Consultant for Adult Inherited Metabolic Disorders | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

This job description is intended to cover the main points of the post only. The neurology department hosts a series of specialised services, and the composition of the post will depend on the roles required for the sub specialism of the applicant.

The appointee will join a multi-disciplinary team, consisting of four currentMetabolic Medicine Consultants, specialist dietitians, specialist nurses, one dedicated pharmacist and one specialist physiotherapist and one research physiotherapist. The team is supported managerially by a Support Manager, Lead Manager, Senior Operational Manager and Clinical Director. The nature of the work will include assessment, a range of clinicaltreatments and consultancy covering the whole spectrum of Inherited Metabolic.

As a senior clinician, it is expected that the Consultant will be involved inmore complex cases, often in partnership with other agencies and almost always inconjunction with another member of the adult IMD team. Clinicians' workloads areclosely monitored by team managers and supervisors to ensure equity of caseload.

The post holder will have 7 planned activities per week,including Clinical, CPD and the remainder for management, audit, teaching, educationalsupervision, research or special interest.

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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,appreciateandinspire- 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.