Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology & General Internal Medicine

The post holder will join the Diabetes and Endocrine Consultant team at University Hospitals Dorset and will support the delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective care across Diabetes, Endocrinology, and General Internal Medicine. The successful candidate will work as part of an established multidisciplinary team, including Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Endocrine Nurse Specialists, specialist dietitians, podiatrists, psychologists, administrative teams, and wider medical colleagues. The role will include delivery of specialist outpatient clinics across the Diabetes and Endocrine Centres at Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals. Clinics may include general diabetes, Type 1 diabetes, complex Type 2 diabetes, diabetes technology and pump therapy, diabetic foot care, young peoples diabetes, antenatal diabetes, monogenic diabetes and specialist endocrine clinics including thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, metabolic bone and calcium services. The post holder will contribute to inpatient diabetes and endocrine care, providing senior clinical review, advice and support to ward teams. The role will also include General Internal Medicine commitments, including ward rounds and participation in the GIM on-call rota. The post holder will be expected to participate in relevant multidisciplinary team meetings, including endocrine, pituitary, thyroid/parathyroid and diabetes foot MDTs, and to work closely with surgical, ophthalmology, biochemistry, podiatry, vascular, microbiology and primary care colleagues. The role will include supporting Advice and Guidance activity, clinical correspondence, patient administration, and pathway improvement to support timely access to care and continuity for patients. The successful candidate will contribute to teaching, training and supervision of junior doctors, medical students and wider multidisciplinary colleagues. They will also be expected to participate in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, appraisal, revalidation and continuing professional development. The job plan will be agreed with the successful candidate, Clinical Lead and General Manager, and will include flexibility to support service need across Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals as UHD transformation progresses.