Consultant in Diabetes - Bolton, United Kingdom - Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

The Diabetes and Endocrinology service is looking to appoint a highly motivated and dynamic Consultant colleague to join our team at Bolton. The consultants in our current team have varied sub-specialty interests including young persons, insulin pumps, anti-natal and diabetic foot pathways.

This truly is an exciting time to join Bolton. The Trust, in partnership with the University of Bolton, is building a large School of Medicine on the hospital site and development of the Community Diagnostic Centre.

This creates a rare opportunity to become involved with these changes and part of the new future of the site. We are proud that our staff have told us that Bolton is a great place to work in Greater Manchester. One of the first things you will realise when you join us is the community feel and the supportive and nurturing culture.

The clinical lead role within the service has recently become available so if you are interested please contact Dr Rebecca Lennon (Divisional Medical Director) to discuss this role and receive a copy of the job description.

The service is looking for someone with sub-special interests in diabetic foot, young persons to lead and support developments in these areas. Other personal sub-speciality interests are welcome for discussion and development. Please contact Dr Simmi Krishnan via the details below to discuss these opportunities.

Main duties of the job

As the post holder, you would join the Integrated Diabetes & Endocrinology Service in Bolton.

The Diabetes and Endocrinology Consultants provide care for Ward A4, which is the D&E specialist ward at Royal Bolton Hospital. They are assisted by 2 specialty registrars and a number of junior doctors. The post holder will work within the Integrated Community Services Division.

A full range of multidisciplinary clinics and specialty diabetes clinics are established. These include diabetes foot ulcer, young people, pump, antenatal and pre-pregnancy clinics.

The post-holder should have a keen interest in these specialties as they would be expected to play a significant part in the development and improvement of these sub-specialty units.

Patient education is an area we are excited to redesign - the post holder will participate in the development and implementation of this.

There are regular specialty team clinical governance and educational meetings to examine practice and maintain quality and co-ordinate care.

The post holder will be required to participate in the Postgraduate Education programme. Contribution to Research programmes and regular clinical audit involvement is essential. Collaborative projects with academic centres in Manchester and local research on patient education and care delivery will be encouraged.

About us

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.

Here at Bolton our patients and people are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence formaternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.

The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of our people and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. Staff are valued and we can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development.

Job responsibilities

P R OV I S I O N A L JOB PLAN INPATIENTS

As one of our Consultants you would provide care for inpatients enabling the remaining consultants to cover clinics. When based on the ward the physician (working on a 1:4 rota) would be expected to be responsible for co-ordinating the care for patients on our Diabetes & Endocrine and General Medicine ward as well as cover for in-patient diabetes and endocrine care.

O U T P A T I E N T S

The draft job plan is outlined below (showing DCC activity). This is subject to change following discussion upon successful appointment to the role.

R E M A I N I N G PAS

The job plan will also include PAs for inpatient/ward cover (pro-rata), supporting professional activities, on-call and evening ambulatory care cover plus teaching & supervision.

C LINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES/ADMINISTRATION

You would be expected to share the diabetes, endocrinology and general medical duties working collaboratively with your other Consultant colleagues.

As part of the general medical duties you will be expected to rotate on to the ward 1:4 (currently one month in four) and to participate in the acute general medical take week days and weekends (frequency depending on number of rota participants).

You will be encouraged to develop and continue your own research interests and to join in the research activities of the department/Trust

You will be encouraged to develop as a clinical leader.

You will be expected to provide emergency cover on reciprocal basis for consultant colleagues' periods of leave.

The professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.

Act with honesty and integrity.

Possess strong team working skills

Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required, and for contributing to postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally, regionally and nationally.

The Trust supports the requirements for Continuing Professional Development as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities

Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate. These include membership of the Integrated Community Services Division.

Appraisal and job planning cycle will be in line with revalidation.

Practice SAFER patient flow principles whilst covering wards (Senior review, All patients identified with EDD), Flow, Early discharge, MDT Review

C LINICAL AUDIT & GOVERNANCE

The Department takes an active part in audit and clinical governance and all members of the Directorate are expected to attend and participate. There is an active Clinical Audit department, from which support for clinical and medical audit is available. As a senior clinician, you would also be expected to attend the departmental Governance Meetings

Knowledge

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable