Clinical Fellow in Diabetes and Endocrinology (ST3+ equivalent)

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.The Newcastle Diabetes and Endocrinology team seeks a medical doctor for a full-time clinical fellow post exclusively devoted to the specialty, with no core inpatient or ward cover requirements. This post has become available after specific funding has been acquired from the directorate. The post is unique in that it is designed specifically to maximise exposure to the specialty through regular attendance and participation in outpatient clinics, as well as specialty-specific inpatient exposure (e.g. diabetes in-reach ward rounds and Endocrinology Programmed Investigation Unit activity). There is a wide variety of subspecialty clinics and clinical activities available with the post having the flexibility to allow the medical doctor the choice to develop his/her own subspecialty interests. If desired, there is the option for out-of-hours ward cover on-calls to acquire banding for salary purposes.Main duties of the job Newcastle has a high-profile Diabetes service with national recognition of clinical excellence and a nationally and internationally celebrated research programme. Inpatient diabetes is located at both the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospitals while the Diabetes Centre is located at the Freeman Hospital and provides high quality outpatient care alongside support and liaison with colleagues in primary care. Specialty clinics include the full range of diabetes care as well as interests in islet cell transplantation, diabetes technology, immunotherapy, diabetic kidney disease, cystic fibrosis alongside groundbreaking clinical research in the treatment and prevention of Type II diabetes. We are the regional centre for kidney pancreas transplantation and Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY), and a national leading centre for islet cell transplantation. We also do ground-breaking clinical research in the treatment and prevention of Type II diabetes.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.