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Job Summary
We are looking to recruit one full-time Consultant Diabetologist to cover maternity leave for 12 months, to develop our local community diabetes services. They will be based within Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and spend 50% of their time working in the community across the boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley.
The service will aim to deliver community diabetes clinics, virtual clinics, and primary care MDTs, which involve discussion of complex care patients who have diabetes and other care needs within the multidisciplinary team, with the aim of delivering patient-centred care. The service will work closely with primary care to improve the quality of care across the Bexley and Greenwich system.
There will also be the opportunity to support any additional specialist interest post holders may have within the acute component of the role. The acute hospital-based role can be designed around a post holder's interests to support our existing services in outpatient Type 1 diabetes clinics, pre-conception clinics, gestational diabetes, and inpatient diabetes. Alternatively, there is the opportunity to deliver some general medicine work (e.g., acute medicine on-call) or endocrinology clinics.
Main Duties of the Job
The 10 PA contract will comprise 7.5 direct clinical programmed activities and 2.5 supporting programmed activities. The supporting programmed activities will include 1.5 PA for revalidation including participation in morbidity & mortality reviews, in the departmental clinical governance programme, and in mandatory training. It is anticipated that a further 1 SPA will be allocated for teaching and training activities including educational supervision, plus development of the community service.
About Us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
* Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
* Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
* Improving the experience of staff with disability.
* Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
* Making equalities mainstream.
Job Responsibilities
The Community role is envisaged as follows:
* To provide clinical leadership for a borough-based multidisciplinary team including DSNs, podiatrists, dietitian, and psychologist.
* To deliver Consultant led community diabetes clinics (type 1 and complex type 2), provide clinical support to the DSNs, podiatrists, dietitian, and psychologist.
* Using Practice data, work with Practices to risk stratify their patients with diabetes and deliver MDTs to agree a management plan.
* Offer advice and guidance either by telephone or email.
* To have the opportunity and flexibility to develop this role and service so that it meets the needs of the local community and system partners.
* To test and explore innovation within the service, for example, the use of digital and remote monitoring.
The acute role would be to facilitate continuity and a high quality of diabetes care for patients with established or newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes admitted to the hospital, during their stay and on discharge. We envisage that they will undertake type 2 diabetes and possibly more specialist clinics of their choice.
On Call Commitment:
There may be opportunities to undertake inpatient diabetes/endocrine reviews, preoperative assessments, endocrinology clinics, or engage in the on-call rota depending on the appointee's interests. If applicants wish to join the on-call rota there will be consideration for time off in lieu.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential:
* MBBS or equivalent.
* Full registration with the GMC and hold a license to practice.
* MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
* To be on the GMC Specialist Register for diabetes, endocrinology and ideally general medicine or within six months of obtaining CCT at the time of interview.
Desirable:
* Distinctions, scholarships, prizes Other degrees, e.g., BSc MSc, MD.
* The Specialty Examination in Endocrinology and Diabetes.
Clinical Experience Essential:
* Broad-based training and wide experience of diabetes type 1 type 2 in the hospital and community.
* Depending on the interests of the candidate evidence of experience in specialist diabetes, General/Acute Medicine and Endocrinology.
* Experience of working in a multicultural environment.
Desirable:
* Previous consultant-level experience of working in diabetes within a multidisciplinary team.
IT Skills Essential:
* Ability to use Microsoft office packages, e.g., MS Word, Excel, Access & PowerPoint.
* Ability to use patient information systems.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
For further information visit the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust website.
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