Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology/GIM

Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology/GIM

Main area: Diabetes and Endocrinology
Grade: YC72
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref: 349-WTWA-

Site: Wythenshawe Hospital
Town: Wythenshawe
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/03/:59

Job Overview

There is an exciting opportunity for a full time Consultant in Diabetes/Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine to join the existing team working across WTWA Hospitals. The successful candidate will join 7 Consultant Diabetes/Endocrinologists who work across WTWA. We are well supported by middle grade doctors including specialists trainees and specialty doctors. The diabetes/endocrinology aspect of this post will be primarily based at Wythenshawe, Withington, and Trafford with options of clinics at Altrincham based on the successful candidate's preferences and the needs of the service. The Diabetes and Endocrinology service provides the full spectrum of secondary and tertiary services.

We are keen to attract candidates interested in innovative ways to move the specialist services forward and also keen to recruit colleagues who will contribute to the wider hospital including but not limited to supporting management and training (both undergraduate and postgraduate) activities. There are regular multidisciplinary team meetings.

Main Duties of the Job

This appointment will be made in accordance with the 2023 Consultant Contract Terms and Conditions. The Job Description indicates the main duties of the post which may be reviewed in light of experience and developments within the service. Any review will be undertaken in conjunction with the post holder.

This is a full time 10 PA post. Offers of less than full time work or job shares would also be considered.

The multidisciplinary team includes Specialist nurses, psychologists, and specialist podiatry. Apart from outpatient activity, the successful candidate would spend over a third of their weekday job plan delivering consultant-led care on a newly developed Medical Specialties Ward. This is a 23 bedded ward caring for patients with a variety of presenting conditions. They would manage the patients with 2 other consultants with specialist interests in other disciplines (i.e., renal). It is expected that they provide teaching and supervision to the juniors on the ward and lead on service delivery, improvement, and relevant QIP.

Working for Our Organisation

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Certificate of completion of Specialist Training in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and General Internal Medicine
• Attendance at appropriate professional courses

Professional Interests

• Commitment to CPD
• Membership of appropriate professional society(s). Knowledge of up-to-date literature

Professional Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council
• MRCP or equivalent
• Teaching qualification e.g., PG Cert in Ed

Clinical Experience

• Wide experience in all aspects of diabetes, endocrinology, and medicine. Willingness to develop skills as appropriate to service needs
• Specialist interests in aspects of diabetes and endocrinology

Research/Publications

• Evidence of recent and current research with relevant publications

Personal Skills

• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and their relatives, and with other members of the multidisciplinary team. Experience of supervising general diabetes and endocrinology work with junior medical staff and relevant staff in other disciplines
• Ability to work and make patient management decisions on own initiative, whilst seeking appropriate guidance from colleagues when required
• Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues both medical and other disciplines
• Enthusiasm for improving the service
• Experience of supervising junior medical staff and relevant staff in other disciplines

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.

Contact: Dr Kelly Cheer, Consultant Diabetes/Endocrinology, Specialty Lead, Email:

Dr Sophie Hale, Consultant in Palliative Care, Clinical Director for Medical Specialties - WTWA, Email:

Dr Jenny Beynon, Clinical Head of Division for Medical Specialties and Outpatients - WTWA, Email: