Trust Locum Consultant Diabetes and Endocrinology

Job description

Job summary

This is a post for a Trust Locum Consultant Physician with a special interest in Diabetes & Endocrinology for the Cardiovascular Clinical Unit within Medicine at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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.

Main duties of the job

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.
• Inpatient Diabetes.
• Intermediate 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 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 description

Job responsibilities

Trust Locum Consultant - Please refer to the job description attached.

Please contact us for an informal discussion.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Trust Locum Consultant - Please refer to the job description attached.

Please contact us for an informal discussion.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• MD or equivalent

Training/Experience

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• 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

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• MD or equivalent

Training/Experience

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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 .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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 .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Address

EDGH

Eastbourne

BN21 2UD

United Kingdom

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