• Job Description

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  Job summary

  Rheumatology Consultant

  10 sessions per week

  Permanent

  Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum

  Closing Date: 29th June 2025

  Interview Date: 23rd July 2025

  **This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly**

  All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

  A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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  • A major focus for the department is expanding its ultrasound scanning abilities and training the specialist nurses and Doctor(s) to focus on inflammatory arthritis with the team in collaboration with Local university links and on site mentors within the Radiology department.
  • There are monthly Rheumatology team meetings and new biological weekly MDTs is in the process of being arranged with the team dedicated Rheumatology Pharmacist, Clinical Nurse Specialists and physiotherapy team to which service development SPA is allocated in the job plan to assist in the development of this service. A special interest will be welcomed and encouraged to grow and advance the team and service. This is an opportunity for an innovative Consultant Rheumatologist who is ready for a new challenge and prepared to contribute to shaping the future of Rheumatology services at the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

  Main duties of the job

  • This will be delivering outpatient Rheumatology services to the local population serviced by the George Eliot Hospital Trust, to share facilities and provide continuity to patients, staff and deliver high standards of care. Specific duties will include 5 out-patient clinics per week, with a template of 3 news and 6 follow up patients. The number of clinics required per year will be annualised. An Early Arthritis clinic is delivered at the base hospital, with Dr Saravana leading on this as an area of specialist interest and the infusion service.
  • This is a full-time post for a pure Consultant Rheumatologist (10 PA).
  • The appointee will work in collaboration with the other Rheumatologist in the Trust.

  About us

  Here at George Eliot our vision to' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

  Effective Open Communication

  excellence and safety in everything we do

  Challenge but support

  Expect respect and dignity

  Local health that inspires confidence

  Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

  Details

  Date posted

  29 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Consultant

  Salary

  £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  230-23743267-MED-RC-B

  Job locations

  George Eliot Hospital

  College Street

  Nuneaton

  CV10 7DJ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Work with colleagues to provide a comprehensive rheumatology service for the Trust and ensure that the highest standards of care are achieved
  • Work with colleagues in planning service delivery including a forward looking innovative practice
  • Manage the performance of staff, through coaching and mentoring to enhance their potential and take action to improve poor performance when necessary.
  • Have individual annual appraisals against objectives aligned to a Job Plan
  • The post holder must have well-developed listening and communication skills and be able to deal effectively with clinicians from all disciplines, managers and professionals both within and outside the Trust.
  • The post holder must have well-developed presentational skills, good report writing skills and make effective use of presentation aids.
  • Attend departmental meetings including the weekly hospital postgraduate educational meeting and radiology meetings
  • Take responsibility for personal and professional development and ensure that CME standards are achieved and specialist accreditation retained

  **For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached**

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Work with colleagues to provide a comprehensive rheumatology service for the Trust and ensure that the highest standards of care are achieved
  • Work with colleagues in planning service delivery including a forward looking innovative practice
  • Manage the performance of staff, through coaching and mentoring to enhance their potential and take action to improve poor performance when necessary.
  • Have individual annual appraisals against objectives aligned to a Job Plan
  • The post holder must have well-developed listening and communication skills and be able to deal effectively with clinicians from all disciplines, managers and professionals both within and outside the Trust.
  • The post holder must have well-developed presentational skills, good report writing skills and make effective use of presentation aids.
  • Attend departmental meetings including the weekly hospital postgraduate educational meeting and radiology meetings
  • Take responsibility for personal and professional development and ensure that CME standards are achieved and specialist accreditation retained

  **For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached**

  Person Specification

  Experience and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Thorough & broad training in adult rheumatology
  • Teaching and commitment to education post- and under- graduate levels

  Desirable

  • Higher qualification in education

  Qualification(s) and Professional Training

  Essential

  • MBBS (or equivalent)
  • MRCP Intercollegiate or equivalent
  • Entry on GMC Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) - CESR or European Community Rights

  Desirable

  • An appropriate higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent)

  Academic Achievements

  Essential

  • Able to demonstrate successful participation in audit
  • Evidence of completed and published research
  • Instigated, designed and completed audit projects and protocols

  Desirable

  • Experience of having supervised and supported research students

  Key Skills

  Essential

  • Effective written (including record keeping) and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to use tact, diplomacy, negotiation and persuasion as well as authority
  • Ability to be a flexible team member
  • Interested in developing innovative ways of delivering patient care

  Desirable

  • Attended a course in NHS leadership
  • Evidence of having organised events and led professional groups

  Other

  Essential

  • Fluent in verbal and written English
  • Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives' dignity, privacy, integrity, cultural and religious beliefs
  • Ability to remain calm and work effectively in pressure situations
  • Good previous attendance record
  • Satisfactory Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure and/or Certificate of Good Conduct (Police Check) from country of residence

  Person Specification

  Experience and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Thorough & broad training in adult rheumatology
  • Teaching and commitment to education post- and under- graduate levels

  Desirable

  • Higher qualification in education

  Qualification(s) and Professional Training

  Essential

  • MBBS (or equivalent)
  • MRCP Intercollegiate or equivalent
  • Entry on GMC Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) - CESR or European Community Rights

  Desirable

  • An appropriate higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent)

  Academic Achievements

  Essential

  • Able to demonstrate successful participation in audit
  • Evidence of completed and published research
  • Instigated, designed and completed audit projects and protocols

  Desirable

  • Experience of having supervised and supported research students

  Key Skills

  Essential

  • Effective written (including record keeping) and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to use tact, diplomacy, negotiation and persuasion as well as authority
  • Ability to be a flexible team member
  • Interested in developing innovative ways of delivering patient care

  Desirable

  • Attended a course in NHS leadership
  • Evidence of having organised events and led professional groups

  Other

  Essential

  • Fluent in verbal and written English
  • Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives' dignity, privacy, integrity, cultural and religious beliefs
  • Ability to remain calm and work effectively in pressure situations
  • Good previous attendance record
  • Satisfactory Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure and/or Certificate of Good Conduct (Police Check) from country of residence

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

  Address

  George Eliot Hospital

  College Street

  Nuneaton

  CV10 7DJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

  Address

  George Eliot Hospital

  College Street

  Nuneaton

  CV10 7DJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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