Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology

Overview

In this Consultant role, you will join a regional diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism team to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care across clinics and inpatient settings. You will contribute to teaching, training and research while supporting service resilience and multidisciplinary collaboration. The post spans general diabetes, endocrinology, lipids, pumps, youth clinics, foot care and obesity services, with inpatient and on-call commitments. This is a clinically-led opportunity to shape regional diabetes and endocrine care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver general diabetes, endocrinology and lipids clinics including pump, young person, foot care and obesity clinics
• Provide back-of-house inpatient diabetes and endocrinology care on a 1 in 5.5 rotation
• Participate in a 1:6.5 diabetes and endocrinology on-call rota
• Support GIM resilience rota (~3 weeks per year) ensuring safe, effective patient care
• Offer expert advice to consultants, senior doctors and residents (mainly via telephone)
• Engage in teaching, training and research within the department
• Work across The James Cook University Hospital and other sites within the Trust
• Contribute to multidisciplinary team working and patient-centred care monolithic across services

Key requirements

• Full GMC Registration
• MRCP
• Relevant CCT or equivalent
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist register
• Desirable: GCP Certification; training in appraisal techniques
• Essential: experience with clinical audit; supervising resident medical staff
• NHS experience

• Leadership skills
• Effective communication with colleagues, patients and relatives
• Insulin pump management (trainee level)
• Diabetic foot care (trainee level)
• IT skills
• Experience of clinical audit

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