikely event this is desired by the appointee, this can be negotiated with the Chief Of Medicine at a later date. Job Purpose You will be expected to Support and deliver specialist services in Diabetes and Endocrinology for both in-patients and Outpatients Help develop guidelines and care pathways to ensure the highest standard of specialist/generalist care is delivered. Be involved in teaching for undergraduates on placement and for doctors in training Provide specialist input to in-patients both on the diabetes ward and throughout the Trust Support educational activities of the department Deliver inpatient and outpatient diabetic foot care as part of an MDT Outpatient work will involve diabetes and endocrine clinics at the Kettering General Hospital site. The appointee will share a medical ward with three consultant colleagues and will be supported by a team composed of 3 SpRs (One with NTN number rotating in Diabetes and Endocrinology within the South Trent Deanery), and 2 Trust grade registrar, 2 CT2, 2 FY2, 1 GPVTS, 3 FY1 junior doctor Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire. Our Excellence Values Compassion Respect Integrity Courageous Accountable For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Kishor Patel Job title: Diabetes and Endocrinology Consultant Email address: kishor.patel1nhs.net Dr Kishor Patel - Diabetes and Endocrinology Consultant / Head of Service Via Hospital switchboard 01536 492000 Yas Johal | Medical Workforce Service Manager | Medicine Division 07976617113