Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism department at one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England. There are three new full time consultant posts available at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital due to expansion of services.

We are looking for three highly motivated, innovative and skilled individuals who are passionate about delivering high quality care within Endocrinology and Diabetes. The successful candidates will play an important in supporting endocrinology and diabetes across its inpatient and outpatient services, including general medicine and on-call.

We are also a regional centre for cancer, bone marrow transplants, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis; thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We also provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. We are a designated a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC).

Main duties of the job

The job description attached provides further information about the department, the services provided and the key areas of responsibility.

Applicants should be on the GMC specialist register or be eligible for inclusion on the register within six months of the interview date and have MRCP or equivalent.

For informal discussions, please contact Helena Gleeson (Clinical service Lead Endocrinology) H and Mujahid Saeed (Clinical Service Lead for Diabetes)

Further information can be obtained from Phil Lyddon (Associate director of CGD 8)

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Endocrinology Service

The Endocrinology service provides secondary and tertiary care to patients with a wide range of endocrine conditions from the West Midlands and beyond. The department combines provision of a clinical service with an active, world-leading research programme. The services we provide are nationally and internationally recognised include those for patients with pituitary disorders, thyroid, metabolic bone and calcium disorders, adrenal disorders (recently awarded Centre of Excellence status by the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumours, ENSAT), reproductive disorders and neuroendocrine tumours (also Centre of Excellence status); we also provide services for young people undergoing transition/transfer from paediatrics, survivors of cancer and pregnant women with endocrinopathies.

The service centres around busy outpatient departments located at QEHB and is underpinned by an evidence-based approach to care. Future plans are to further develop integrated care pathways with primary care, one stop clinics, remote monitoring and increased use of PIFU.

The department is jointly staffed by NHS and University. All services are supported by our nursing team who provide comprehensive care including running the endocrine day case unit, providing patient education and nurse-led clinics.

The department works in close collaboration with biochemists, endocrine surgeons, geneticists, gynaecologists, neurosurgeons, obstetricians, oncologists, ophthalmologists, paediatricians and radiologists. Much of the care is provided in a multidisciplinary team setting, with patients attending joint clinics. It also has close links with Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham Women's Hospital and the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital.

Diabetes Service

The Diabetes service provides secondary care diabetes support across Birmingham and Solihull and specialist support to the tertiary services within UHB ( renal, cardiac, oncology, liver transplant) and to Birmingham Women's Hospital (antenatal diabetes). A range of inpatient and outpatient services are delivered by a multi-disciplinary team of specialist staff including consultants, nurses, dietitians and podiatrists. Diabetes outpatient services are provided at QEHB through a number of daily clinics.

The T1D service at UHB is one of the largest in the country. It serves a population that is diverse both in ethnicity and demographics and is spread across 4 hospitals in Birmingham, however these posts will only cover QEHB. We provide all aspects of specialist T1D care. This includes structured education (DAFNE), insulin pump, glucose sensing, hybrid closed loop therapy and beta cell replacement (both islet and pancreas transplantation). The service was one of the largest contributors to the recent NHSE Hybrid Closed Loop. Supporting exercise education for type 1 diabetes (EXTOD) and clinical research are core interests of the service. The majority of patients are offered participation in one or more clinical studies.

Inpatient Services

We are important contributors to inpatient care both from the perspective of specialty in reach and general internal medicine. Each site runs consultant led specialty in reach services along side the diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialists. There are inpatient beds at QEHB. All newly appointed consultants will contribute to a 7 day rota providing senior medical cover for the inpatient services supported by a team of junior doctors.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential