Consultant in Rheumatology

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Consultant Rheumatologist to join our team atSt George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The main duties of the role will be providing personalised care for patients in an outpatient setting, responding to GP advice and guidance requests, triaging new referrals and providing ward consultations to inpatients.

You will also contribute significantly to multidisciplinary teams whilst receiving support for your own specialist development.

There are also opportunities to support education and training of junior doctors and to get involved in research via the department's close links with St George's University.

We are interested in appointing a motivated and highly competent doctor to this post, and you will have the opportunity to further develop high quality rheumatology services across St George's and Queen Mary's Hospitals.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity within the Rheumatology Service at St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Applications are invited for this Full-Time Substantive Consultant Rheumatologist position., Please refer to the JD attached to the advert for the full job description and main responsibilities.

St. George's University Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest healthcare organisations and shares its main hospital site in south west London with St George's University of London.

St George's has an established national and international reputation as a leading hospital for specialist care. We also provide excellent local care to the residents of Wandsworth, and regional care as both an acute, hyper acute stroke unit and trauma well as acute hospital services, St George's Healthcare provides a wide variety of specialist and community hospital based care and a full range of community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities.

These services are provided from Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, 11 health centres and clinics, schools and nurseries, patients' homes and Wandsworth Prison.

We employ 8,000 staff, have an annual income of c£560m, around 1,100 beds and we serve a population of million across south west London