Consultant in Rheumatology

Job overview

Upgrade your quality of life!  We need a new colleague to join the Rheumatology team on the Isle of Wight due to the retirement of one of the two existing whole time Consultants. This post is based exclusively at St Mary’s Hospital in Newport. There are no on call commitments. You will be joining our friendly team consisting of 2 full-time equivalent Consultants, 1 Wessex Regional Trainee Doctor, 2 Rheumatology nurse specialists and 2 osteoporosis nurse specialists as well as our great dedicated administrative team.

We are looking for a great new colleague to continue to deliver and extend the  comprehensive range of Rheumatology and DEXA services that we offer to the island’s population. The successful candidate will be supported in developing subspecialty interests and also encouraged to have a direct involvement in the Wessex Deanery specialty training programme as well as supporting the undergraduate training of Medical students from Southampton. There are also opportunities to develop mainland links or research interests as appropriate.

Please refer to the job specification and person specification for the main responsibilities of the role. The successful candidate will be required to have appropriate experience in Rheumatology and to hold (or be within 6 months of obtaining) CCT certification from the General Medical Council.

**Job description has not yet been approved by the Royal College**

Main duties of the job

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job plan is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant’s duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year.  It covers all aspects of the consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities.  It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external.  In addition, it will include personal objectives including details of their link to wider service objectives and details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.

The job plan, for 10 PAs will commence with 1.5 Core Supporting Professional Activities [SPA] with up to 1 SPA allocated for additional roles to be agreed with the Care Group Director, taking the total to 11 PAs.  After six months in post the SPA allocation will be reviewed with the post holder to confirm there are activities in place to justify the 2.5 SPAs; any necessary adjustments will be made to a minimum of 1.5 SPAs. One SPA may be worked flexible and off site if desired in accordance with agreement with LNC.

The Job Plan will be reviewed at 3 months and annually thereafter by the Clinical Director/Lead Clinician.