Consultant Rheumatologist (Consultant) – Rheumatology – The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Tyne and Wear
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
This is a 10PA replacement post in our Connective Tissue Disease Service. The appointee will join our team with a view to contributing to our local and regional CTD and vasculitis MDT, supporting our specialised commissioned services and regional advice provision. The successful applicant will have a demonstrable interest in CTD and vasculitis and have sufficient experience to support our MDT. We are keen to support applicants who now or in the future wish to develop an interest in medical education. You may have a formal qualification in teaching or have significant evidence of experience/interest in this area with a view to undertaking such a qualification in future.
Responsibilities:
- The successful candidate will share responsibility for running and ensuring best practice in our connective tissue disease and vasculitis service.
- This will include supervision and training of junior doctors, clinical nurse specialists, clinical pharmacists, and AHP.
- Active contribution to the local and regional CTD MDT.
- Provision of long term care to an existing cohort of patients with connective tissue disorders and associated co-morbidities.
- Contribute medical support to the team overseeing our infusion unit and ensure training and safety standards are met. Set up regular audit and quality improvement cycles.
- Once established in the clinical role, develop the department’s engagement and participation with teaching across the medical undergraduate and graduate curriculum and support supervision and clinical oversight of AHP and nursing departmental teaching.
We would welcome enquiries for an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and medical board. Please contact: Dr Elizabeth Kidd or Dr Alice Lorenzi on 0191 2137967, or via email at ***************@nhs.net or *************@nhs.net.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally. We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country.
Clinical:
- Referrals come from Primary Care in Newcastle and surrounding areas, other medical specialities, and orthopaedics.
- Tertiary referrals come from a wide geographic area from West Cumbria to Teesside and North to the Scottish Border.
- The successful candidate will share responsibility for running and ensuring best practice in our connective tissue disease service.
- The post-holder will participate in a consultant non-resident on call rota for rheumatology and will conduct a ward round with the on-call registrar on Saturdays and Sundays when on call.
Administrative:
- Participate in audit and clinical governance.
- Show a commitment to continuing professional development.
- Participate in annual appraisal for revalidation and annual job planning meetings – guidance for which can be obtained from the Trust, GMC and Professional Bodies.
Research:
- The successful candidate would be expected to participate in clinical research in line with the department and Trust priorities.
- Commitment to research participation.
- Awareness of GCP and commitment to maintain GCP certification.
Teaching:
- Enthusiastic about teaching.
- Capacity and commitment to teaching medical undergraduate and graduate students, nursing and AHP team members.
- Option to develop formal teaching role and qualifications if not currently held. Interest in medical education would be considered an asset though not essential.
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