Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellow in Diabetes Foot Care
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities.
Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.
Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;
Job overview
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, motivated doctor to join their Trust. A busy, progressive, friendly organisation, rated 'Good' by the CQC in 2019, we welcome you to consider joining our consultants and teams working with the Diabetes team.
Main duties of the job
- Supporting diabetes foot clinics alongside consultants in diabetes
- Supporting inpatient diabetes foot services alongside podiatry and with supervision from consultants in diabetes.
- Provision of diabetes ward care where required
- Administrative tasks for these services
- Leadership to junior staff
- Shared role in delivery of teaching and training to medical students and allied health professionals
- Active participation in quality improvement, audit and research activities of these services, with encouragement and support to publish in peer-reviewed journals
- Keeping up to date and participating in continuing professional development
- Participation in annual appraisals
Working for our organisation
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
UHDB is seeking to recruit a physician who has or would like to develop a sub-specialty interest in the care of patients with diabetes related foot disease. There are opportunities within the role to increase experience in service development, quality improvement and teaching. Opportunities also exist to gain experience within other sub-speciality clinics within UHDB. Success candidates will be provided with a clinical supervisor and provided with a dedicated day a week for quality improvement work.
Working alongside a committed team of consultants in diabetes, vascular surgery, orthopaedics, microbiology, specialist podiatrists, orthotists and nurses, the appointed clinical fellow will gain a huge experience in the multidisciplinary complex management of patients with diabetes related foot ulceration, ischaemia and charcot neuro-arthropathy which will set them up extremely well for a future career as a diabetes consultant.
The post would suit someone who is a specialty trainee in diabetes and endocrinology who would like out of programme extra experience, someone working towards a CESR application, or someone looking to pursue a career in diabetes and endocrinology but wanting more experience before applying to specialty training posts.
UHDB has an excellent national and international reputation for diabetes foot care and has a well-established multidisciplinary service.
Person specification
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice at time of application
- Minimum 6 months working in NHS Hospitals within the past 2 years
- 4 years post qualification medical experience in the UK or abroad, including experience in Diabetes
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Advanced Life Support Certification
- MRCP Part 2
Desirable criteria
- Full MRCP
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Robinson
- Job title
- ACD and Consultant for Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01332 783283
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