Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine

Consultant Physician in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine

NHS Lanarkshire - University Hospital Hairmyres

University Hospital Hairmyres is excited to appoint a Consultant Physician in Diabetes & Endocrinology to join our existing team. This is currently made up of 4 full time consultants with a part-time GP with a special interest in diabetes.

 The department is also supported by 2.0 WTE diabetes nurse specialists, experienced diabetes dietitians and specialist podiatrists. There is also a dedicated day unit for endocrine investigations and a full time endocrine specialist nurse with excellent on-site biochemistry and radiology services.

The department, as well as providing General Endocrine and General Diabetes clinics, also provide subspecialty clinics including Young Persons Diabetes Services, Transition Diabetes services, Type 1 Diabetes and Insulin Pump Clinics. There are also specialty endocrine clinics including radio-iodine services. We also have a multi-disciplinary podiatry clinics supported by on-site Vascular and Interventional Radiology services. The successful candidate, if interested can also contribute to the diabetes ante-natal clinic although these are provided at another site.

The department has an active research wing with dedicated nurse support and input from specialty trainees.

There is a strong multi-disciplinary team working with weekly MDT meetings with our community diabetes specialist nurses and monthly local Diabetes-Biochemistry MDTs. The department is also well supported regionally inputting into the Regional Adrenal MDT as well as Regional Pituitary MDTs based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

The successful candidate will also contribute to the running of the Diabetes & General medicine ward of University Hospital Hairmyres providing senior medical support to junior doctors together with 3 of other full time consultants.

The successful candidate will join the Acute and General Physicians who all contribute an equal share to the running of the Acute Medical Receiving Unit which is well supported by our Specialist Minor/Major Injury Nurses Treatment Service (MINTS) Nurses, Physician Associate as well as our junior medical tier doctors. They will also contribute towards the Medical Assessment Unit which is again supported by our MINTS nurses and junior doctors.

The candidate will be part of the On-Call rota which is variable and flexible depending on the commitments of the team and will also contribute to overnight and weekend on-call rotas.

The candidate will have the opportunity to develop sub-specialty interests such as diabetes in-patient ward rounds, mineral metabolism services or a sub-specialty interest of the candidate and will be encouraged and supported by the department.

We are keen to receive applications from enthusiastic, motivated individuals who are keen to develop new services and processes within the medical admissions process.

The University of Glasgow enjoys close links with NHS Lanarkshire, and our medical students benefit greatly from the excellent educational opportunities provided by the board in both primary and secondary care. Those who are or who will be involved in teaching our students, or in any other activity which involves a contribution to teaching, research or scholarship within the University are eligible for honorary status at the University of Glasgow.

Honorary Status Role Holders are entitled to numerous benefits including a University of Glasgow ID card, use of the Library and other facilities, and a University IT account as required for their role. They have access to all courses run by the IT Services on the same basis as members of staff and are also permitted an educational discount when PC equipment is purchased through the IT Services.

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Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by Dr C McDougall, Chief of Medical Services on or Dr G Mulholland, Deputy Clinical Director on .

For any application queries, please contact Nicole Hetherington on or via email medical.dentalconsultant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential childrens setting/secure unit.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.

Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agencys new points based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the EEA can work in the UK at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Please follow the link below should you wish any further information on NHS Lanarkshire

Recruitment | NHS Lanarkshire (scot.nhs.uk)

Interviews are scheduled for: Friday 22nd November 2024.