Consultant Physician in Diabetes and Endocrinology

This post is for a Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist. This post holder will have combined Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medical responsibilities. The job is a full-time post comprising of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) including the on call although those wishing to work less than full time hours will be considered.
We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague who will help develop our local Diabetes and Endocrine Service. Our Inpatient services, Diabetic foot and Joint Antenatal services are based at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough and Outpatient Endocrine and Diabetes clinics are based at King Edward Hospital in Windsor.
The post holders will join 4 full time consultant endocrinologists and 2 part time consultants based at Wexham Park Hospital . Outpatient clinics will be provided within Wexham Park Hospital and related peripheral clinics in King Edward Hospital, St Marks and Heatherwood Hospitals., General Medicine: Ward 5 cover - 36-bed ward, plus outliers. During Ward weeks - currently 2-week block in every 10 weeks the post-holder will be covering the ward full -time with no clinic commitments. The ward consultant is expected to supervise the Registrars who see speciality referrals, take urgent GP calls, and work with the inpatient Diabetes Specialist Nurses/Foot team when needed.
Outpatient clinics: This part of the post typically involves 4-5 DCC sessions per week; General Endocrine, Type 1 diabetes, Transition, Complex Type 2 clinics, Joint Antenatal and Diabetic Foot MDT clinics. 1 session is dedicated to Admin. Diabetes clinic slots are 30 minutes. Endocrine clinic slot lengths can vary depending on whether the slot is face to face or telephone. The appointee will help with cross-cover of MDT clinics, along with the existing Consultant Team.
There will be a minimum of 1.5 SPA. There is a generous study budget for Consultants and a post-graduate centre to support Study Leave. There is a helpful on-site Library with on-line journal/article finding support.
The post holder will be part of the general medical on call rota which is currently 1:7 weekends and 1:20 weekdays.

Working for our organisation
The successful applicant will be involved in providing general medical services to patients on the endocrine and general medical ward and participating in the acute general medical on-call rota.
Applicants should have a CCT in Endocrinology and General Medicine, or be within 6-months of achieving this at the time of application.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
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