Consultant Physician

CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN

WITH an interest in rheumatology

QUEENELIZABETHUNIVERSITYHOSPITAL

Information pack

reF: 50744D

CLOSING DATE: 6TH aPril 2018

SUMMARY INFORMATION

Post: CONSULTANT physician with an interest in rheumatology

Base:QUEENELIZABETHUNIVERSITYHOSPITAL

Applications are invited for this consultant post, arising due to a retirement, in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde which will be based in Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QUEH). The successful candidate will join a team of 8 established consultants, an Associate Specialist and a Specialty Doctor to provide care for rheumatology inpatients, day cases and outpatients. They will provide both acute and continuing care to medical in-patients at the QueenElizabethUniversityHospital.

The post offers the successful candidate the opportunity to develop a sub-speciality. The speciality is supported by Clinical Nurse Specialists and two medical day units.

Applicants must have full GMC registration and a licence to practise. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT in General (Internal) Medicine and Rheumatology or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of Interview. Non UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Medical Services, South Sector

Information pack - for the post of

Consultant Rheumatologist with General Internal Medicine

South Sector NHS Greater GlasgowClyde

GLASGOW – A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE ANDWORK

Today Glasgow is a compact, vibrant and modern city. In fact Glasgow’s scale comes as a surprise to some people. It has the largest suburban rail network outside London and is second only to the UK capital as a retail centre.

There are top-ranking schools, excellent leisure facilities, beautiful golf courses and elegant accommodation across all price ranges.

The nightlife and restaurants are renowned and its opera, theatres, art galleries and museums offer plenty of cultural stimulation.

From Glasgow, the West of Scotland’s jewels are within easy reach. Loch Lomond is just 45 minutes drive, a little further to the Argyll peninsula – or over the sea to Arran, Skye, Iona and Mull.

QueenElizabethUniversityHospital, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

The QueenElizabethUniversityHospital is a new purpose built hospital that opened its doors in May 2015. The hospital has 1109 beds and provides provide medical care to a population of around 700,000 people in west and south Glasgow. The hospital provides the full range of medical and surgical services and many tertiary specialties including neurology, ENT and renal medicine. It will also be one of the 4 hospitals in Scotland to admit major trauma cases from next year.

Development of the new QEUH has allowed inpatient and acute medical care from the Western Infirmary, Gartnavel General, VictoriaHospital and Southern General to be consolidated to a single site.

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The Work of the Rheumatology Department.

The QUEH is the base hospital for the largest department of Rheumatology in Scotland, which provides specialist in-patient and outpatient care to the population of South and Northwest Glasgow. This replacement post will join the team of 8 other consultants, Associate Specialist and Specialty Doctor to deliver inpatient, outpatient and day care service.

The successful candidate will contribute to the acute medical admissions unit as part of a receiving team with colleagues from Diabetes & Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases and Medical Academics. It is expected that initially 9 programmed activities per week will be devoted to direct clinical care, with 1 programmed activity allocated for supporting professional activities.There is potential for extra SPA activities subject to negotiation.

The Job Itself

Title: Consultant Physician with an Interest in Rheumatology

a)Names of Consultants in the Department of Rheumatology:

• Dr Elaine Morrison
• Dr David Crosbie
• Dr John Hunter
• Prof Duncan Porter
• Dr Margaret Mary Gordon
• Dr Monica Gupta
• Dr Sandeep Bawa
• Dr Neil McGuchan
• Dr Fiona McGarry (Associate Specialist)
• Dr Magdalena Zgoda (Specialty Doctor)

b)Number and grades of trainee medical staff:

3 FY1, seven FY2/CMT/GPST and four Specialist Trainees in Rheumatology are attached to the unit.

c)Clinical Nurse Specialists

There are five full time and two part time CNS supporting the work of the department, with two full time CNS having special responsibility for work on the QEUH site.

Details of the post:

Acute Receiving

The new appointee will have regular acute medical receiving duties on the RAID (ARU2) receiving cluster. When receiving, the consultant will be on call from Monday to Thursday daytime (08:00-18:00) or overnight on a 1 in 20 basis. Friday, Saturday & Sunday are covered by 2 Consultants sharing the 1st on/2nd on duties, with an overall frequency of 1 in 8 weekends. The 1st on receiving consultant covers the 16 bedded receiving unit, including twice daily formal ward rounds. The 2nd on receiving consultant reviews up to 14 patients that have been admitted directly to other wards during the night before and, at weekends, supports the junior/middle grade staff on upstream RAID medical wards and Medical HDU (during the week the MHDU is covered by colleagues from Critical Care).

Non-Receiving In-Patient Work:

The QEUH rheumatology team covers 42 beds in two medical wards and patients with rheumatological problems are admitted here whenever possible, alongside general medical patients. This post holder will be expected to share responsibility for covering ward 6B with 3 other rheumatology consultants and an academic physician who provides input for 6 weeks per year.

Out-Patient Workload:

The post holder will offer 4 outpatient clinics per week - a New Patient Clinic, and three return clinics. A specialist interest in Connective Tissue Disease or other sub-speciality area would be encouraged, and expertise in musculoskeletal ultrasound would be welcome. Clinics will be at the WEUH and the New Victoria and there are twice yearly satellite clinics in Campbeltown for patients with established rheumatic disease.

Day Unit Workload:

The day unit workload will be shared with colleagues from QEUH (Drs Morrison, Crosbie & Zgoda) and the New Victoria Hospital (Dr McGuchan) supporting the delivery of biologic therapies on the site.

Rheumatology referrals

The post holder and on-call rheumatology specialist trainee will review inpatients referred (during working hours, Monday – Friday) for a rheumatology opinion on one day a week.

Administration

There is 1 PA for administration duties associated with this post. SPA time will be allocated within the job plan to support the post holders personal appraisal and revalidation work

Teaching

Undergraduates attend the unit throughout their training and many opportunities exist for contributing to the medical undergraduate curriculum. There is a need for clinicians to support post-graduate training through teaching and educational supervision. Such involvement in teaching and training would be encouraged, and the department would support the development of the successful applicant’s job plan to reflect this

Continuing Professional Development

There are monthly XR meetings with a specialist musculoskeletal radiologist, weekly postgraduate teaching meetings in rheumatology (Monday 12-1pm), clinical governance (Wed 12.45 -1.30) and Hospital Grand Round (Friday 12.30-1.30). There is a weekly research meeting at Gartnavel GeneralHospital (Friday 8-9).

Research

The University of Glasgow has an international reputation for research in rheumatology. Consultants within the unit have established track records of research collaboration with the University delivering clinical trials (e.g. TICORA and ORBIT studies), cohort and biobanks (e.g. SERA and SOPHOS), and basic immunology studies. The Centre for Rheumatic Disease/University of Glasgow has received a EULAR Centre of Excellence award (one of only nine such centres in the UK), and hosts the Arthritis Research UK Rheumatoid Arthritis Centre for Excellence. Opportunities abound for collaborative research with academic colleagues (Prof Iain McInnes and Dr Stefan Siebert) who are keen to support NHS colleagues who wish to apply for NRS Career Research Fellowships. There are currently four clinical research fellows taking time out of programme with the aim of studying for Higher Degree.

SPA

The current job plan has only 1 SPA. However, the unit is keen to encourage the pursuit of excellence, and will actively support the successful applicant if he/she wishes to participate in other SPA activity including teaching, training, service development, quality improvement or research by negotiating additional time in the job plan.

Indicative Job Plan:

This job plan is negotiable and will be agreed between the successful applicant and the Clinical Director. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde initially allocates all full time consultants 10 PAs made up of 9 PAs in Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and one core Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) for CPD, audit, clinical governance, appraisal, revalidation, job planning, internal routine communication and management meetings. The precise allocation of SPA time and associate objectives will be agreed with the successful applicant and will be reviewed at annual job planning.

The proposed job plan is as below. It is recognised that this plan is provisional. All clinics are 3 hours of clinical activity with an hour of administrative time built in and are not shared lists with other Consultants.

DAY / AM / PM
MONDAY / New Patient Clinic
Rheumatology CPD / QEUH Ward Round
TUESDAY / Zero hours day/admin (alternate weeks) / Zero hours day/admin (alternate weeks)
WEDNESDAY / Return Clinic / Core SPA
THURSDAY / Day Ward/ Rheumatology ward consults/Admin / Return Clinic
FRIDAY / Ward Round
Grand Round (12.30) / CTD Clinic
SATURDAY / Acute receiving/ward cover on rotation / Acute receiving on rotation
SUNDAY / Acute receiving/ward cover on rotation / Acute receiving on rotation

The appointee will be required to register [if not already done so] with an appropriate College for CPD, undergo an annual appraisal, and subsequently revalidation as determined by the General Medical Council [GMC]. 1PA [4 hours] will be allocated to such activities.

Person Specification

Qualifications:

Essential: CCT in Rheumatology and General (Internal) Medicine.

Desirable: Experience in Acute Medicine

Specific criteria required are listed below:

Criterion / Essential / Desirable
Qualifications / MB ChB (or equivalent)
MRCP (UK) (or equivalent)
Registration / Full registration with GMC and a licence to Practise.
CCT in Rheumatologyand General(Internal) Medicine (or equivalent)
Experience / Minimum of 8/9 years of post qualification clinical experience / Experience in Acute Medicine
Evidence of sub-specialist interest within Rheumatology
Teaching Experience / Proven experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
Particular Requirements and/or Areas of Special Interest / Interest in acute medicine and unscheduled care
Research & Publications / Proven record in research with peer reviewed publications. An MD or PhD would be desirable
Management Training / Experience of NHS management and training in this area
Other attributes / Ability to work as a team member

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

The conditions of service are those laid down and amended from time to time by the Hospital and Medical & Dental Whitley Council.

TYPE OF CONTRACT / Permanent
GRADE AND SALARY / Consultant
£ 78,304 - £105,570per annum (pro rata)
New Entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the minimum point of the salary scale, (dependent on qualifications and experience). Salary is paid monthly by Bank Credit Transfer.
HOURS OF DUTY / Full Time40.00
SUPERANNUATION / New entrants to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde who are aged sixteen but under seventy five will be enrolled automatically into membership of the NHS Pension Scheme. Should you choose to "opt out" arrangements can be made to do this via:
REMOVAL EXPENSES / Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be given and would be discussed and agreed prior to appointment.
EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT / Candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be given assistance with appropriate travelling expenses.Re-imbursement shall not normally be made to employees who withdraw their application or refuse an offer of appointment.
TOBACCO POLICY / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operate a No Smoking Policy in all premises and grounds.
DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND / This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work” and therefore requires a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) Membership.
CONFIRMATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE UK / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has a legal obligation to ensure that it’s employees, both EEA and non EEA nationals, are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. Before any person can commence employment within NHS GGC they will need to provide documentation to prove that they are eligible to work in the UK. Non EEA nationals will be required to show evidence that either Entry Clearance or Leave to Remain in the UK has been granted for the work which they are applying to do. Where an individual is subject to immigration control under no circumstances will they be allowed to commence until the right to work in the UK has been verified. ALL applicants regardless of nationality must complete and return the Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in the UK Statement with their completed application form. You will be required provide appropriate documentation prior to any appointment being made.
REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974 / The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have been convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their convictions as “spent” after the lapse of a period of years. However, due to the nature of work for which you are applying this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Orders 1975 and 1986). Therefore, applicants are required to disclose information about convictions which for other purposes are “spent” under the provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Any information given will be completely confidential.
DISABLED APPLICANTS / A disability or health problems does not preclude full consideration for the job and applications from people with disabilities are welcome. All information will be treated as confidential. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde guarantees to interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the post. You will note on our application form that we ask for relevant information with regard to your disability. This is simply to ensure that we can assist you, if you are called for interview, to have every opportunity to present your application in full. We may call you to discuss your needs in more detail if you are selected for interview.
GENERAL / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operates flexible staffing arrangements whereby all appointments are to a grade within a department. The duties of an officer may be varied from an initial set of duties to any other set, which are commensurate with the grade of the officer. The enhanced experience resulting from this is considered to be in the best interest of both NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the individual.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES / The postholder will undertake their duties in strict accordance with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
NOTICE / The employment is subject to three months’ notice on either side, subject to appeal against dismissal.
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE / In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical Negligence the Health Board does not require you to subscribe to a Medical Defence Organisation. Health Board indemnity will cover only Health Board responsibilities. It may, however, be in your interest to subscribe to a defence organisation in order to ensure you are covered for any work, which does not fall within the scope of the indemnity scheme.

FURTHER INFORMATION

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Applicants wishing further information about the post are invited to contact Dr David Crosbie South Sector Lead for Rheumatology on 0141 451 6118 or Colin Perry, Clinical Director Medical Specialities on 0141 451 6163with whom visiting arrangements can also be made.

How to apply

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Medical and Dental Application and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Declaration Form Regarding Fitness to Practice

Immigration Questionnaire

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NOMINATION OF REFEREES

It is Board policy that no person can act as a member of an Advisory Appointments Committee and be a referee for a candidate for that post. You should therefore check with your proposed referees whether there is likely to be any difficulty in this respect for we may otherwise have to invite you to submit another name or names

Return of Applications

Please return your application by email to or to the recruitment address below;

Medical and Dental Recruitment Team

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

West Glasgow ACH (formerly Yorkhill)

2nd Floor

Dalnair Street,

Yorkhill,

G3 8SJ

CLOSING DATE

The closing Date will be6th April 2018

INTERVIEW DATE

The interview date will be 23rd April 2018