Consultant Rheumatologist | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	24 June 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£109,725 - £145,478 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	24 July 2025
Location:	Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN
Company:	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7301985/317-CON-25-166

Summary

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team. We will consider both full time and less than full time applicants. Following significant new investment from the Trust, expansion of our medical and specialist nursing team is currently in progress.



This post will include responsibility for patients across a broad spectrum of rheumatology. This will include being part of our Inflammatory Arthritis Service, including the National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit and opportunity to join our Spondyloarthritis team. The successful applicant will be responsible for a mixed caseload of both new patients and inheritance of some existing follow up patients. The role will include involvement in our regular multidisciplinary team meetings, supporting our specialised commissioned services and regional advice provision.

We have a busy dedicated musculoskeletal outpatient department (including Xray and DEXA facilities), a day case unit and in patient beds.



In addition to the clinical role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.We are keen to support applicants who now or in the future wish to develop an interest in medical education.



The post includes contribution to the low frequency rheumatology on-call service for speciality referrals only and management of a small number of in patients.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

· The successful candidate will share responsibility for running and ensuring best practice in our rheumatology service.

· This will include supervision and training of junior doctors, clinical nurse specialists, clinical pharmacists, and allied health professionals.

· Active contribution to the multidisciplinary team meetings (where relevant this can include for inflammatory arthritis, AxSpA, metabolic bone, radiology, histopathology plus local and regional connective tissue disease MDT meetings)

· Provision of long term care to an existing cohort of patients and management of new referrals.

· Contribute medical support to the multidisciplinary team and ensure training and safety standards are met.

· Set up regular audit and quality improvement cycles.

· Involvement in the department’s participation with teaching across the medical undergraduate and graduate curriculum and support supervision and clinical oversight of AHP and nursing departmental teaching.


This advert closes on Monday 30 Jun 2025

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