Job overview

The post will be based at Salford Royal Hospital of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA). This post is available on a 6 Programmed Activities (PAs) PAs. The post offers excellent opportunities for you to develop as a Rheumatology Consultant and contribute to service development and shape the future of the Trust’s Rheumatology Service. The incoming post-holder will be encouraged to develop a special interest.

The service covers a population of around 220,000 people, with over 1 million in-patient and day case admissions, outpatient appointments and community contacts for patients per year. The successful candidate will join the Rheumatology Directorate at the Trust, staffed by ten Rheumatology consultants, five Rheumatology specialist nurses, a senior clinical fellow, a consultant physiotherapist, an advanced practice AHP, as well as two rotational junior medical staff on the NW Rheumatology rotation and one general medical trainee. The directorate has five dedicated inpatient beds on a ward shared with dermatology, and good access to day-patient beds. The Rheumatology department actively encourages research, with existing research activity in systemic sclerosis, digital health, metabolic bone disease, musculoskeletal pain, myositis, axial spondyloarthritis and pharmacoepidemiology. The department is a regional centre for connective tissue disease.

Main duties of the job

The Post holder will undertake Rheumatology clinics in an outpatient setting, consisting of Myositis clinics, General Rheumatology and Metabolic Bone clinics.

Any additional, or substitution, out-patient clinics will reflect the interest of the appointee and needs of the department. The post holder will also undertake weekly ward round and review new admissions or unstable patients on an ad hoc basis. The post holder will provide clinical advice and support for ward referrals.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.  

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