Job summary
Employer heading
Consultant Rheumatologist
YM72
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job overview
Consultant Rheumatologist
10 PA
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers and the largest trust in the NHS. It was created on 1 April 2012 by bringing together three trusts: Barts and The London NHS Trust, Newham University Hospital NHS Trust and Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust. The new trust has a turnover of approximately £1.1 billion and approximately 15,000 employees.
Together our hospitals - Newham University Hospital in Plaistow, St Bartholomew’s (Barts) in the City, The Royal London in Whitechapel, The London Chest in Bethnal Green and Whipps Cross in Leytonstone - deliver high quality clinical care to the people of east London and further afield.
The hospitals offer a full portfolio of services that serve the needs of the local community, and are home to some of Britain’s leading specialist centres including cancer, cardiac, trauma and emergency care. Barts Health also has one of the UK’s busiest children’s hospitals and internationally renowned surgical facilities.
Main duties of the job
Our vision is to create a world-class health organisation that builds on strong relations with our partners and the communities we serve – one dedicated to ending the historic health inequalities in east London. We will build an international reputation for excellence in patient care, research and education. And as members of UCLPartners, the largest academic health sciences system in the world, we will ensure that our patients are some of the first in the country to benefit from the latest drugs and treatments
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for the best talent to lead our ambitious new healthcare organisation. In return, the Barts Health will provide unsurpassed professional development opportunities, enabling investment in a range of new initiatives that would mean:
- doctors and nurses in training will be able to gain experience in different hospitals along the whole patient pathway
- there would be greater opportunity for career progression – we could retain good staff who might otherwise leave to gain promotion
- becoming world-class will enable us to recruit some of the best doctors and researchers in the world – who can share their knowledge and experience
- joining forces with other partners in an Academic Health Science System will mean that staff would be better able to secure funds and pool their talents to develop new technology, techniques and treatments
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MRCP or equivalent
- CCST (or within 6 months of date of interview) or on specialist register
- GMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participation in research
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion on range of elective & emergency problems within specialty Able to take full independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable criteria
- Metabolic bone disease
Training Expected
Essential criteria
- Higher Specialist Training in Rheumatology
Management/Audit Experience
Essential criteria
- Audit experience Ability to advise on efficient & smooth running of a specialist service and to organise & manage outpatient priorities Experience of supervising doctors in training and in teaching clinical skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of audit management
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Presentation skills Team, interpersonal & communication skills
- Teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable criteria
- Flexible approach to work and evidence of team working
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephen Kelly
- Job title
- Clinical Lead - Rheumatology Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917726149
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