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Consultant Rheumatologist

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

Middlesbrough

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Foundation

Posted

3 weeks ago

About the role

Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the highest standard of care in Rheumatology

Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines

Develop and maintain good working practices within wards, outpatients and A&E

Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in tertiary centres, community services and primary care

Offer support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team

Take responsibility for own actions and decisions within the empowerment limits agreed by the Clinical Service Unit (CSU) Leadership Team

Consultant Rheumatologist

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Be required to cover for other Consultant colleagues during normal periods of leave

The clinical workload of the Department and service development The administrative affairs of the Department The appointee will be expected to participate in an on-call rota for Rheumatology on a one-in seven (frequency subject to reduction) basis. This includes medical wards on Saturday mornings to review any rheumatology inpatients and deal with ward consults. Patients may sometimes be required to be reviewed on the Sunday, based on clinical need. The on call activities are supported by the trainee doctors team. The duties of a typical consultant on call for the week are outlined within the attached job description.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

At University Hospitals Tees our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Person specification

Essential

Full GMC registriaction
Relevant CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)
Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the AAC
MRCP(UK) or equivalent
Ability to undertake the complete audit cycle and to participate in multi-disciplinary audit
Experience in the wide range of intra-articular and soft-tissue injections
Ability to communicate, liaise and negotiate with others.
Awareness of health service reforms and issues across the healthcare economy
Good leadership skills
Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
Good organisational and management skills
Supportive
Caring attitude to patients
Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
Commitment to good team working and relationships
Commitment to training and continuing medical education (CME)
Resident within 10 miles or 30 minutes of the hospital
Flexibility to respond to changing service needs

Desirable

Training in appraisal techniques
Specialty Certificate exam in Rheumatology
Evidence of research or innovative service developments
Relevant experience with a specialist interest in connective tissue disease/ vasculitis / adolescent and young adult rheumatology
Evidence of management and administration experience
Management training
Success in obtaining funding for research
Experience in counselling

Experience in team working outside of work

Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

IT skills