Trosolwg o'r swydd

An opportunity has arisen for a candidate to join a growing, dynamic and forward thinking Rheumatology department at Chelsea & Westminster Foundation Trust. The candidate will join a faculty of 4 consultants at the West Middlesex University Hospital.

The appointed individual is expected to uphold the Trust values to ensure the delivery of the highest quality care to patients with Rheumatological conditions.

The appointee must be a member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) or equivalent and would be expected to have completed higher specialist training or equivalent in Rheumatology. It is highly desirable that the appointee holds a higher medical degree (i.e. MD or PhD).

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The appointee will work together with Consultant colleagues and will be responsible for the management of patients with Rheumatological conditions in C&W Foundation Trust. The post holder should have a wide experience of Rheumatology and General Medicine. The post holder will be encouraged and supported to continue to develop specialist interests that synchronise with the departmental service. 

The main duties of the appointees will be:  

Outpatient activity:

• Four and a half outpatient clinics (10 patient template) per week (mixture of general rheumatology and specialist conditions), including an Ambulatory Care HOT clinic.
• A variety of specialist Rheumatology clinics already exist:
• West Middlesex Site: Biologics therapies, Osteoporosis, Early Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Connective Tissue Disease,  HOT clinic and joint injection.
• Nurse led clinics for disease modifying drug monitoring and patient education.

Meetings and Teaching

• There are weekly departmental meetings:  a weekly team meeting and an x-ray meeting
• Rheumatology /Respiratory radiology MDT meeting monthly
• Actively participate in undergraduate teaching of clinical medical students attached to the department

The post holder will participate on the hospital general medical on call rota.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

We provide services from two main hospitals, West Middlesex University Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We’re one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children’s unit at West Middlesex – in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.