Locum Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

This is an excellent opportunity within the Diabetes and Endocrinology department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are looking to appoint a new Locum Consultant fixed term 12 months to cover maternity leave. The post holder will carry outward duties in GIM and be part of the diabetes outreach team (DOT), as well as holding clinics in diabetes, endocrinology in the hospital but also possibly community settings. The post comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs). The Consultant will work alongside the current consultant team of 12 in Diabetes and Endocrinology and provide diabetes and endocrine services at Lister Hospital. In addition, the post-holder will participate in the acute medical emergency rotas, which will operate on a 1:10 basis for weekends and approximately 1:25 weekdays though this is currently under review. To provide specialist clinics in diabetes and endocrinology both hospital and community settings and contribute to general medical ward and diabetes outreach care, and the acute medicine on call rota. Main Duties include: · Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care · Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning · Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service · Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity · Active participation in continuing medical education

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.