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Job overview

Applications are invited for a Consultant in Metabolic Medicine with a specialist interest in Inherited Metabolic Disease in Adults (7.5 PAs) at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 

The successful candidate will join three Adult IMD consultants and work alongside a team of specialist nurses and allied health professionals. The service provides care for adolescents and adults (aged 16 years and older) with inherited metabolic disorders. The unit is a designated NHS England highly specialised lysosomal storage disorder service and includes an infusion unit which provides the facilities needed for patients on enzyme replacement and other therapies.  We have a long history of involvement in research and clinical trials of new therapies for inherited disorders of metabolism.

Main duties of the job

You will be fully registered with the GMC and have a CCT in a specialty of relevance to adult inherited metabolic disorders. This might include General Internal Medicine, Metabolic Medicine, Hepatology, Nephrology, Neurology, Cardiology or Paediatric Metabolic Disease.

Applicants should have relevant clinical experience in field of IMD. Responsibilities will include outpatient work, day-ward and inpatient consults, out of hours emergency on-call (by telephone) per rota, transition work, clinical trial supervision and supervision of undergraduate and post-graduate trainees.

As part of our commitment to supporting the medical workforce in the part they play in delivering an excellent caring service to patients, all newly appointed Consultants attend our five-day Consultant Development programme within a year of joining the Trust. Leadership is a key requirement of doctors’ professional work and this innovative programme is designed to support Consultants to hone the leadership and management skills they need to succeed at CUH.

Working for our organisation

The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.

Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, 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) will also be subject to this requirement.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.