Consultant Rheumatologist

This a new full time Consultant post for a consultant rheumatologist to join the 3 existing full time Consultant Rheumatologists and 1 part time consultant, based at Northampton General Hospital. It is a full time (10 PA) post and together with your colleagues, you will provide rheumatological services to the catchment population of Northampton General Hospital. A special interest that would complement existing services would be of significant value.The trust runs a routine annual job plan review process or will accommodate requests for job plan reviews when necessary if there is a significant alteration in work practice between regular routine reviews.It is essential that the post-holder should hold the MRCP (UK) or an equivalent qualification and be on the GMC specialist register or will obtain a relevant CCT/CESR(CP) within 6 months of interview.Main duties of the job The successful applicant will join the existing consultant team and our team of specialist nurses in delivering outpatient rheumatology care. We are a training department with an ST3 (from the East Midlands Deanery), an IMT doctor (on the Leicester medical rotation) and medical students from Leicester Medical School. We participate in Leicester and Oxford regional training meetings.This post has approval from the Royal College of Physicians for 10PAs in the first instance. The timetable will include 4-5 outpatient clinics per week, support for the nurse led helpline, cover for the inpatient advice service during working hours and admitting rights if required for rheumatology patients. These are generally managed with shared medical care from the ward based medical teams.We have a full complement of biologic and chemotherapeutic services, administered via our medical day unit with dedicated nurses for infusions. We also offer the opportunity of involvement in clinical trials with an established research and development unit with an increasing number of rheumatology portfolio studies.Person Specification QualificationsCompletion of Specialty Training (CST or equivalent) or within 6 months of achieving it in Rheumatology or Rheumatology and General MedicineFull registration with General Medical CouncilMD, PhD or other higher degreeEducation / Medical Education Qualification (preferably at Masters level)Teaching/Audit/Quality ImprovementEffective Team worker, valuing the experience and contributingDemonstrable Team Leadership skills and experienceUnderstanding and experience of delivering organisational changeInterpersonal SkillsHigh level Organisational SkillsCommunication SkillsManagement ExperienceDemonstrable Team Leadership skills and experienceUnderstanding and experience of delivering organisational change 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.Equality, Diversity & Inclusion We encourage applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds. We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners, and we value diversity and inclusion in our workforce.#J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2026-04-28