Main area: OCDEM
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (10PAs)
Job ref: 321-MS-CON-6404801-S5
Employer: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Churchill Hospital
Town: Oxford
Salary: £99,532 - £131,964 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/10/2024 23:59
Consultant in Endocrinology, Diabetes & General Internal Medicine
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
The post-holder’s duties will be primarily at the John Radcliffe, Churchill and Horton General Hospitals; however, it is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations.
Main duties of the job
This post will involve diabetes and endocrinology clinics and MDTs, including a specialist Cystic Fibrosis & Diabetes clinic.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The appointee will also contribute to Acute General Medicine (AGM) in 4 week blocks on the Horton +/- JR sites. AGM on both hospital sites has recently undergone reconfiguration with a greater focus of the acute medical teams on Acute Medicine (first 72hrs of care) and Complex Medicine (anticipated LOS >72hrs). The Horton is a District General Hospital in Banbury with an Emergency Department admitting a largely unselected medical take, although some specialist services (e.g. STEMIs, acute general surgery) go directly to John Radcliffe. There is a team of at least 8 general physicians based at the Horton operating a team with ward-based structure, with on-call currently 1 in 8. Unselected acute admissions are around 20/day and inpatients average around 20 (one ward). A consultant is typically supported by a team of doctors comprising an ST3+, CMT/FY2/GPVTS and an FY1. The AGM medical takes at the John Radcliffe Hospital are consultant team based – you are on-call with your team (ST3+, CMT/FY2/GPVTS, FY1 and medical students) for every take that you do – which is extremely popular with the junior and senior medical staff as it provides a true sense of firm structure. The 24 hour period is split into three takes and the consultant retains the patients who are admitted to the short-stay areas. Patients admitted to the Complex Medicine Units or other specialty wards are handed over to those teams. This maintains continuity for over 75% of all patients as the majority have a length of stay of less than 72 hours.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* MB BS or equivalent MRCP or equivalent
* Full GMC registration with licence to practice
* Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for registration within six months of interview. OR CCT registration on GMC Specialist Register in Endocrinology / Diabetes AND General Internal Medicine or within 6 months of achieving CCT at the time of interview.
* Higher degree Qualification in Quality Improvement
* Training in Quality Improvement
Experience
* General training in medicine to specialist level or equivalent. Experience in acute general medicine and endocrinology/diabetes.
* Broad experience of acute general medicine and specialist inpatient and outpatient diabetes and endocrine care in a hospital setting.
* Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
* Evidence of completed and published quality improvement.
Skills and Knowledge
* Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine in a large teaching hospital.
* Experience of working with or training in clinical NHS hospital management.
* Good spoken and written English. Evidence of good communication skills.
* Experience of teaching both undergraduates and trainees.
* Evidence of quality improvement projects.
* Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government’s agenda for its modernisation.
* Ability to use word processor, spreadsheet and presentation programs. Prior experience with clinical information systems.
* Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc).
Other Requirements
* Full Driving Licence
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
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Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification attached below, and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.
All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system, therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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