Consultant in Endocrinology, Diabetes & General Internal Medicine

This post will involve diabetes and endocrinology clinics and MDTs, including a specialist Cystic Fibrosis & Diabetes clinic., The appointee will also contribute to Acute General Medicine (AGM) in 4 week blocks on the Horton +/- JR sites. AGM on both hospital sites has recently undergone reconfiguration with a greater focus of the acute medical teams on Acute Medicine (first 72hrs of care) and Complex Medicine (anticipated LOS >72hrs). The Horton is a District General Hospital in Banbury with an Emergency Department admitting a largely unselected medical take, although some specialist services (e.g. STEMIs, acute general surgery) go directly to John Radcliffe. There is a team of at least 8 general physicians based at the Horton operating a team with ward-based structure, with on-call currently 1 in 8. Unselected acute admissions are around 20/day and inpatients average around 20 (one ward). A consultant is typically supported by a team of doctors comprising an ST3+, CMT/FY2/GPVTS and an FY1. The AGM medical takes at the John Radcliffe Hospital are consultant team based - you are oncall with your team (ST3+, CMT/FY2/GPVTS, FY1 and medical students) for every take that you do - which is extremely popular with the junior and senior medical staff as it provides a true sense of firm structure. The 24 hour period is split into three takes and the consultant retains the patients who are admitted to the short-stay areas. Patients admitted to the Complex Medicine Units or other specialty wards are handed over to those teams. This maintains continuity for over 75% of all patients as the majority have a length of stay of less than 72hours.

• MB BS or equivalent MRCP or equivalent
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for registration within six months of interview. OR CCT registration on GMC Specialist Register in Endocrinology / Diabetes AND General Internal Medicine or within 6 months of achieving CCT at the time of interview. OR Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
• Applicants that are UK trained, must be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. Or Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
Desirable criteria
• Higher degree Qualification in Quality Improvement
• Training in Quality Improvement, General training in medicine to specialist level or equivalent. Experience in acute general medicine and endocrinology/diabetes.
• Broad experience of acute general medicine and specialist inpatient and outpatient diabetes and endocrine care in a hospital setting
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
Desirable criteria
• Evidence of completed and published quality improvement., Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine in a large teaching hospital.
• Sufficient organisational skills to function as a consultant.
• Experience of working with or training in clinical NHS hospital management.
• Organisational skills to develop and run a clinical improvement project.
• Sufficient practical skills to function as a consultant
• Evidence of good interpersonal skills
• Good spoken and written English. Evidence of good communication skills
• Experience of teaching both undergraduates and trainees.
• Experience of routine clinical audit.
• Evidence of quality improvement projects.
• Evidence of the ability to interpret relevant research. Ability to support departmental research.
Desirable criteria
• Evidence of leadership in research, teaching, professional bodies or service development.
• Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government's agenda for its modernisation.
• Evidence of organisational skills in service development, quality improvement, research, teaching or professional bodies.
• Ability to use word processor, spreadsheet and presentation programs. Prior experience with clinical information systems.
• Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc).
• Higher teaching qualification. Teaching course development and management.
• Leadership of practice-changing audit. Audit publications.
• Evidence of published research. Evidence of ongoing research interest., Full Driving Licence, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel. Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.