General Practitioner with a Special Interest in Endocrinology

general practitioner with a special interest in endocrinology

victoria infirmary

Information pack

reF: 34466d

Closing Date: noon 12th september 2014

SUMMARY INFORMATION

Post: general practitioner with a special interest in endocrinology

Base:victoria infirmary

Applications are invited for the post of General Practitioner with an interest in general endocrinology based at the New Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow. This post is to cover 1 clinic session on a Wednesday morning and the successful applicant will join 2 consultant colleagues in the provision of a general endocrine service in a busy city-centre teaching hospital. The post holder will see new and return endocrine patients and take part in a post-clinic discussion of cases seen.

Applicants must have full registration with the General Medical Council and a licence to practics. Non UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.

NHS GREATER GLASGOW & CLYDE

INFORMATION PACK

For The Post –

GP with Special Interest - Endocrinology

The Victoria Infirmary

1 session

1. Glasgow – a great place to live and work

Greater Glasgow and ClydeValley are one of the world’s most thrilling and beautiful destinations.

There is a wealth of attractions to discover, the UK’s finest Victorian architecture to astound, internationally acclaimed museums and galleries to inspire, as well as Glasgow’s own unique atmosphere to soak up.

Be entertained in one of Europe’s top cultural capitals by its year-long calendar of festivals and special events and enjoy outstanding shopping, superb bars and restaurants - all located within a stone’s throw of some of the country’s finest parks and gardens.

The area also stands at the gateway to some of Scotland’s most spectacular scenery, with Loch Lomond and the Trossachs only 40 minutes away.

What’s more, we are easily accessible by air, rail and road so getting here could not be easier.

2. About NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is the largest provider of healthcare in Scotland and one of the largest in the UK.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s core purposes are to assess the state of health of the people of Greater Glasgow and Clyde and plan and provide services which:

• Promote good health
• Prevent ill-health
• Improve health

Provide safe sustainable and equitable treatment for patients

In doing this, the Board works in close partnership with other NHS organisations, local authorities and other agencies to ensure that social work, education, housing, employment and environmental services unite effectivelyand efficiently with the NHS in tackling inequalities and underlying health problems in local communities.

A multi-million programme to modernise and reconfigure acute hospitals so that they are purpose-designed to deliver the most advanced, integrated forms of care.

Planning for this began in 2002 and should be completed by 2014/2015.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde serves a population of 1.2 million (over 1/5th of the population of Scotland) with services provided by 40,000 staff. The geographical area covered includes, West Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire, GlasgowCity, South Lanarkshire (Rutherglen & Cambuslang) and North Glasgow (Stepps-Moodiesburn corridor).

In 2010/2011 NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde spent £2.7 billion delivering local, regional and national services, included in which are a number of world-class specialist services. Consequently, a significant portion of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s income is from other NHS areas in exchange for providing services to non-Greater Glasgow and Clyde residents.

The healthcare challenge within the area is considerable. Many of the most deprived communities in Scotland and the UK as a whole exist within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s boundaries. In addition, people in the area suffer higher than average rates of coronary heart disease, lung cancer, respiratory illnesses and premature deaths among males. Alcohol-related disease is on the increase. The Board is at the forefront of developing new approaches to tackling these huge challenges in partnership with the Glasgow Centre for Population Health. Ongoing lifestyle issues, such as the prevalence of smoking, poor diet and lack of exercise, are key factors, as is the steadily ‘ageing’ profile of the population.

The area has experienced intensive industrialisation followed by rapid deindustrialisation. The legacy is poor population health and extreme inequalities in health. Parts of the are have seen a transformation in employment, prosperity and infrastructure over the last 20 years. Economic regeneration is increasingly visible but social renewal is much slower.

The challenge of healthcare provision, added to the rapidly changing technology and practice of healthcare were instrumental in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s decision to invest in new hospitals and new ways of working between community and hospital based systems underpinned by new IT based records and support. Key services – such as those devoted to emergency care – are undergoing root and branch reform.

This investment is evidenced by the New Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre at Gartnavel, which opened in May 2007, the new GartnavalRoyalHospital providing mental health services and Rowanbank Clinic providing medium secure forensic mental health services. The new Victoria and StobhillHospitals were opened to patients in the summer of 2009.

Additionally, by 2010/11 further new purpose built mental health facilities and Community Health Centres will be coming on stream as part of the major capital investment programme. These changes lead up to 2013/14 when the final stages of the new plan for acute services will be put in place, in particular, the new South-Side Hospital, new Children’s Hospital and Laboratory on the site of the Southern General Hospital.

3. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Services

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde delivers Services from within three main blocks:

Acute Services -Diagnostics

Surgery & Anaesthetics

Women & Children’s Services

Emergency Care & Medical Services

Rehabilitation and Assessment

Regional

Facilities

Partnerships-GlasgowCity Community Health Partnership

East Dunbartonshire Community Health Partnership

West Dunbartonshire Community Health & Care

PartnershipEast Renfrewshire Community Health & Care

PartnershipRenfrewshire Community Health Partnership

Inverclyde Community Health & Care Partnership

Oral Health

Corporate -Corporate Planning and Policy Finance

Human Resources

Public Health

Health Information and Technology

Communications

Administration

Finance

In addition to the above, there are a small number of services which cross over organisational boundaries; Prescribing and Pharmacy Policy, Clinical Governance and Inequalities

Emergency Care and Medical Services

The specialties included in this Directorate are:

• Accident and Emergency services
• Acute Medicine
• Cardiology
• Respiratory Medicine
• Renal Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Diabetes and endocrinology
• Infectious Diseases
• Rheumatology

Dermatology

This Directorate also includes management of the out-of-hours GP service.

Acute medicine is managed by general managers on a sector basis with a lead strategic role for a citywide specialty.

4. Southside Hospitals

Services are currently provided from two main acute hospitals - the Victoria Infirmary, which provides acute care for the south-east of the city and the Southern General Hospital, which serves the south-west of the city and is also home to the regional and tertiary services.

The Victoria Infirmary

The Victoria Infirmary is a teaching hospital with an acute operational bed complement of approximately 350. The hospital is situated in the south-east of Glasgow providing a range of high quality health care services including Accident and Emergency, General Medicine (including sub-specialties), General Surgery (including sub-specialties), Medicine for the Elderly (including Assessment, Rehabilitation, and Day Services), Orthopaedics and a wide range of Out-Patient clinics running in the adjacent New Victoria Hospital.

Clinical Services

The range of services provided by the Department of Medicine includes the sub-specialties of Cardiology, Rheumatology, Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology, Diabetes, and Endocrinology and Dermatology. The General Surgical Services include an eight-bed High Dependency Unit and sub-specialties including Vascular, Breast Care, and Colorectal. Medicine for the Elderly Services includes Movement Disorders and Falls Specialties.

The above services are supported by other consultant-based services which incorporate diagnostic and clinical components including Anaesthetics, Laboratory Medicine, and Radiology. There is also available a wide range of therapeutic services which include Audiology, Clinical Psychology, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, ECG, Physiotherapy, and Speech & Language Therapy.

Education

Facilities for Education and Personal Development include the Postgraduate Education Centre, the James Bridie Library, the Ebenezer Duncan Lecture Theatre and Seminar Rooms with a reception area. The Lecture Theatre has comprehensive audio-visual facilities. There is a Postgraduate Tutor, Postgraduate Secretary and Librarian on site.

Mansionhouse Unit

The Mansionhouse Unit is located close to the Victoria Infirmary and accommodates 240 elderly patients for Medicine for the Elderly assessment, stroke rehabilitation, rehabilitation, and continuing care as well as housing the Medicine for the ElderlyDayHospital.

Mearnskirk House

Mearnskirk House in Newton Mearns is a purpose-built 72-bed facility providing continuing care for the elderly.

Partnership Beds

There are 116 NHS- funded partnership beds in two private Nursing Homes in Rutherglen and Darnley for the care of elderly people.

University Links

Both the Southern General Hospital and the Victoria Infirmary have built a sound academic and research base over the years, and have an excellent teaching reputation with libraries and lecture suites with comprehensive audio/visual facilities on both sites. There are close links with the University of Glasgow's Faculty of Medicine including Professors within Neurosciences.

5. Valuing our Staff

The Division is committed to extending training and development opportunities to all staff and is actively developing multi-disciplinary training, extending the role of on-line learning, and recognises the importance of developments in technology for both staff and patients.

We provide:

• Policies to help balance commitments at work and home and flexible family friendly working arrangements
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Free and confidential staff counseling services
• A central Glasgow location, with close access to motorway, rail and airport links
• On-site library services
• Subsidised staff restaurant facilities on each site
• Access to NHS staff benefits/staff discounts
• Access to discounted First Bus Travel
• Active health promotion activities
• Bike User Group
• Good Public Transport links
• Commitment to staff education and life-long learning/development opportunities
• Excellent student support
• Access to NHS Pension scheme

6. Work of the Dept

The Consultant Physicians at the Victoria Infirmary provide integrated outpatient, inpatient and daycase investigation services for the population of the South East of Glasgow.

Both out-patient and in-patient duties are supported by the Allied Health Professions and multi-disciplinary working is a key feature of both services.

7. The Job Itself

Title: General Practitioner with Special Interest - Endocrinology

Name of Health Board(s):

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Names of Consultant members of the Department:

Sub-Specialty Interest

Dr J LarkinRheumatology

Dr R Northcote Cardiology

Dr H McAlpineCardiology

Dr J AdamsCardiology

Dr A GallagherDiabetes & Endocrinology

Dr H HopkinsonDiabetes & Endocrinology

Dr A Stewart Diabetes & Endocrinology

Dr J HinnieDiabetes & Endocrinology

Dr Caroline O’DowdRespiratory Medicine

Dr J SarvesvaranRespiratory Medicine

Dr D Anderson Respiratory Medicine

Dr D RaesideRespiratory Medicine and Associate Medical Director

Dr Peter KewinRespiratory Medicine

Dr R Boulton JonesGastroenterology – Clinical Director

Dr S SarwarGastroenterology

Dr A ClarkeGastroenterology

Dr S DattaGastroenterology

Dr G CurrieGastroenterology

Duties of the Post:

This post is based over a year in the first instance. The post will comprise of 0.5 Direct Clinical Care Session per week, based in the New Victoria clinics. The current clinical session is on a Wednesday morning run by Dr A Stewart and Dr H Hopkinson the post holder will be required to work 1 Wednesday in two. The postholder in conjunction with the other Consultants will see new and return general endocrineout-patients.

Date - Post is vacant

Immediately

Details of arrangements for applicants to visit hospital

In the first instance please contact:

Dr H Hopkinson/Dr A StewartTelephone: 0141 3478279

Dr R Boulton-JonesTelephone: 0141 2015389

Short-listed candidates are invited automatically by the Director of Human Resources to visit the hospitals concerned. If candidates on their own initiative have visited the hospital prior to short-listing, they will only be allowed expenses for that prior visit if they are subsequently short-listed.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

The conditions of service are those laid down and amended from time to time by the Hospital and Medical & Dental Whitley Council.

TYPE OF CONTRACT / Fixed Term
GRADE AND SALARY / General Practitioner
£632,102 - £81,798.00 per annum (pro rata)
New Entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the minimum point of the salary scale, (dependent on qualifications and experience). Salary is paid monthly by Bank Credit Transfer.
HOURS OF DUTY / 4 hours (1 wednesday in two)
SUPERANNUATION / New entrants to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde who are aged sixteen but under seventy five will be enrolled automatically into membership of the NHS Pension Scheme. Should you choose to "opt out" arrangements can be made to do this via:
REMOVAL EXPENSES / Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be given and would be discussed and agreed prior to appointment.
EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT / Candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be given assistance with appropriate travelling expenses.Re-imbursement shall not normally be made to employees who withdraw their application or refuse an offer of appointment.
TOBACCO POLICY / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operate a No Smoking Policy in all premises and grounds.
DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND / This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work” and therefore requires a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) Membership.
CONFIRMATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE UK / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has a legal obligation to ensure that it’s employees, both EEA and non EEA nationals, are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. Before any person can commence employment within NHS GGC they will need to provide documentation to prove that they are eligible to work in the UK. Non EEA nationals will be required to show evidence that either Entry Clearance or Leave to Remain in the UK has been granted for the work which they are applying to do. Where an individual is subject to immigration control under no circumstances will they be allowed to commence until the right to work in the UK has been verified. ALL applicants regardless of nationality must complete and return the Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in the UK Statement with their completed application form. You will be required provide appropriate documentation prior to any appointment being made.
REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974 / The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have been convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their convictions as “spent” after the lapse of a period of years. However, due to the nature of work for which you are applying this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Orders 1975 and 1986). Therefore, applicants are required to disclose information about convictions which for other purposes are “spent” under the provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Any information given will be completely confidential.
DISABLED APPLICANTS / A disability or health problems does not preclude full consideration for the job and applications from people with disabilities are welcome. All information will be treated as confidential. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde guarantees to interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the post. You will note on our application form that we ask for relevant information with regard to your disability. This is simply to ensure that we can assist you, if you are called for interview, to have every opportunity to present your application in full. We may call you to discuss your needs in more detail if you are selected for interview.
GENERAL / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operates flexible staffing arrangements whereby all appointments are to a grade within a department. The duties of an officer may be varied from an initial set of duties to any other set, which are commensurate with the grade of the officer. The enhanced experience resulting from this is considered to be in the best interest of both NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the individual.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES / The postholder will undertake their duties in strict accordance with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
NOTICE / The employment is subject to one months’ notice on either side, subject to appeal against dismissal.
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE / In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical Negligence the Health Board does not require you to subscribe to a Medical Defence Organisation. Health Board indemnity will cover only Health Board responsibilities. It may, however, be in your interest to subscribe to a defence organisation in order to ensure you are covered for any work, which does not fall within the scope of the indemnity scheme.

FURTHER INFORMATION

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Applicants wishing further information about the post are invited to contact Helen HopkinsonOR Daavid Stewart on 0141 347 8279 with whom visiting arrangements can also be made.

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