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Job summary

Main area
Diabetes
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent: NA
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Job ref
275-1224DECON
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Maritime Foundation Trust
Town
Gillingham, Kent
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/12/2024 23:59

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Consultant Diabetes and Endocrinology

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Job Overview

Job Title: Consultant Diabetes & Endocrinology 

Division: Medicine and Emergency Care

Care Group: Specialist Medicine

£105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata

We are recruiting for an Consultant Diabetes and Endocrinology who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the  Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting time to join our team as we are currently restructuring our services to focus on provision of specialist Diabetes and Endocrine care; development of care-pathways with other specialities and forming a close working relationship with the community

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.  Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for a Consultant to come join the Diabetic and Endocrinology team to partake in ward rounds on our combined speciality and general medical patients alongside running a weekly diabetic and endocrinology clinic.  We welcome a candidate with an interest in leading on the antenatal service. 

The Diabetic and Endocrinology department is part of Medical and Emergency Care Division. The Consultants in the department are on the GIM rota running a 1:12 roster and the candidate would occupy one of these slots. 

It is expected the post holder will be conducting a minimum of 2 outpatient clinics a week and up to 3 inclusive of a specialised clinic if there are speciality interests. The candidate is also encouraged to take part in audit and research.

The Diabetes and Endocrinology consultants all share a management of inpatient bedded named Jade ward (A 24 combined bedded ward currently covered with x2 consultants) and run a 5day a week AM speciality In-Reach service for ED, SDEC and outlier patients. 

Secretarial support and an adequately equipped office will be provided including IT facilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Basic Medical Degree
  • MRCP UK or equivalent
  • Higher qualifications
  • Postgraduate academic qualification
  • CCT or equivalent in Diabetes/Endocrine and GIM or within 6 months of CCT date at time of interview
  • Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: a) Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General (Internal) Medicine and Diabetes & Endocrinology (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or equivalent from the European Union.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of Health Service Management

Value Based Question

Essential criteria
  • How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr N Wijesekara
Job title
Consultant Physician
Email address
[email protected]
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