CONSULTANT RHEUMATOLOGY MEDICINE x 2 RAIGMORE HOSPITAL INVERNESS Information Pack MS15 024974 APPOINTMENT OF CONSULTANT IN RHEUMATOLOGY MEDICINE X 2 INFORMATION PACK Section 1 Welcome Section 2 Advert Section 3 Job Information Section 4 Job Plan Section 5 Person Specification Section 6 Terms and Conditions Section 1 – Welcome Introduction Thank you for your interest in joining NHS Highland. This information package contains details relating to the local area, this post and the Terms and Conditions of Service. NHS Highland is committed to becoming a learning organisation, recognising that staff require access to opportunities to learn, maintain and develop skills and knowledge, and we recognise the importance of valuing and supporting our staff throughout their time here. We offer: Policies to help balance commitments at work and home and flexible family friendly working arrangements Excellent training and development opportunities. On-site library services at the Centre for Health Sciences Access to NHS staff benefits/staff discounts Cycle to Work Scheme Excellent student support Access to NHS Pension scheme Recruitment Process Applicants are expected to make contact with the department before applying and we would strongly encourage those that are shortlisted to visit the department prior to interview. The cost of one preliminary visit will be met by NHS Highland. When organising a visit, candidates must agree appropriate travel and accommodation arrangements with the Medical Staffing Department prior to booking. Expenses will be reimbursed to candidates who are subsequently shortlisted. Failure to confirm arrangements with Medical Staffing may result in limited reimbursement of expenses. Department Contact: Dr Jan Sznajd, Consultant Rheumatologist, Department of Rheumatology, Raigmore Hospital, 01463 705443 Preliminary Visit Expenses: Jackie Sutherland, Medical Staffing Manager [email protected] How to Apply Completed applications should be submitted via our website at https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/ All candidates and employees are afforded equal opportunities in the recruitment and selection process and in employment irrespective of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Your personal information will not be sent with the application for shortlisting. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that no applicant will be unfairly discriminated against. Job reference: MS15024974 Closing date: 22nd July 2020 Interviews will take place on: 21st August 2020 Section 2 – Advert NHS HIGHLAND RAIGMORE HOSPITAL, INVERNESS Consultant in Rheumatology Medicine (2 posts available) Applications are invited to join a progressive rheumatology team as a Consultant in Rheumatology based at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness with outreach services provided at Ross Memorial Hospital, Dingwall. This is a replacement post based following emigration of current post holder and is offered on the basis of 10 Programmed Activities per week. You will join an MDT team with two other consultants and 3 specialist nurses. Applicants must be on the Specialist Register with a Licence to Practice or within 6 months of the anticipated award of a CCT at the time of interview for the post. The Consultant will assist in providing a modern service to run to national quality criteria for the population of the Highlands. This post is based at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, but applicants are required to undertake work at other hospitals within NHS Highland. There will be no on-call duties but with mutual agreement the job plan may be modified to include this if the successful applicant has combined rheumatology/GIM accreditation and wishes to be included in the GIM on-call rota. Raigmore Hospital is a modern well-equipped district general hospital with 400 beds, which serves a catchment area of almost 15,000 square miles covering the entire Scottish Highlands, Western Isles, and surrounding area. Rheumatology inpatients are accommodated in a 5 bedded unit at Ross Memorial Hospital which has medical cover from the local GP practice out of hours. The service is supported by a multidisciplinary team with dedicated physiotherapy, occupational therapy and specialist nursing sessions. There is a hydrotherapy pool on site. The unit contributes to multi-centre clinical research and audit. Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Jan Sznajd, Consultant Rheumatologist, Department of Rheumatology 01463 705443, email [email protected] Applications can be made via https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/ Job reference: MS15024974 Closing date for applications: 22nd July 2020 Interviews will take place on: 21st August 2020 Section 3 – Job Information This post will join two other consultant rheumatologists providing services to the population of the Highlands but based at Raigmore Hospital. Historically there has been a specialist service directed to rheumatology patients since prior to 1777 with the first description polymyalgia rheumatic being attributed to Dr William Bruce at Strathpeffer Spa in 1888. The rheumatology beds were transferred to the Ross Memorial Hospital in the 1980s where the MDT team are based today. Outpatient services are currently focussed at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness but with clinics also running at Ross Memorial Hospital, Dingwall. Staffing Dr Jan Sznajd (1 WTE) Consultant Rheumatologist Vacant (1 WTE-this post) Vacant (1 WTE) Currently Dr Maciej Brzeski (locum) provides 0.33 WTE Dingwall ward doctor (0.3 WTE) Currently provided by Dr Ravi Thomas (locum) GP:Dr James Fraser (0.2 WTE) Osteoporosis Service and DXA scan reporting Lyn Forbes (1 WTE) Specialist Nurse Clare Fraser (1 WTE) Specialist Nurse Vacant (1 WTE) Specialist nurse – 0.2 WTE provided by Alison Wilson Biologic Infusion Unit based at Raigmore Hospital. Dedicated rheumatology ward nurses at Ross Memorial Hospital who provide outpatient cover for clinics run there. 0.83 WTE Rheumatology Specialist Physiotherapist 2 x 0.5 WTE Rheumatology Specialist Physiotherapists 0.8 WTE Rheumatology Occupational Therapist 0.6 WTE Rheumatology Occupational Therapist We have access to a pharmacist who supervises the Raigmore delivered biologics service. We also have access to the community based podiatry service. Main Duties You will be part of a team of 3 WTE rheumatology consultants providing an extensive range of multidisciplinary outpatient clinics, day case facilities and supervising a small dedicated rheumatology inpatient unit based at Ross Memorial Hospital, Dingwall IV15 9QT. The Department of Rheumatology provides services to the Highlands, parts of Argyll and Bute and parts of the population of Moray, with a widely dispersed population of approximately 280,000. There is no GIM component to this job though the job plan can be modified to include this if the successful applicant has combined rheumatology/GIM accreditation and wishes to be included in the GIM on-call rota. 1. You will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of the service, and will share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management. Subject to provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Service, you are expected to observe NHS Highland’s agreed policies and procedures, drawn up in the consultation with the profession, on clinical matters, and to follow the standing orders and financial instruction. In particular, where you formally manage employees of NHS Highland, you will be expected to follow the local and national employment and personnel policies and procedures. You will be expected to make sure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff, involved in the care of your patients, to be able to contact you when necessary. 2. You are required to comply with the Board’s Health & Safety Policies. 3. You have agreed that you will be responsible for the training and supervision of the junior medical staff who work with you, and you will be expected to devote time to this activity on a regular basis. In addition you will be expected to ensure that junior staff have access to advice and counselling. 4. The main duties and responsibilities of your post include: a. providing a Board-wide Rheumatology service b. organising and integrating with specialist visiting services c. supervision and training of junior medical staff d. undergraduate and post-graduate education e. taking part in in-service training for medical, nursing and AHP staff f. to work with many other associated agencies including Social Work, Employment Agency, Voluntary Services, schools, colleges and private residential units. Facilities Outpatient facilities currently exist at Raigmore Hospital and Ross Memorial Hospital at Dingwall which are 15 miles apart. NHS Highland recognises the importance of quality of care for complex rheumatology patients and builds in two 15 minute slots for musculoskeletal ultrasound but which could also be used for other procedures such as joint injections or videocapillaroscopy. Specialist return clinics such as CT clinics would be allocated 20 minute return appointments. We currently run Early Arthritis clinics and CT clinics. The post also offers the opportunity for the successful candidate to contribute to the ongoing development of the department. If the candidate has a specific area of interest (e.g. disease area, research) we would be keen to support and develop this within the service.