This is a post for a Consultant Physician with a special interest in Diabetes & Endocrinology for the Cardiovascular Clinical Unit within Medicine at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
The team is housed within the Bending and Sheppard Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology in Eastbourne and at Conquest the team is housed within the Diabetes and Endocrine centre in the Hospital.
The department has a wide variety of sub-specialty interests including:
* Pre and antenatal Diabetes & Endocrine care.
* Multidisciplinary Foot Team (MDFT) - Urgent and planned Diabetic foot care.
* A large cohort of CSII & CGMS patients with engagement across the ICB to adopt HCL.
* Diabetes and renal disease.
* Pituitary tumours as part of the Sussex Pituitary Tumour Network. Bi-weekly MDT and monthly Combined Pituitary clinic.
* Adrenal disease - including an established biweekly MDT meeting.
* Parathyroid disease - including MDT meeting.
* Young adult and transition diabetes clinic.
* Community Diabetes Clinics.
About us
We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work.
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by over 7000 members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.
In 2020, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once-in-a-lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
Please contact us for an informal discussion.
AAC Panel will be on TBC 2025.
Please note: applicants should be holders of a Certificate of Completion of Training or be within six months of the award of CCT by the date of the interview or the equivalent (CESR) which is at the time of applying, on the GMC Specialist Register.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MBBS or equivalent.
* Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians.
* Full and specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview).
* Name on Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment or to have obtained Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Diabetes and Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine within 6 months of interview date.
* MD or equivalent.
Training/Experience
* Wide experience in all aspects of Diabetes and Endocrinology with a specialist interest culminating in the award of a CCT.
* Evidence of participation in management.
* Understanding of recent initiatives and changes, including Clinical Governance and Appraisal.
* Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
* Understanding of the role of research.
* Enthusiasm for teaching medical students, nursing staff and other professional groups.
* Experience on risk factor assessment in diabetes.
* Management course and/or qualifications.
* Knowledge of the structure of Health Service.
* Completion and/or Publication of audit projects.
* Experience of clinical research culminating in presentation and publication of original studies, review articles, etc., relevant to speciality.
* Ability to lead clinical research project.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Lead Consultant Diabetes & Endocrinology
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