Consultant in Endocrinology & Diabetes

Main area Endocrinology and Diabetes Grade Consultant in Endocrinology & Diabetes Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (+GIM on call rota) Job  
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Employer Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Great Western Hospital Town Swindon Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/08/2026 23:59

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.

Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.

We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.

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The Great Western Hospital are looking to recruit a substantive general Endocrinology and Diabetes Consultant to be the lead for Diabetes Technology.

The Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Diabetes and Endocrinology Consultant to join the existing dynamic team of six consultants to continue provision of specialist inpatient and outpatient services to the local population. The post is based solely at the Great Western Hospital site in Swindon, with opportunities to work remotely.

The post includes an 18-bed specialist and general medical ward, covered on a rota of 1 month in 4. GIM on call currently 1:16 weekdays and approx. 1:8 weekends.

To discuss the role or arrange a visit, please contact the clinical lead Dr Auditi Naziat on [email protected] or via her secretary on  Shortlisted candidates are encouraged to visit the Trust and meet senior members of staff and management teams. Details will be shared following shortlisting.

The clinical workload involves Inpatient Diabetes in-reaching service, outpatient clinics including a Hot Diabetes Clinic, general Diabetes and Endocrine clinics, Thyrotoxicosis clinic, monthly Diabetes and Endocrine/Radiology MDT meetings, and ward cover in 4 monthly rotas. There is an opportunity to work from home one day per week (except for the ward cover and inpatient cross-cover weeks). There is dedicated time as a ‘virtual clinic’ to review results for Endocrine or Diabetes patient investigations carried out during outpatient clinics or inpatient reviews or at MDT.

The Department sees the full range of Endocrinology & Diabetes conditions, plus offers specialist clinics:

Endocrinology
- Thyrotoxicosis, Male Hypogonadism, Pituitary, Secondary Hypertension;
Diabetes
- Foot attack, Complex Type 2 Diabetes, Hot Diabetes, Atypical Diabetes, Antenatal Diabetes/Endocrinology and Preconception, Young adult Diabetes, Endocrine transition clinic; and Tier 3 Weight management MDT clinic. The team provides GPs advice & guidance via the Cinapsis electronic platform.

There are several Multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings locally (Endocrine MDT, Diabetes MDT, Diabetes Foot MDT), which are linked with Oxford MDTs (adrenal, pituitary, and general endocrinology). The department works collaboratively with the Oxford…