Consultant Diabetes and Endocrinology
Accepting applications until: 12-Apr-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 12-Apr-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- EDGH
- Town
- Eastbourne
- Postcode
- BN21 2UD
- Major / Minor Region
- East Sussex
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (GIM on call)
Salary
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)
Specialty
- Main area
- Diabetes & Endo
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to over half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £650 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. Conquest Hospital and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’.
Our two acute hospitals have emergency departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services. Our centre for trauma services and obstetrics is at Conquest Hospital, while our centre for urology and stroke services is at Eastbourne DGH. At Bexhill Hospital we offer a range of outpatient, day surgery, rehabilitation and intermediate care services. At Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital we offer outpatients, rehabilitation and intermediate services. At Uckfield Community Hospital we provide day surgery and outpatient care.
In the community, we deliver services that focus on people with long term conditions living well outside hospital, through our integrated locality teams working with district and community nursing teams. Community members of staff also provide care to patients in their homes and from a number of clinics, health centres and GP surgeries.
Job overview
This is a post for a Consultant Physician with a special interest in Diabetes & Endocrinology for the Cardiovascular Clinical Unit within Medicine at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
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The team is housed within the Bending and Sheppard Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology in Eastbourne and at Conquest the team is housed within the Diabetes and Endocrine centre in the Hospital.
The department has a wide variety of sub-specialty interests including:
- Pre and antenatal Diabetes & Endocrine care.
- Multidisciplinary Foot Team (MDFT) - Urgent and planned Diabetic foot care.
- Inpatient Diabetes.
- Intermediate care.
- A large cohort of CSII & CGMS patients with engagement across the ICB to adopt HCL
- Diabetes and renal disease.
- Pituitary tumours as part of the Sussex Pituitary Tumour Network. Bi-weekly MDT and monthly Combined Pituitary clinic.
- Adrenal disease – including an established biweekly MDT meeting.
- Parathyroid disease – including MDT meeting.
- Young adult and transition diabetes clinic.
- Community Diabetes Clinics
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000+ members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC), rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.
In 2020 the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
Please contact us for an informal discussion.
AAC Panel will be on TBC 2025
Please note: applicants should be a holder of Certificate of Completion of Training or be within six months of the award of CCT by the date of the interview or the equivalent (CESR) which is at the time of applying, on the GMC Specialist Register.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
- Full and specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview)
- Name on Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment or to have obtained Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Diabetes and Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine within 6 months of interview date
Desirable criteria
- MD or equivalent
Training/Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide experience in all aspects of Diabetes and Endocrinology with a specialist interest culminating in the award of a CCT.
- Evidence of participation in management
- Understanding of recent initiatives and changes, including Clinical Governance and Appraisal
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit
- Understanding of the role of research
- Enthusiasm for teaching medical students, nursing staff and other professional groups
Desirable criteria
- Experience on risk factor assessment in diabetes
- Management course and/or qualifications
- Knowledge of the structure of Health Service
- Completion and/or Publication of audit projects
- Experience of clinical research culminating in presentation and publication of original studies, review articles, etc, relevant to speciality
- Ability to lead clinical research project
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr David Till
- Job title
- Lead Consultant Diabetes & Endocrinology
- Email address
- davidtill@nhs.net
- Telephone number
- 0300 1315 889
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