Consultant Rheumatologist

This a new full time Consultant post for a consultant rheumatologist to join the 3 existing full time Consultant Rheumatologists and 1 part time consultant , based at Northampton General Hospital. It is a full time (10 PA) post and together with your colleagues, you will provide rheumatological services to the catchment population of Northampton General Hospital. A special interest that would complement existing services would be of significant value.

The trust runs a routine annual job plan review process or will accommodate requests for job plan reviews when necessary if there is a significant alteration in work practice between regular routine reviews.

It is essential that the post-holder should hold the MRCP (UK) or an equivalent qualification and be on the GMC specialist register or will obtain a relevant CCT/CESR(CP) within 6 months of interview.

Interview date 28th October 2026 am

The successful applicant will join the existing consultant team and our team of specialist nurses in delivering outpatient rheumatology care. We are a training department with an ST3 (from the East Midlands Deanery), an IMT doctor (on the Leicester medical rotation) and medical students from Leicester Medical School. We participate in Leicester and Oxford regional training meetings.

This post has approval from the Royal College of Physicians for 10PAs in the first instance. The timetable will include 4-5 outpatient clinics per week, support for the nurse led helpline, cover for the inpatient advice service during working hours and admitting rights if required for rheumatology patients. These are generally managed with shared medical care from the ward based medical teams.