Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology

To provide high quality consultant delivered care to patients including clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are provided to all patients attending the hospital., The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients: - To at all times, comply with the GMS's guidance on 'Good Medical Practice' as amended or substituted from time to time - To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times - On commencement to ensure completion of the Trust's Corporate Induction - To undertake duties as defined within the job plan and in agreement with the Clinical Lead - To be proactive in ensuring that all patients receive rapid assessment, treatment and clinical decision making, whilst ensuring our standard to deliver safe, quality care is sustained - To be responsible for the Clinical Management of all patients under your care. - To provide Diabetes and Endocrinology specialist support to other inpatient medical teams - To participate with General Inpatient Medicine on-call rota - To contribute to Diabetes and Endocrinology MDTs - To work flexibly with colleagues to meet the needs of the service and achieve Trust and National targets - To liaise with clinicians and managers within and outside the department to address any issues arising that may affect the services - To participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes - To communicate with local GPs

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated organisation providing acute health care services from Torbay Hospital, community health services and adult social care. The Trust runs Torbay Hospital as well as five community hospitals,. We have around 500,000 face-to-face contacts with patients in their homes and communities each year and see over 78,000 people in our A&E department annually. We serve a resident population of approximately 286,000 people, plus about 100,000 visitors at any one time during the summer holiday season. We employ approximately 6,500 staff including frontline health and social care staff, such as nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, consultants, and physiotherapists who work in your home and from a range of different premises across Torbay and South Devon such as community hospitals and clinics. We also have over 800 volunteers who make a difference each and every day to the people we care for. Our purpose is to provide safe, high-quality care and social care at the right time and in the right place to support the people of Torbay and South Devon to live their lives to the full. This means that as an organisation we want people to:

• Be empowered to manage their own health and care needs
• Work in partnership with professionals
• Only tell us their story once
• Access seamless care easily
• Have care in or close to home, whenever appropriate
• Work together as a community to look after health and care needs.