Locum Consultant in Diabetic Medicine | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 September 2025 |
| Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7438177/317-LCON-25-212 |
Summary
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual tojoin our well-integrated Diabetes team for one year.
The successful candidate will join the current six Consultant Diabetologists to develop our young adult and medical foot care services. They will join our experience type 1 diabetes multidisciplinary team and the inpatient diabetes team consisting of diabetes specialist nurses, consultants and podiatrists who provide a seven-day service across the Trust.
Job Purpose:
To provide diabetes care within our established multidisciplinary teams the Trust’s specialty and tertiary diabetes services
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
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
• Provide specialist care for young adults with type 1 diabetes
• Provide specialist care for patients with diabetes foot disease in the medical foot clinic and during admission
• Provide specialist diabetes care within a type 1 diabetes clinic and within the inpatient diabetes multidisciplinary team
• Provide General medicine care in the General medicine ward during winter months
• Provide acute medical care on the Trust’s medical admission’s suite
This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025
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