Locum Consultant in Rheumatology

Job Overview

Applications are invited for a full time (10 PA) Consultant to join our senior Rheumatology team for 12 months. Part-time applicants are welcome. Applicants are required to be on the Specialist Register and/or have a CCT in Rheumatology or be within six months of obtaining it by the interview date. Full current professional registration with the GMC is essential. Experiences and familiarity within UK hospital systems and practices or equivalent is essential.

The appointment is based within the Rheumatology Service at North Bristol NHS Trust. We provide a patient-centred multidisciplinary service. Our rheumatology department is diverse and ambitious with a shared vision to strive for excellence. We treat patients with all aspects of rheumatology and provide comprehensive services for inflammatory arthritis, ultrasound, transition care, metabolic bone disease, osteoporosis, GCA and CTD vasculitis. In addition, we have a successful and highly productive academic rheumatology team linked with the University of Bristol.

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building  are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups. At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.

This is a pure rheumatology post with no GIM commitment. The post holder would be required to deliver a clinical service including clinics at base hospital Southmead and satellite hospital Cossham. The post holder will contribute to the general rheumatology service and autoimmune CTD (connective tissue disease and vasculitis) service through running outpatient clinics. As well as providing an advisory service to inpatients admitted under other specialties at Southmead, in conjunction with other members of the rheumatology team.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MRCP or equivalent
• Full GMC registration
• Must have CCT in Rheumatology and have been entered on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of the appointment. Specialist registrars that do not hold a CCT must be due to be awarded one within 6 months of the interview date.

Desirable criteria

• Higher qualification e.g. Masters, MD, PhD
• Rheumatology publications
• Evidence of additional relevant training e.g. management and leadership.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
• Minimum of seven years postgraduate experience including higher surgical/medical training, three years as a Specialist Registrar in an approved training post, or equivalent. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential. Broad and full training in diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic conditions.
• Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues.
• Knowledge of political context within which we operate.
• Clinical Governance principles.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in involvement in service redesign.
• Evidence of leadership development programme committed to quality improvement during training

Further…