Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The specialty commitment of this post includes the provision of specialist and general outpatient clinics, consultant to consultant referrals, GP Advice and Guidance and MDT participation. The post holder will also be expected to participate in General Internal Medicine (GIM) and In-reach rota. This responsibility is shared with other departmental colleagues.

The GIM in-patient commitment and the Diabetes specialty in-reaching commitments will rotate in blocks of 4 weeks, to be shared with other consultant colleagues in the department. This duty is to provide ward-based care duty for the team's designated base ward (Ward 12). Elective out-patient work commitment in Diabetes and Endocrinology, will be adjusted accordingly during blocks of GIM / Diabetes in-reaching.

Weekend commitment (other than B rota on-call) for specialty support, is provided for during the GIM block, in the form of phone support (from home or on-site if doing weekend base ward round) for Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse (DISN) on both Saturday and Sunday.

Currently the Acute Medical responsibility of the post is to participate in the 'B' rota, which is a 1:10 rota. The 'B' rota consultant provides out of hours general medical cover (up to 78 years of age). The 'B' rota undertakes the traditional weekday morning and weekend post-take round of patients admitted overnight on a 1:10 rota, the physicians are also available to be called back into the hospital out of hours to deal with clinical problems.

The successful candidate will participate in the 'B' rota and share the ward based in-patient General Medical work. If review of Acute Medical services leads to change in the Acute Medical duty of this post from 'B' rota to 'A' rota participation, a corresponding reduction of the ward-based in-patient General medical duty component of the post will be made and adjusted correspondingly.

The pattern will be subject to change, in order to fit in with the requirements of the Needs Based Care model in the provision of Acute/ General Internal Medicine and Diabetes specialty in-reaching, as well as availability of out-patient clinic spaces. Elective out-patient work commitment in Diabetes and Endocrinology will be adjusted accordingly during blocks of GIM /Diabetes in-reaching

Example indicative table is available within the job description (section 3)

Closing Date: 11.09.2026

Assessment Date: Week Commencing 12th October TBC

Interview Date: 23.10.2026

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Medical Degree
• MRCP

Desirable criteria

• MD or equivalent Higher Degree or evidence of relevant research
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Registration

Essential criteria

• Full GMC Registration (GMC Licence to Practice is mandatory before employment commences)
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register

Clinical Effectiveness

Essential criteria

• Experience of guideline appraisal
• Participation in relevant local audits
• Ability to interpret and apply clinical research
• Able to demonstrate a broad understanding of the principles and elements of clinical governance.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of implementing relevant evidence based medicine.
• Implementation of evidence based guidelines.
• Participation in relevant national audits.
• Recent published clinical research in peer reviewed journal.

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Excellent all round experience of DGH work
• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in General Medicine and Diabetes/Endocrinology.
• Able to take full and independent responsibility for clinical work and delivering service without direct supervision.

Desirable criteria

• Expertise and leadership in a sub-specialty area of Diabetes and Endocrinology e.g. Diabetes in young adults/ adolescent, insulin pump therapy.

It is an exciting time to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

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