Consultant Physician in Diabetes and Endocrinology

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Full timePart time
Location: Slough
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This post is for a Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist. The post holder will have combined Diabetes, Endocrinology, and General Medical responsibilities. The job is a full-time post comprising of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) including on-call duties, although those wishing to work less than full-time hours will be considered.

We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague who will help develop our local Diabetes and Endocrine Service. Our Inpatient services, Diabetic foot, and Joint Antenatal services are based at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, and Outpatient Endocrine and Diabetes clinics are based at King Edward Hospital in Windsor.

The post holders will join 4 full-time consultant endocrinologists and 2 part-time consultants based at Wexham Park Hospital. Outpatient clinics will be provided within Wexham Park Hospital and related peripheral clinics in King Edward Hospital, St Marks, and Heatherwood Hospitals.

General Medicine:

Ward 5 cover – 36-bed ward, plus outliers. During Ward weeks – currently a 2-week block in every 10 weeks, the post-holder will be covering the ward full-time with no clinic commitments. The ward consultant is expected to supervise the Registrars who see specialty referrals, take urgent GP calls, and work with the inpatient Diabetes Specialist Nurses/Foot team when needed.

Outpatient clinics:

This part of the post typically involves 4-5 DCC sessions per week; General Endocrine, Type 1 diabetes, Transition, Complex Type 2 clinics, Joint Antenatal, and Diabetic Foot MDT clinics. One session is dedicated to Admin. Diabetes clinic slots are 30 minutes. Endocrine clinic slot lengths can vary depending on whether the slot is face-to-face or telephone. The appointee will help with cross-cover of MDT clinics, along with the existing Consultant Team.

There will be a minimum of 1.5 SPA. There is a generous study budget for Consultants and a post-graduate centre to support Study Leave. There is a helpful on-site Library with online journal/article finding support.

The post holder will be part of the general medical on-call rota, which is currently 1:7 weekends and 1:20 weekdays.

The successful applicant will be involved in providing general medical services to patients on the endocrine and general medical ward and participating in the acute general medical on-call rota.

Applicants should have a CCT in Endocrinology and General Medicine, or be within 6 months of achieving this at the time of application.

For an informal discussion of the post or visit, please contact Dr. Sri Akavarapu (Consultant Endocrinologist) at

sriranganath.akavarapu@nhs.net

or tel

01753 63 3109 .

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