General Practitioner with Rheumatology specialist interest.

Job summary

This post is for fully qualified GPs who wish to develop skills and experience in MSK medicine/Rheumatology and/or wish to pursue formal GPwER qualification. Successful candidates would be expected to support the team in seeing new and follow up patients. The post will be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead. He/she will be supported in their work by a secretary, junior medical staff and all members of the MDT. The number of available sessions can be negotiated with the team and Service Line Manager.

Sessional work full time or less than full time on a 6 month fixed term contract.

Main duties of the job

The emphasis will be on clinical rheumatology. However, specialty interests are welcomed with existing members of the department currently expressing interests in inflammatory joint disease, connective tissue disease, hypermobility, teaching and ultrasound.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.