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Consultant Rheumatologist
| Posting date: | 01 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2025 |
| Location: | North Tyneside, NE28 8NH |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7183016/319-7183016SL |
Summary
A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant Rheumatologist based at North Tyneside General Hospital and supporting the delivery of a Trust wide multi-disciplinary Rheumatology Service.
The consultant team have a range of special interests and the successful candidate with compliment the other members of the department. They will provide a Rheumatology service to the population of North Tyneside and Northumberland and work with members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality care.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to assisting all employees to achieve a work-life balance, regardless of their personal circumstances. Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time, will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on individual basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable number of applications are received.
The posts will be flexibly time-tabled to meet the demands of the service and the timing of sessions may change as the service develops.
The Full-time working week will consist of 10 Programmed Activities (PA’s), separated into:
1.Direct Clinical Care
2. Supporting Professional Activities:
Weekly timetable of fixed commitments:
Activity
1. Direct Clinical Care (Outpatient clinics, admin and clinical MDT meetings):8.5 PAs
2. Supporting Professional Activities: 1.5 PAs
The Trust supports requirements for continuing professional development as laid down by the Royal Colleges and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.
A proposed job plan has been outlined in Appendix 2 and will be agreed on commencement of appointment.
Responsibility for medical appraisal by acting as a lead/primary appraiser within the service and ensuring that all medical staff within your service undertake an annual appraisal in line with the Trust’s Medical Appraisal Policy and GMC standards.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Jointly responsible for the provision of Rheumatology services to the population of Northumbria. The post holders will be encouraged to develop a special interest to complement the other members of the department and will work with managers and professional colleagues in ensuring maximum efficiency of the service.
Manage personal workload in such a way to ensure where possible service contract levels are achieved. Participate in the provision of cover on a shared basis with colleagues for periods of annual, sickness and study leave, except for prolonged absence where locum cover may be necessary.
Provide continuing clinical responsibility for patients under his/her care and assume responsibility for and facilitate contact from members of staff with delegated duties for personally accountable patient care.
Maintain an awareness and commitment to organisational priorities and ensure these are communicated effectively to colleagues and staff. Engage constructive debates about organisational issues through a willingness to interact positively with managers – showing mutual respect to ensure a similar level of respect in turn.
Effectively balance loyalty to the service and to the organisation through corporate behaviours and have an ability to anticipate change in current political climates showing an awareness of where the team sits in the bigger picture.
Understand the wider health economy and the implications for the Trust whilst working within organisational constraints with willingness to compromise and share resources.
This advert closes on Thursday 15 May 2025
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant Rheumatologist based at North Tyneside General Hospital and supporting the delivery of a Trust wide multi-disciplinary Rheumatology Service.
The consultant team have a range of special interests and the successful candidate with compliment the other members of the department. They will provide a Rheumatology service to the population of North Tyneside and Northumberland and work with members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality care.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to assisting all employees to achieve a work-life balance, regardless of their personal circumstances. Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time, will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on individual basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable number of applications are received.
The posts will be flexibly time-tabled to meet the demands of the service and the timing of sessions may change as the service develops.
The Full-time working week will consist of 10 Programmed Activities (PA’s), separated into:
1.Direct Clinical Care
2. Supporting Professional Activities:
Weekly timetable of fixed commitments:
Activity
1. Direct Clinical Care (Outpatient clinics, admin and clinical MDT meetings):8.5 PAs
2. Supporting Professional Activities: 1.5 PAs
The Trust supports requirements for continuing professional development as laid down by the Royal Colleges and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.
A proposed job plan has been outlined in Appendix 2 and will be agreed on commencement of appointment.
Responsibility for medical appraisal by acting as a lead/primary appraiser within the service and ensuring that all medical staff within your service undertake an annual appraisal in line with the Trust’s Medical Appraisal Policy and GMC standards.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Jointly responsible for the provision of Rheumatology services to the population of Northumbria. The post holders will be encouraged to develop a special interest to complement the other members of the department and will work with managers and professional colleagues in ensuring maximum efficiency of the service.
Manage personal workload in such a way to ensure where possible service contract levels are achieved. Participate in the provision of cover on a shared basis with colleagues for periods of annual, sickness and study leave, except for prolonged absence where locum cover may be necessary.
Provide continuing clinical responsibility for patients under his/her care and assume responsibility for and facilitate contact from members of staff with delegated duties for personally accountable patient care.
Maintain an awareness and commitment to organisational priorities and ensure these are communicated effectively to colleagues and staff. Engage constructive debates about organisational issues through a willingness to interact positively with managers – showing mutual respect to ensure a similar level of respect in turn.
Effectively balance loyalty to the service and to the organisation through corporate behaviours and have an ability to anticipate change in current political climates showing an awareness of where the team sits in the bigger picture.
Understand the wider health economy and the implications for the Trust whilst working within organisational constraints with willingness to compromise and share resources.
This advert closes on Thursday 15 May 2025
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