Consultant

Consultant Diabetes, Endocrinology & General Medicine

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

Croydon

Salary

£93,666 – £126,281

Posted

2 days ago

About the role

An exciting opportunity to join our expanding Diabetes, Endocrine and General Medicine Team here at Croydon University Hospital.

The post holder will work with the existing Consultants to develop the service, in particular, to support the other consultants in delivering a high quality service, with an opportunity to develop a sub-specialty and further enhance diabetic and endocrine services locally.

Main duties of the job

Croydon University Hospital wishes to appoint a Consultant Physician within Diabetes/ Endocrine and General Medicine. The Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated physician to join the team.

In addition to providing a diabetes/ endocrine service the role has a commitment to the acute medical take, in partnership with acute physicians.

Indicative Weekly Job-Plan: Please refer to the chart on the attached job description for an indicative job plan denoting the allocation of programmed activities please note that this is suggested only, and is subject to confirmation with the post-holder The job plan may be subject to change in the future, subject to the needs of the service. This would be via consultation with the post-holder.

Consultant Diabetes, Endocrinology & General Medicine

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Apply

For further information or to arrange a visit, please contact Dr Josh Pomroy; Consultant Physician & Clinical Lead on josh.pomroy@nhs.net.

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. These include:o Croydon University Hospital o Purley Hospital o The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath o Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside o A minor injuries unit in New Addington The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our Vision:"Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it"Our 5 key 'Here for you' promises to the people of Croydon are:o You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff o You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff o You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians o You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to homeo You feel it's getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services "As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19."

Person specification

Essential

MB BS or equivalent
Membership of the Royal College of Physician (MRCP) or equivalent
Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register on date of taking appointment via one of the following: a. Certificate of completion of training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b. Portfolio pathway (formerly known as Certificate of eligibility for specialist registration (CESR)) c. Relevant European specialist qualification (REQ) OR Recognised Specialist Qualification (RSQ)"
Name on Specialist Register on date of taking appointment
Full registration with the GMC
Fully trained in Diabetes, Endocrinology & General (internal) Medicine
Satisfactory completion of a higher specialist training programme in Diabetes & Endocrinology
At least 2 years' substantive previous NHS experience at SPR level (or equivalent).
Experience in day to day organisation of services in a busy teaching hospital
Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
Ability to organise and manage work
Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
Experience of clinical research.
Effective communicator, able to work in a multidisciplinary team and co-operate with all medical and paramedical staff
Flexible, able to cover colleagues' absence

Desirable

Higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent)
Prior experience of work at consultant (or equivalent) level in Diabetes / Endocrinology
Experience in the development of clinical guidelines
Management course and/or qualification
Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of specialty specific topic
Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
Evidence of original work as demonstrated by publications in peer review journals