Locum Consultant in Rheumatology | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

We are seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant Rheumatologist to join our dynamic and forward thinking Rheumatology team comprising Consultants, junior medical staff, 6 Specialist nurses and a full Allied Health Professional (AHP) team. The Rheumatology team is also part of the Integrated Musculoskeletal, Pain and Rheumatology Service (IMPReS) working closely with the rest of the specialties to provide prompt and excellent care.

The job consists of roughly 8.5 sessions of direct patient related activity in rheumatology, 1.5 PAs of Supporting Professional Activities. In brief the patient related activity comprises 3 weeks of predominantly outpatient work, with every fourth week being predominantly ward / referral work as 'Consultant of the week'

The post will be based at the main hospital sites - Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital, however there will be some sessions at other Trust locations.

It is expected that the appointee would run their clinics to Royal College guidelines with 6 new patients or 12 follow ups or a combination per 1 PA clinic session. If specialist / complex clinical services are developed then this may reduce numbers of patients expected. Where there is travel between sites - travel time would appropriately reduce the clinic time / activity. There is no out of hours on call commitment for Rheumatology, but it is expected that the consultant would support the medical on call service with urgent rheumatological advice if required. Facilities are available for home working up to 1 day a week, currently SPA does not have to be undertaken on site.

CCT not essential