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Job summary

Main area
Endocrinology and Diabetes
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
289-EIC-CON-0383
Employer
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
West Middlesex University Hospital
Town
Isleworth, Middlesex
Salary
£99,532 - £131,964 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/08/2024 23:59

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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant Physician in Endocrinology & Diabetes

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

About our Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.

Our nearly 7,000 members of staff are proud to care for a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, including our award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We’re one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for—our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in the domains of safe, effective, caring and responsive, and 'Outstanding' in the domains of well-led and use of resources.

Our facilities are among the best in the country. We invest around £10m a year in our estate and have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster.  Works commence in spring 2024 on an ambitious £80m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at our West Middlesex site.

Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for the position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.

Job overview

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust (CWH) wishes to appoint two Consultant Physicians in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medicine. The Trust is looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated physicians to join the team.

The Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes is one of the largest in the country, combining general and specialist diabetes and endocrinology, including nationally commissioned specialist endocrinology.

This post will include general diabetes and endocrinology clinics, youth endocrinology and diabetes transition, along with a rotational commitment to general medicine.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will:

  • Share a commitment to care of general medical in-patients under the endocrine team
  • Participate in the acute medical on call rota for West Middlesex Hospital
  • Provide general diabetes and endocrine clinics, as well as other clinics as determined by the job plan and requirements of the service
  • Enhance the educational opportunities available to our trainees by any reorganisation and development of services that they initiate.
  • Regular audits will be required and supervision for Quality Improvement Projects (QIP) undertaken by the trainees.
  • Involvement in general management and committee work for the hospital will also be encouraged.

Working for our organisation

We provide services from two main hospitals, West Middlesex University Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We’re one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children’s unit at West Middlesex – in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to our detailed job description for more information.

  • Work collaboratively with colleagues to maximise the clinical care and outcomes of patients, facilitating their safe discharge.
  • Work in collaboration with community teams and other partners.
  • The department’s aim is to develop cross site working and partnerships in order to provide the best quality care to our patients. The post holder will be expected to actively participate in these developments with the post holder expected to work flexibly across either of our sites.
  • Cover for Consultant colleagues within the Department to allow for annual and study leave.
  • Make collaboration between hospital and community services as efficient as possible, supporting discharge from hospital where appropriate and ensuring appropriate follow up arrangements.
  • Provide peer group support, supervision, further education and professional development essential to the welfare and effectiveness of trainees.
  • Be educationally responsible for training and appraisal of junior staff
  • Demonstrate a continuing commitment to medical audit and evaluation in the department
  • Develop communication and other non-clinical aspects of new departmental initiatives.
  • Actively participate in undergraduate teaching of clinical medical students attached to the department
  • See referrals from other colleagues
  • Actively participate in other specialist or new services or initiatives when required
  • Be registered with the Royal College of Physicians for CPD and carry out the requirements of the College. The trust will fund the post holder’s CPD as agreed as part of his/her personal development plan.
  • Participate in appraisal on an annual basis. Appraisals are part of a robust divisional annual system, which is led by the Divisional Medical Director. The post holder is expected to be informed of the annual timetable for appraisal and ensure that appropriate time is set aside to update their portfolio and mandatory requirements.

Please refer to our detailed job description for more information

Person specification

Education and Qualification

Essential criteria
  • MBBS or equivalent
  • GMC Registration
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • Relevant CCT or equivalent or within 3 months of CCT
Desirable criteria
  • Higher degree e.g. PhD or MD

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Broad experience in General Internal Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology
  • Teaching experience / willingness to teach medical, nursing & other staff
  • Experience of audit / clinical research
Desirable criteria
  • Undertaken a management course
  • Understanding of the NHS and its organisation
  • Completed publications in appropriate journal(s)

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to lead a team
  • Commitment to work with other consultants and members of the multi-disciplinary team
  • Commitment to the achievement of Government and Trust targets

Personal qualities

Essential criteria
  • Willingness to be flexible in working patterns
  • Willingness to share non-clinical organisational tasks / team player
  • Trustworthy / Responsible
  • Understands self
  • Projects confident, credible professional image
  • Pays attention to detail
  • Builds rapport & maintains good working relationships with colleagues

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDWe are a Living Wage EmployerCapital Nurse, LondonHealthy Workplace - Commitment 2018Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoTimewise helps businesses to attract and develop the best talent through flexible working.No smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthArmed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardArmed Forces Covenant

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
Jack Hilton
Job title
Deputy General Manager, Medicine
Email address
[email protected]
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