The appointee will join a team of 5 existing consultants who currently deliver a mixture of inpatient and outpatient diabetes and endocrine services for the Trust. Due to the changing dynamics of chronic disease  management the structure of the consultant team is under continual review in order to facilitate an efficient  interface between primary and secondary care

This is a post will aid us to formalise and standardise a new model of delivery of care for inpatient general  medicine with a special interest in diabetes and endocrinology.

The appointee will NOT have a commitment to the acute general (internal) medicine on call rota although in the unlikely event this is desired by the appointee, this can be negotiated with the Chief Of Medicine at a later date.

Job Purpose
You will be expected to

• Support and deliver specialist services in Diabetes and Endocrinology for both in-patients and Outpatients
•  Help develop guidelines and care pathways to ensure the highest standard of specialist/generalist care 
  is delivered.
• Be involved in teaching for undergraduates on placement and for doctors in training
• Provide specialist input to in-patients both on the diabetes ward and throughout the Trust Support 
  educational activities of the department
• Deliver inpatient and outpatient diabetic foot care as part of an MDT