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Job overview

The appointee will join the 9 existing consultants who provide a Rheumatology service to The James Cook University Hospital and Friarage Hospital, Northallerton.Ìý The department is one of the foremost in the North East and comprises a unified outpatient unit and Day Unit with access to inpatient beds and integrated rehabilitation facilities and clinical psychology.Ìý

The team is supported by two Specialist Registrars, one IMT3 trainee, one Foundation trainee, a GP registrar and specialist nurse team.Ìý The department runs an open-access Bone Densitometry service, paediatric/adolescent rheumatology, connective tissue diseases and combined clinics with orthopaedics and has it's own musculoskeletal ultrasound scanner.Ìý Consultants each run one outreach clinic in the community.Ìý

The appointee will be encouraged to develop their own area of special interest and to take part in teaching, education and research activities.Ìý

The post holder will support the Clinical Director in working towards the strategic direction of the Directorate and meeting the Trust’s Corporate Objectives.

He/she will be expected to undertake the ordinary administrative duties of a Consultant post.Ìý These will include participation in audit, training and supervision of core and higher medical trainees, business planning and related activities.Ìý He/she will be a member of the Senior Medical Staff Forum, and of the Directorate of Rheumatology and the Community Care Centre.Ìý

Main duties of the job

This is a 6-month fixed term post maternity cover. The post holder will:

· Maintain the highest clinical standards in the practice of Rheumatology.

·Participate in the rheumatology consultant on call rota. The post involves working 3 days a week (non-working on Monday and Tuesday), the postholder would be expected to work weekends in the on-call week which would be appropriately job planned.Ìý The post holder job shares the on-call week with another consultant and therefore is on-call 1 in 16 weekends.

· Cover for colleagues’ annual leave and other authorised absences

·Provide professional supervision and management of junior medical staff

·Be actively involved in the management of the department including attendance at the monthly Directorate Business and Governance Meetings, consultant meetings and audit/education meetings with the multi-disciplinary team.

·Take part in annual appraisals (mandatory for all Consultants), and revalidation as stipulated by the GMC. ÌýÌýAppropriate time and assistance will be provided for preparation, as well as the development and improvement activities required to meet revalidation criteria, including active involvement in CME, CPD and audit.

·Be involved in audit/research.Ìý Involvement in the further development of research links is encouraged.

· Undertake any other duties which may be required

Working for our organisation

The Rheumatology Department, based at The James Cook University Hospital, is amongst the foremost in the North East & comprises a unified out-patient unit and day unit with access to an inpatient ward (Ward 33, shared with Haematology) and integrated rehabilitation facilities, including physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, occupational therapy, chiropody and orthotics.Ìý The department has research facilities supported by a research coordinator and research nurse.Ìý There is an allied service at the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton.

The department runs at least five out-patient clinics per day at JCUH, these are consultant-led supported by General Practitioners/Specialty Doctors, a Specialist Registrar and by Rheumatology Nurses.Ìý In addition, the department runs outreach clinics at East Cleveland (Brotton), Guisborough, Redcar, Whitby and Richmond.Ìý Specialised nursing clinics take place every day for monitoring of patients taking disease-modifying anti rheumatic drugs and for education, information, support and counselling of patients.Ìý Two nurses run their own review clinics, predominantly for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.ÌýÌý

The department runs a telephone advice line, 9-5pm, Mon-Fri.Ìý This provides help and advice for patients, their relatives or carers, nursing staff and General Practitioners

The post holder will run an Adolescent and Transitional service supported by colleagues from paediatrics and with input from the consultant paediatric rheumatologist based at Newcastle.