Job summary
- Main area
- Endocrinology, Obesity and Diabetes
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (Out of hours Consultant rota)
- Job ref
- 196-CON1045
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Consultant in Diabetes, Obesity and & Endocrinology
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
GUY’S AND ST. THOMAS’ HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Consultant in Diabetes, Obesity and Endocrinology
£105504 to £139889 p.a excl. of LZ
Full time 10 sessions per week
Permanent
The department of diabetes and endocrinology is seeking to appoint a Consultant Physician to join a comprehensive, forward-thinking team in a full-time (10 PA) capacity. This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.
The department of diabetes and endocrinology provides inpatient and outpatient (including community services in Lambeth and Southwark) across all out hospital sites including GSTT and RBHH. This post will be based across the hospital and community sites, and has a particular emphasis on Medical Obesity Services. The post-holder will contribute to community diabetes consultant services and support inpatient and outpatient diabetes and endocrinology at Harefield Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The job plan is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out on Guy’s & St Thomas’ sites, including RBHH and community sites and includes on-call commitments. This is an outline programme and you will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Clinical Director within 3 months of your start date. The post-holder will have a particular commitment to our large obesity service and will provide medical oversight for Tier 3 obesity services across Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Bromley and Bexley Boroughs. In addition to supporting the development of innovative models of Obesity care the appointee with contribute to Tier 4 services, MDMs, education and training and the developing obesity pharmacotherapy services. There will be a commitment to diabetes services both in the Lambeth and Southwark community settings and the holder will work at RBHH as necessary. There is a small commitment to inpatient medicine (Albert Ward on the St. Thomas' Hospital site).
Working for our organisation
The Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology is part of the SAMS Directorate, which sits within the Integrated and Specialist Medicine Clinical Group. Relevant specialities alongside Diabetes, Obesity and Endocrinology include Adult Inherited Metabolic Disease, lipids, nutrition and dietetics, neurofibromatosis, neurology, neurophysiology, ophthalmology, pain medicine and INPUT, diabetic eye screening programme, Gassiot House, Guy’s OPD, Gracefield Gardens.
The Diabetes and Endocrinology Department is an important element of local and tertiary medical services. It treats >20,000 patients each year (including >3000 new patients) including many tertiary referrals for diabetes, lipid, obesity, metabolic and endocrine disorders. The clinics are accommodated in modern purpose-built Day Centres on both the Guy’s and St. Thomas’ sites.
There is a well-developed local diabetes network group, active integrated diabetes intermediate care teams, rapid access clinics, community-based diabetes clinics and obesity clinics. Within Kings Health Partners diabetes and endocrinology sits within the Institute of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity (IDEO) facilitating the closer collaboration and partnership with colleagues and organisations across South London. There is a large Tier 3 and significant Tier 4 services and the department is a national leader and influence on obesity strategy in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You must be fully registered with the GMC, hold License to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage.
The post holder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
The job plan is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out on Guy’s & St Thomas’ sites, including RBHH and community sites and includes on-call commitments. This is an outline programme and you will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Clinical Director within 3 months of your start date.
The post-holder will participate in the provision of specialist diabetes and general medical cover (GIM). GIM consists of consultant cover for inpatients on Albert Ward (average 6-8 weeks per year). The postholder will also be responsible for specialist inpatient cover (both diabetes and endocrinology) while covering general medical inpatients on Albert Ward.
Provision of medical obesity services, Tiers 4 & 4, MDMs and pharmacotherapy delivery is a key component of this role and the successful appointee will have experience in these areas.
Person specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise
- On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT
- MRCP(UK) by examination or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree, research MD or PhD, relevant to this post
Clinical experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in medical obesity, contributing to delivery of care across the Tiers of service.
- Evidence of contribution to the development of clinical pathways and guidelines in diabetes and/ or obesity
- Evidence of a good understanding of clinical governance.
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.
- Evidence of ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable criteria
- Clinical experience at Consultant level in Obesity and Diabetes medicine
- Experience of working in Tier 3 obesity
- Practical experience in the delivery of integrated diabetes care
Clinical skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to design and shape obesity service provision
- Ability to chair multi-disciplinary meetings
Desirable criteria
- Local or National role in Obesity related activity
- Good working knowledge of diabetes inpatient working across intermediate, secondary and tertiary care
Audit Management
Essential criteria
- Good track record of clinical governance, audit, management and IT skills required.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in designing and implementing quality improvement projects
- Well developed IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership and management relating to obesity medicine
Research, Teaching Skill and experience
Essential criteria
- A track record of research, publications/ understanding / knowledge of Research ethics
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of original research and publication relevant to role
- Established area of research interest
- GCP certificate within 2 years
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul Carroll
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Endocrinology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 71881974
- Additional information
Please use both emails to make contact
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