Consultant Paediatrician with Interest in Diabetes and Endocrinology
| Posting date: | 08 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 June 2025 |
| Location: | Romford, RM7 0AG |
| Company: | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7198359/162-M7505 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Paediatric diabetes service at BHRUT NHS Trust is one of the busiest in London and the Southeast treating over 400 children. We are part of the Northeast Thames Diabetes network.
Applications are invited for the post of a Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Diabetes and Endocrinology. We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated colleague to join our established team of paediatricians.
The successful applicant will be responsible for jointly running the diabetes and endocrine service at BHRUT with the three existing consultants, paediatric diabetes speciality doctor, paediatric diabetes specialist nurses, dietitians and the other members of the paediatric diabetes team. In addition to the diabetes and endocrine commitments, the successful candidate will also work as an acute general paediatric consultant
We will be looking for someone with diabetes experience and ideally SPIN (not essential, can be supported in post) and endocrine experience to join our team.
Weekly MDT Clinics run at Queens Hospital, and we use web platforms to upload blood glucose data and point of care HbA1C testing in clinic. The team uses the Twinkle database for collecting data on service delivery and outcome.
Other features of the paediatric diabetes service include:
• Weekly pump clinics and 2 weekly pump starts
• Monthly transition clinic with adult diabetes team
• Monthly MDT meetings
• Carb counting workshops
• Quarterly newsletter for families/team members
• Social events during school holidays for families and team (e.g. walk, sports events, picnics)
• We have completed the Diabetes Quality Programme commissioned by RCPCH.
• We are part of NEL CYP Diabetes network
• We were successful with our bid from NHSE to become a pilot site for improving diabetes technology uptake for CYP from deprived communities.
• Actively involved in National Paediatric Diabetes Audit
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer inspecial measures; we’ve openedtwo new theatresat our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been namedthe top CEOby the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’sand get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from ourWomen’s Health Hubin Ilford; anAgeing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospitaland atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hubin Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wageemployer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
The successful applicant will take an important role in providing transition care for CYP and for those with Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. She/he will be responsible with his/her colleagues for seeing the patients newly diagnosed with diabetes and helping the children/adolescents and their families with education and support both in clinic and outside clinic. The successful applicant will also assist with her/his colleagues in providing any necessary advice to the children's wards when children/adolescents already known to have diabetes are admitted for diabetes related or other non-diabetes related reasons.
For more information, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Azeez , Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4440.
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Jun 2025
The Paediatric diabetes service at BHRUT NHS Trust is one of the busiest in London and the Southeast treating over 400 children. We are part of the Northeast Thames Diabetes network.
Applications are invited for the post of a Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Diabetes and Endocrinology. We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated colleague to join our established team of paediatricians.
The successful applicant will be responsible for jointly running the diabetes and endocrine service at BHRUT with the three existing consultants, paediatric diabetes speciality doctor, paediatric diabetes specialist nurses, dietitians and the other members of the paediatric diabetes team. In addition to the diabetes and endocrine commitments, the successful candidate will also work as an acute general paediatric consultant
We will be looking for someone with diabetes experience and ideally SPIN (not essential, can be supported in post) and endocrine experience to join our team.
Weekly MDT Clinics run at Queens Hospital, and we use web platforms to upload blood glucose data and point of care HbA1C testing in clinic. The team uses the Twinkle database for collecting data on service delivery and outcome.
Other features of the paediatric diabetes service include:
• Weekly pump clinics and 2 weekly pump starts
• Monthly transition clinic with adult diabetes team
• Monthly MDT meetings
• Carb counting workshops
• Quarterly newsletter for families/team members
• Social events during school holidays for families and team (e.g. walk, sports events, picnics)
• We have completed the Diabetes Quality Programme commissioned by RCPCH.
• We are part of NEL CYP Diabetes network
• We were successful with our bid from NHSE to become a pilot site for improving diabetes technology uptake for CYP from deprived communities.
• Actively involved in National Paediatric Diabetes Audit
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer inspecial measures; we’ve openedtwo new theatresat our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been namedthe top CEOby the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’sand get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from ourWomen’s Health Hubin Ilford; anAgeing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospitaland atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hubin Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wageemployer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
The successful applicant will take an important role in providing transition care for CYP and for those with Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. She/he will be responsible with his/her colleagues for seeing the patients newly diagnosed with diabetes and helping the children/adolescents and their families with education and support both in clinic and outside clinic. The successful applicant will also assist with her/his colleagues in providing any necessary advice to the children's wards when children/adolescents already known to have diabetes are admitted for diabetes related or other non-diabetes related reasons.
For more information, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Azeez , Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4440.
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Jun 2025
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