Job summary
We are excited to announce a rewarding career opportunity for a highly skilled and
dedicated Consultant Endocrinologist. This is a replacement post within an expanding
diabetes and endocrine team. The Royal Sussex County is the specialist referral centre for
Sussex and hosts tertiary services in neurosciences, vascular surgery, neonatology,
paediatrics, cardiac, cancer, renal, infectious diseases and HIV medicine. As an NHS
hospital renowned for its commitment to patient care, research, and innovation, we are
seeking a passionate individual with expertise in Diabetes and Endocrinology to provide
exceptional healthcare and make a significant impact on the lives of patients
At University Hospitals Sussex, we take pride in being a leading NHS institution, recognized
for our excellence in healthcare and medical research. Our state-of-the-art facilities and
collaborative approach ensure that our team of professionals delivers the best patient
outcomes while fostering an environment of continuous learning and professional growth.
Brighton is an exciting and vibrant place to live situated between the sea and the South
Downs National Park. There are excellent schools, a thriving cultural hub, top class sports
events and a strong LGBTQ+ scene, with easy access to London and Gatwick Airport
For further information please contact:
Dr Anna Crown a.crown@nhs.net Consultant Endocrinologist and Lead Consultant
Dr Ali Chakera alichakera@nhs.net Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetes Lead
Main duties of the job
The job plan will be based on 10 PAs to include 8 DCC (direct clinical care) PAs, including
participation in a GIM rota, detailed below, and 2 SPAs (supporting professional activity).
There will be some flexibility about the allocation of sub-specialist work, depending on the
interests and expertise of the appointee, but we would welcome contributions to any of the
following sub-specialist areas of endocrinology and diabetes
1. Care of patients with diabetes in pregnancy, working with the antenatal diabetes and
obstetric teams
2. Care of patients with pituitary disease, working with the Sussex Pituitary MDT
3. Sub-specialist out-patient diabetes (renal, pump/HCL).
4. The care of patients with diabetic foot problems, working with our specialist diabetes
podiatrist, and colleagues in vascular and orthopaedic surgery who provide the
regional vascular surgical service
5. Care of patients with Adrenal pathology, working with colleagues in Urology
6. Care of patients with thyroid cancer working with oncology
All Consultants provide clinical advice for members of the diabetes and endocrinology multi-
disciplinary team. Shared clinical duties include triage of referrals and our specialty 'Advice
and Guidance' service for GPs.
General Internal Medicine
Ward duties are allocated in two-week blocks, including the middle weekend, on a 1:4.5 rotawith internal cover, i.e. approximately one in 3.5 working weeks and 1:8 weekends
About us
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourWellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a replacement post. We are looking for a dynamic and well-motivated Consultant
colleague to join the dedicated team at the Royal Sussex County Hospital (RSCH), Brighton.
The Royal Sussex County Hospital has moved into a new, state of the art, government-
funded building the Louisa Martindale, a hospital fit for the 21st century.
The appointee will contribute to general and specialist clinics in diabetes and endocrinology,
with some flexibility depending on their interests, skills and experience. They will participate
in the care of general medical and specialist in-patients, and out-of-hours cover for the
general medical take.
General medical cover entails a 1:4 rota of two-week blocks (including the middle weekend:
8am-2pm each day), with responsibility for patients on our (18 bed) diabetes / endocrinology
/ general medical ward and allocated medical outliers, and review of other specialty
admissions as required. The appointee will share a 1:8 responsibility for the ward and
specialty admissions on Bank holidays and participate in a less frequent (category B, 1%)
out-of-hours on call rota for general medicine (detailed below).
Applicants should be enthusiastic teachers and trainers, keen to participate in our teaching
programme in endocrinology and diabetes for students at Brighton and Sussex Medical
School, and to the supervision and training of junior doctors. Research interests are
supported and encouraged. Appointees will be encouraged and supported to take on a
range of roles within the department, including clinical governance, quality improvement and
audit, and service development.
Less than full time and job share applications are welcome: we would be able to review the job descriptions to see how flexible working applications could be accommodated. Teaching We contribute to the teaching programme for BSMS students, including the pre-clinical and clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology teaching (Years 2 and 3) and general medical attachments (Years 3 and 5). Other optional BSMS teaching opportunities include becoming a Personal Tutor for a small group of students from Years 1-5, and supervising medical student independent research projects (Year 4). All Consultants share the responsibility for clinical supervision of trainees, and there is also the opportunity to become an educational supervisor with a dedicated training and support programme. We have an active departmental CPD schedule, including fortnightly educational meetings often with external speakers.
The job plan will be based on 10 PAs to include 8 DCC (direct clinical care) PAs, including participation in a GIM rota, detailed below, and 2 SPAs (supporting professional activity). Direct Clinical Care (DCC) 8 PAs There will be a varying frequency of DCC activity per week depending on whether the individual has ward commitments or not, as outlined in the indicative timetables. Clinic templates are tailored to the sub-specialism with extra time allocated for new patients - generally allowing 15-20 minutes for follow-ups and 30-40 minutes for new patients. Clinics are not overbooked without consultant request. Clinic activity is supported with 25% extra administrative time. Diabetes and Endocrinology There will be some flexibility about the allocation of sub-specialist work, depending on the interests and expertise of the appointee, but we would welcome contributions to any of the following sub-specialist areas of endocrinology and diabetes: 7. Care of patients with diabetes in pregnancy, working with the antenatal diabetes and obstetric teams. 8. Care of patients with pituitary disease, working with the Sussex Pituitary MDT 9. Sub-specialist out-patient diabetes (renal, pump/HCL). 10. The care of patients with diabetic foot problems, working with our specialist diabetes podiatrist, and colleagues in vascular and orthopaedic surgery who provide the regional vascular surgical service. 11. Care of patients with Adrenal pathology, working with colleagues in Urology 12. Care of patients with thyroid cancer working with oncology. All Consultants provide clinical advice for members of the diabetes and endocrinology multi-disciplinary team. Shared clinical duties include triage of referrals and our specialty Advice and Guidance service for GPs. General Internal Medicine Ward duties are allocated in two-week blocks, including the middle weekend, on a 1:4.5 rota with internal cover, i.e. approximately one in 3.5 working weeks and 1:8 weekends. With a base ward and allocated responsibility for medical outliers (on the vascular ward), the firm usually has 18-20 patients under our care, with additional specialty reviews as requested. During the 2-week block, you will: - do a daily morning (4 hour) ward round, incorporating a morning MDT board round, of patients on our diabetes/endocrinology/general medical ward and allocated medical outliers. - liaise with the StRs to review specialty admissions and specialist consultations for in-patients in relation to diabetes / endocrinology. - work closely with a team of in-patient diabetes specialist nurses.
We have five StRs, an IMT3, and a ward team of FY1/FY2/IMT/Clinical Fellow (CF)/GP trainees attached to the firm, working an annualised rota with a minimum of two doctors on ward duties each day. Weekend work (1:8) is on site from 08:00-14:00, reviewing acute specialty admissions, new ward admissions, current in-patients, and cross-covering for the Infectious Diseases/General Medical ward. Weekend staffing includes separate streams for acute medicine, frailty, cardiology, stroke, HIV, oncology, gastroenterology and respiratory medicine. On the Saturday the Consultant is also on-call overnight from 20:00-08:00 from home. The Friday afternoon prior to a working weekend can be taken as compensatory rest. There is also a less frequent (approximately 1:16, category B) out-of-hours weekday rota (see below). Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) 2 PAs Each consultant receives: One Core SPA: STAM, revalidation, CPD, Job planning & Appraisal Additional 0.5 SPA: Departmental Meetings, mandated clinical governance, patient safety, SIs, coronial work, complaints, learning from deaths Specific additional SPAs are based on roles taken on within the department e.g: AARs, Quality and Safety (morbidity and mortality, quality improvement), Educational/ Clinical Supervision, Appraiser role, research, teaching, leadership and management See detailed information below (Provisional Timetable). Administrative support is provided by a team of secretaries with whom we work closely. Each consultant has their own desk within a shared office and a laptop to enable remote working.
Main Duties and Responsibilities The clinical duties of the post include the following: Diabetes and endocrinology out-patient clinics and MDTs (see indicative timetables below) A shared responsibility for in-patient ward work, outlined above Weekend, Bank holiday and evening work, outlined above A shared responsibility to provide Advice and Guidance and triage referrals Support of the wider Multidisciplinary team Clinical supervision of doctors attached to the team. Audit, clinical governance and service development Participation in diabetes/endocrine BSMS undergraduate teaching Audit and clinical governance Service development On Call Commitment: See detailed description of weekend work above. The appointee will also be on-call overnight from home (8 pm to 8 am) for general and elderly medicine on a rolling rota with a frequency of approximately 1:16 (category B [this applies where the consultant can typically respond by giving telephone advice], 1% supplement [1 in 9 or less frequent]. Bank holiday working (8 am 2 pm) is shared on a 1:8 rota, with time off in lieu, and the same duties as outlined for weekend cover.
Provisional Timetable One core SPA will be provided for individuals on a 10 PA job plan and for less than full-time individuals where UHSussex is the Designated Body for revalidation and appraisal purposes (for less than full-time employees whose Designated Body is not UHSussex, this will be pro rata to minimum 0.5 core SPA). This core SPA (168 hours per year) is to provide time
throughout the year for statutory and mandatory training, revalidation, personal CPD, maintaining log book, job planning and appraisal. An additional 0.5 SPA may be negotiated between clinician and clinical director for time for departmental/consultant/SAS meetings, mandated clinical governance activity, patient safety, Serious Incidents, complaints, learning from deaths, and areas of the Clinical Effectiveness Domain (NICE, audit etc.) Any additional non-clinical SPA is at the discretion of the Clinical Director and part of team job planning. This must be defined with agreed outputs. Examples: educational supervision (for resident doctors); leadership roles (at all levels); research; service development. This job plan may be worked flexibly over a seven-day working week. It is anticipated that patient related administration would be performed within the confines of the DCC PAs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a replacement post. We are looking for a dynamic and well-motivated Consultant
colleague to join the dedicated team at the Royal Sussex County Hospital (RSCH), Brighton.
The Royal Sussex County Hospital has moved into a new, state of the art, government-
funded building the Louisa Martindale, a hospital fit for the 21st century.
The appointee will contribute to general and specialist clinics in diabetes and endocrinology,
with some flexibility depending on their interests, skills and experience. They will participate
in the care of general medical and specialist in-patients, and out-of-hours cover for the
general medical take.
General medical cover entails a 1:4 rota of two-week blocks (including the middle weekend:
8am-2pm each day), with responsibility for patients on our (18 bed) diabetes / endocrinology
/ general medical ward and allocated medical outliers, and review of other specialty
admissions as required. The appointee will share a 1:8 responsibility for the ward and
specialty admissions on Bank holidays and participate in a less frequent (category B, 1%)
out-of-hours on call rota for general medicine (detailed below).
Applicants should be enthusiastic teachers and trainers, keen to participate in our teaching
programme in endocrinology and diabetes for students at Brighton and Sussex Medical
School, and to the supervision and training of junior doctors. Research interests are
supported and encouraged. Appointees will be encouraged and supported to take on a
range of roles within the department, including clinical governance, quality improvement and
audit, and service development.
Less than full time and job share applications are welcome: we would be able to review the job descriptions to see how flexible working applications could be accommodated. Teaching We contribute to the teaching programme for BSMS students, including the pre-clinical and clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology teaching (Years 2 and 3) and general medical attachments (Years 3 and 5). Other optional BSMS teaching opportunities include becoming a Personal Tutor for a small group of students from Years 1-5, and supervising medical student independent research projects (Year 4). All Consultants share the responsibility for clinical supervision of trainees, and there is also the opportunity to become an educational supervisor with a dedicated training and support programme. We have an active departmental CPD schedule, including fortnightly educational meetings often with external speakers.
The job plan will be based on 10 PAs to include 8 DCC (direct clinical care) PAs, including participation in a GIM rota, detailed below, and 2 SPAs (supporting professional activity). Direct Clinical Care (DCC) 8 PAs There will be a varying frequency of DCC activity per week depending on whether the individual has ward commitments or not, as outlined in the indicative timetables. Clinic templates are tailored to the sub-specialism with extra time allocated for new patients - generally allowing 15-20 minutes for follow-ups and 30-40 minutes for new patients. Clinics are not overbooked without consultant request. Clinic activity is supported with 25% extra administrative time. Diabetes and Endocrinology There will be some flexibility about the allocation of sub-specialist work, depending on the interests and expertise of the appointee, but we would welcome contributions to any of the following sub-specialist areas of endocrinology and diabetes: 7. Care of patients with diabetes in pregnancy, working with the antenatal diabetes and obstetric teams. 8. Care of patients with pituitary disease, working with the Sussex Pituitary MDT 9. Sub-specialist out-patient diabetes (renal, pump/HCL). 10. The care of patients with diabetic foot problems, working with our specialist diabetes podiatrist, and colleagues in vascular and orthopaedic surgery who provide the regional vascular surgical service. 11. Care of patients with Adrenal pathology, working with colleagues in Urology 12. Care of patients with thyroid cancer working with oncology. All Consultants provide clinical advice for members of the diabetes and endocrinology multi-disciplinary team. Shared clinical duties include triage of referrals and our specialty Advice and Guidance service for GPs. General Internal Medicine Ward duties are allocated in two-week blocks, including the middle weekend, on a 1:4.5 rota with internal cover, i.e. approximately one in 3.5 working weeks and 1:8 weekends. With a base ward and allocated responsibility for medical outliers (on the vascular ward), the firm usually has 18-20 patients under our care, with additional specialty reviews as requested. During the 2-week block, you will: - do a daily morning (4 hour) ward round, incorporating a morning MDT board round, of patients on our diabetes/endocrinology/general medical ward and allocated medical outliers. - liaise with the StRs to review specialty admissions and specialist consultations for in-patients in relation to diabetes / endocrinology. - work closely with a team of in-patient diabetes specialist nurses.
We have five StRs, an IMT3, and a ward team of FY1/FY2/IMT/Clinical Fellow (CF)/GP trainees attached to the firm, working an annualised rota with a minimum of two doctors on ward duties each day. Weekend work (1:8) is on site from 08:00-14:00, reviewing acute specialty admissions, new ward admissions, current in-patients, and cross-covering for the Infectious Diseases/General Medical ward. Weekend staffing includes separate streams for acute medicine, frailty, cardiology, stroke, HIV, oncology, gastroenterology and respiratory medicine. On the Saturday the Consultant is also on-call overnight from 20:00-08:00 from home. The Friday afternoon prior to a working weekend can be taken as compensatory rest. There is also a less frequent (approximately 1:16, category B) out-of-hours weekday rota (see below). Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) 2 PAs Each consultant receives: One Core SPA: STAM, revalidation, CPD, Job planning & Appraisal Additional 0.5 SPA: Departmental Meetings, mandated clinical governance, patient safety, SIs, coronial work, complaints, learning from deaths Specific additional SPAs are based on roles taken on within the department e.g: AARs, Quality and Safety (morbidity and mortality, quality improvement), Educational/ Clinical Supervision, Appraiser role, research, teaching, leadership and management See detailed information below (Provisional Timetable). Administrative support is provided by a team of secretaries with whom we work closely. Each consultant has their own desk within a shared office and a laptop to enable remote working.
Main Duties and Responsibilities The clinical duties of the post include the following: Diabetes and endocrinology out-patient clinics and MDTs (see indicative timetables below) A shared responsibility for in-patient ward work, outlined above Weekend, Bank holiday and evening work, outlined above A shared responsibility to provide Advice and Guidance and triage referrals Support of the wider Multidisciplinary team Clinical supervision of doctors attached to the team. Audit, clinical governance and service development Participation in diabetes/endocrine BSMS undergraduate teaching Audit and clinical governance Service development On Call Commitment: See detailed description of weekend work above. The appointee will also be on-call overnight from home (8 pm to 8 am) for general and elderly medicine on a rolling rota with a frequency of approximately 1:16 (category B [this applies where the consultant can typically respond by giving telephone advice], 1% supplement [1 in 9 or less frequent]. Bank holiday working (8 am 2 pm) is shared on a 1:8 rota, with time off in lieu, and the same duties as outlined for weekend cover.
Provisional Timetable One core SPA will be provided for individuals on a 10 PA job plan and for less than full-time individuals where UHSussex is the Designated Body for revalidation and appraisal purposes (for less than full-time employees whose Designated Body is not UHSussex, this will be pro rata to minimum 0.5 core SPA). This core SPA (168 hours per year) is to provide time
throughout the year for statutory and mandatory training, revalidation, personal CPD, maintaining log book, job planning and appraisal. An additional 0.5 SPA may be negotiated between clinician and clinical director for time for departmental/consultant/SAS meetings, mandated clinical governance activity, patient safety, Serious Incidents, complaints, learning from deaths, and areas of the Clinical Effectiveness Domain (NICE, audit etc.) Any additional non-clinical SPA is at the discretion of the Clinical Director and part of team job planning. This must be defined with agreed outputs. Examples: educational supervision (for resident doctors); leadership roles (at all levels); research; service development. This job plan may be worked flexibly over a seven-day working week. It is anticipated that patient related administration would be performed within the confines of the DCC PAs.
Person Specification
Experience/Qualifications
Essential
- oBasic medical degree
- oMRCP UK and SCE Endocrinology or its recognised equivalent
- oFull and specialist registration (with a licence to practise) with the GMC or be eligible for registration within six months of the interview. o If you trained in the UK, you must also have a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine or be within six months of receiving it by the interview date. o If you trained outside the UK, you must provide evidence that your qualifications are equivalent to the UK CCT, confirmed by the GMC before the AAC.
Desirable
- o Higher Degree
- oPG cert education
Clinical Skills & Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
- oUnderstanding of clinical risk management
- oComprehensive experience in management of common diabetes, endocrine and general medical
Desirable
- oSub-specialty Endocrine / Diabetes experience
Knowledge
Desirable
- oBreadth of experience in and outside specialty
Organisation & Planning
Essential
- oExperience and ability to work in multi-professional teams
- oUnderstanding of: NHS / Clinical governance / Resource constraints
Desirable
- oEvidence of managerial skills: Achievements / Course attended
Teaching Skills
Essential
- oEvidence of an interest and commitment to teaching
Desirable
- oRecognised teaching qualification
Academic and Research
Essential
- oEvidence of participation in audit
Desirable
- Research
- oPublications
- oPrizes and honours
Career Progression & Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAppropriate progression of career to date
- oEvidence of:- Good communication skills both oral and written
Person Specification
Experience/Qualifications
Essential
- oBasic medical degree
- oMRCP UK and SCE Endocrinology or its recognised equivalent
- oFull and specialist registration (with a licence to practise) with the GMC or be eligible for registration within six months of the interview. o If you trained in the UK, you must also have a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine or be within six months of receiving it by the interview date. o If you trained outside the UK, you must provide evidence that your qualifications are equivalent to the UK CCT, confirmed by the GMC before the AAC.
Desirable
- o Higher Degree
- oPG cert education
Clinical Skills & Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
- oUnderstanding of clinical risk management
- oComprehensive experience in management of common diabetes, endocrine and general medical
Desirable
- oSub-specialty Endocrine / Diabetes experience
Knowledge
Desirable
- oBreadth of experience in and outside specialty
Organisation & Planning
Essential
- oExperience and ability to work in multi-professional teams
- oUnderstanding of: NHS / Clinical governance / Resource constraints
Desirable
- oEvidence of managerial skills: Achievements / Course attended
Teaching Skills
Essential
- oEvidence of an interest and commitment to teaching
Desirable
- oRecognised teaching qualification
Academic and Research
Essential
- oEvidence of participation in audit
Desirable
- Research
- oPublications
- oPrizes and honours
Career Progression & Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAppropriate progression of career to date
- oEvidence of:- Good communication skills both oral and written
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Address
Royal Sussex County Hospital / Princess Royal Hospital
Brighton / Haywards Heath
BN2 5BE
Employer's website
https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
