About this role
Job summary
University Hospitals Dorset is seeking to appoint a Consultant Physician in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and General Internal Medicine to join the Diabetes and Endocrine service.
This is a 0.8 WTE substantive post within the existing Consultant establishment. The successful candidate will join an established multidisciplinary team delivering specialist diabetes, endocrine, and general medical services across Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals.
The post will support outpatient diabetes and endocrine activity, inpatient diabetes/endocrine care, General Internal Medicine commitments and the GIM on-call rota. The job plan will include flexibility to support service needs across both Poole and Royal Bournemouth Hospitals, with inpatient/GIM work expected to centralise to the Bournemouth site as UHD transformation progresses.
The successful candidate will have completed specialist training in Diabetes & Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine, or be within 6 months of CCT/CESR at interview, and will be expected to contribute to service development, teaching, clinical governance, and high-quality patient care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will contribute to the delivery of high-quality Diabetes, Endocrinology, and General Internal Medicine services across University Hospitals Dorset.
Main duties will include:
Providing specialist outpatient clinics in Diabetes and Endocrinology across Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals. Supporting inpatient diabetes and endocrine care, including senior clinical review and advice for ward teams. Participating in General Internal Medicine ward commitments and the GIM on-call rota. Contributing to specialist diabetes services, which may include Type 1 diabetes, complex Type 2 diabetes, insulin pump and diabetes technology clinics, diabetic foot care, young people's diabetes services, antenatal diabetes, and monogenic diabetes services. Contributing to specialist endocrine services, which may include thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, metabolic bone, genetic endocrine, antenatal endocrine, and calcium services. Participating in multidisciplinary team meetings, including endocrine, pituitary, thyroid/parathyroid, diabetes foot, and other relevant specialty MDTs. Providing Advice and Guidance to support primary care and improve patient pathways. Supporting teaching, training, supervision, and education of junior doctors, medical students, and wider multidisciplinary colleagues. Taking part in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, appraisal, and continuing professional development.
About us
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.
UHD has active networks including Women's, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.
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As part of our commitment to delivering high-quality care across seven days, this post may involve participation in an out-of-hours rota, including evenings, weekends, and/or bank holidays, in accordance with service needs. Any work undertaken outside standard hours/PA's will attract remuneration in line with the respective NHS Medical and Dental Terms and Conditions of Service.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will join the Diabetes and Endocrine Consultant team at University Hospitals Dorset and will support the delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective care across Diabetes, Endocrinology, and General Internal Medicine.
The successful candidate will work as part of an established multidisciplinary team, including Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Endocrine Nurse Specialists, specialist dietitians, podiatrists, psychologists, administrative teams, and wider medical colleagues.
The role will include delivery of specialist outpatient clinics across the Diabetes and Endocrine Centres at Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals. Clinics may include general diabetes, Type 1 diabetes, complex Type 2 diabetes, diabetes technology and pump therapy, diabetic foot care, young peoples diabetes, antenatal diabetes, monogenic diabetes and specialist endocrine clinics including thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, metabolic bone and calcium services.
The post holder will contribute to inpatient diabetes and endocrine care, providing senior clinical review, advice and support to ward teams. The role will also include General Internal Medicine commitments, including ward rounds and participation in the GIM on-call rota.
The post holder will be expected to participate in relevant multidisciplinary team meetings, including endocrine, pituitary, thyroid/parathyroid and diabetes foot MDTs, and to work closely with surgical, ophthalmology, biochemistry, podiatry, vascular, microbiology and primary care colleagues.
The role will include supporting Advice and Guidance activity, clinical correspondence, patient administration, and pathway improvement to support timely access to care and continuity for patients.
The successful candidate will contribute to teaching, training and supervision of junior doctors, medical students and wider multidisciplinary colleagues. They will also be expected to participate in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, appraisal, revalidation and continuing professional development.
The job plan will be agreed with the successful candidate, Clinical Lead and General Manager, and will include flexibility to support service need across Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals as UHD transformation progresses.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
MRCP (UK) or an equivalent qualification Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register for both Diabetes & Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine via one of the following:
Desirable
MD or other higher postgraduate degree Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
Experience Essential
Satisfactory training in Diabetes & Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine Involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate education
Desirable
Sub-specialisation in diabetes antenatal care Sub-specialisation in adolescent / transition diabetes service
Clinical Skills Essential
Wide knowledge of Diabetes & Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine Ability to manage CSII therapy (insulin pumps)
Motivation Essential
Hard working and positive outlook Committed to service development in Diabetes & Endocrinology
Audit Essential
Experience in hospital clinical audit
Desirable
Publication of audit results
Research Essential
An understanding of the Research process
Desirable
Publication of audit results
Management ability Essential
Experience of hospital management at Specialist Registrar level
Desirable
Management training course at regional level
Personality Essential
Able to work in a team, is supportive, cheerful and positive
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.
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Employer details Employer name University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Address University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital
Castle Lane East, Bournemouth,
Bournemouth
BH7 7DW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)