Locum Consultant Physician in Diabetes, Endocrinology

A Vacancy at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.

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Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medicine. The successful applicant will contribute to the well-respected Diabetes, Endocrine and Lipid services of the Trust in both in-patient and outpatient settings. They will be working with the rest of the multi-professional Diabetes and Endocrinology team in a wide range of activities. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to develop specialist areas of interest allowing for subspecialisation within the Diabetes and Endocrinology department as possible and desired. In addition the successful applicant may be asked to contribute to clinical sessions within the Emergency Assessment Unit managing acute medical admissions. At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience. We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards. We actively encourage staff involvement with staff networking events and staff survey "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool" The successful applicant will contribute to the specialist diabetes, endocrine and Lipid services of the Trust in both in-patient and outpatient settings. He/she will be working with the rest of the multi-professional specialist team in developing the existing services, ensuring timely management of referrals, optimising integrated care pathways, and facilitating the movement of a proportion of care into a community setting. This post is based within the University Hospital of North Tees. Outpatient services are provided in the Outpatient departments in the University Hospitals of North Tees and of Hartlepool and other community settings within the catchment areas of Hartlepool and Easington There will also be the opportunity for research experience within the diabetes programme. It is desired the successful candidate will help to consolidate a currently large insulin pump Service. The appointee will be expected to take part in local postgraduate education activities (journal club, audit, clinical case presentation and teaching).