The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant in Diabetic Medicine

The closing date is 25 August 2025

Job summary

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well-integrated Diabetes team for one year.

The successful candidate will join the current six Consultant Diabetologists to develop our young adult and medical foot care services. They will join our experience type 1 diabetes multidisciplinary team and the inpatient diabetes team consisting of diabetes specialist nurses, consultants and podiatrists who provide a seven-day service across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose:

To provide diabetes care within our established multidisciplinary teams the Trust's specialty and tertiary diabetes services

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

o Freeman Hospitalo Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)o Newcastle Dental Hospitalo Newcastle Fertility Centreo Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbriao Northern Genetics Serviceo Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Details

Date posted

22 August 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

317-LCON-25-212

Job locations

Diabetes Service - Community

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE4 6BE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide specialist care for young adults with type 1 diabetes Provide specialist care for patients with diabetes foot disease in the medical foot clinic and during admission Provide specialist diabetes care within a type 1 diabetes clinic and within the inpatient diabetes multidisciplinary team Provide General medicine care in the General medicine ward during winter months Provide acute medical care on the Trusts medical admissions suite

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide specialist care for young adults with type 1 diabetes Provide specialist care for patients with diabetes foot disease in the medical foot clinic and during admission Provide specialist diabetes care within a type 1 diabetes clinic and within the inpatient diabetes multidisciplinary team Provide General medicine care in the General medicine ward during winter months Provide acute medical care on the Trusts medical admissions suite

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

Essential

  • Primary Medical Qualification.
  • Full GMC Registration.
  • Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) accreditation certificates in Diabetes and Endocrinology
  • A minimum of 12 months of NHS experience

Desirable

  • Higher Degree.
  • Special skills training in the specialty.

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of experience in the specialty, type 1 diabetes, and diabetic foot care.
  • Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
  • Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
  • Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.

Management and Administration Experience

Essential

  • Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
  • An understanding of Clinical Governance.

Desirable

  • Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
  • Evidence of leadership / project management.
  • Evidence of having implemented change.
  • Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
  • Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
  • Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.

Desirable

  • Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
  • Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

Essential

  • Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
  • Research/critical review of literature.
  • Publications in the last five years.

Desirable

  • Higher degree.

Audit

Essential

  • Evidence of participation in audit.

Desirable

  • Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
  • Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

Essential

  • Primary Medical Qualification.
  • Full GMC Registration.
  • Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) accreditation certificates in Diabetes and Endocrinology
  • A minimum of 12 months of NHS experience

Desirable

  • Higher Degree.
  • Special skills training in the specialty.

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of experience in the specialty, type 1 diabetes, and diabetic foot care.
  • Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
  • Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
  • Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.

Management and Administration Experience

Essential

  • Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
  • An understanding of Clinical Governance.

Desirable

  • Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
  • Evidence of leadership / project management.
  • Evidence of having implemented change.
  • Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
  • Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
  • Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.

Desirable

  • Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
  • Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

Essential

  • Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
  • Research/critical review of literature.
  • Publications in the last five years.

Desirable

  • Higher degree.

Audit

Essential

  • Evidence of participation in audit.

Desirable

  • Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
  • Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Diabetes Service - Community

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE4 6BE


Employer's website

https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Diabetes Service - Community

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE4 6BE


Employer's website

https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR Advisor

Victoria Cowan

victoria.cowan2@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

22 August 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

317-LCON-25-212

Job locations

Diabetes Service - Community

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE4 6BE


Supporting documents

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