CONSULTANT RHEUMATOLOGY MEDICINE x 2

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 . 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 , 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 , . 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 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. Videoconferencing facilities are available between various hospital sites where this is thought to be practical.

We have 3 full time rheumatology specialist nurses who take their share of return rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis patients, coordinate the biologic service, run a telephone helpline and are prescribers for biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs. The nurses in collaboration with the physiotherapists run the axial spondyloarthritis clinic and are developing procedures for transition of young adults from the paediatric service. Paediatric rheumatology is provided by local paediatricians in collaboration with visiting tertiary centre specialists.

Rheumatology inpatients are in a 5 bedded unit at Ross Memorial Hospital which has medical cover from the local GP practice out of hours and a ward doctor 3 sessions per week. The service is supported by a multidisciplinary team with dedicated physiotherapy, occupational therapy and specialist nursing sessions. There is a hydrotherapy pool on the Dingwall site. Inpatient facilities are also available at Raigmore Hospital for more complex patients requiring more intensive medical input - these beds are supported by rotating general medical junior staff and acute medical consultants.

Day case and infusion facilities are available at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness and Ross Memorial Hospital, Dingwall with satellite facilities available at General Hospital,

Wick and , Fort William. The Infusion Unit at Raigmore hospital has 5 chairs and runs 5 days per week. Protocols exist for all rheumatological infusions including iloprost and pulse cyclophosphamide. The unit is shared with other medical specialities.

DXA and fracture liaison services are based at Ross Memorial Hospital which houses a Lunar prodigy scanner with radiographer team and administration staff. DXA scans are reported by an experienced GP.

We have two dedicated ultrasound machines at Raigmore Hospital (GE Logic E9 and E10) and a GE Logic E9 based at Ross Memorial Hospital. Other equipment includes a polarising light microscope and a Capiscope videocapillaroscope.

We are currently participating in a number of academic and commercial studies. Research facilities are available at the RD&I department at the Centre for Health Sciences. This on site facility provides both clinic rooms and an extensive team of research nurses, many of who are participating in rheumatology clinical trials and there is scope to facilitate any research interests of the candidate.

Teaching

Members of the department play an important role in the undergraduate programme of the Department of Medicine at the University of Aberdeen. There are also students rotating from Dundee and St Andrews.

The new consultant will share in the department’s formal teaching programme which includes weekly seminars and attachments to 4th year medical students, provision of ward teaching to 5th year medical students, contribution to weekly seminars and monthly audit sessions and MRCP teaching for junior medical staff.

Clinical investigation facilities at Raigmore include: a Radiology Department with 2 MRI and 2 CT scanners, an interventional radiology service and a full range of other diagnostic capabilities including CT coronary angiography. PET scanning is available at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. There is a comprehensive Cardio- respiratory investigation department, Nuclear Medicine Service and Medical Physics Department. There are excellent in-house laboratory services and a regional Blood Transfusion Service. The comprehensive regional IT system includes results reporting, discharge documentation and clinical information support. There is a Medicentre which is a multi-agency project supported by HIE, NHS Highland, NES, University of Stirling and the Centre for Rural Health. It includes a comprehensive library.

The Medical Unit

The Medical Unit at Raigmore Hospital undertakes about 8,000 admissions, mostly acute emergencies, 3,000 outpatient attendances and 1,000 day cases annually. In addition to the new post in Rheumatology there are 32 consultants in charge of 227 beds as follows:

 24-bed medical receiving ward adjacent to the Coronary Care Unit (6 beds) and Medical Special Care Unit (4 beds)  Five general wards with a total of 148 beds (including 3 control of infection cubicles)  15-bed elderly assessment ward  8-bed young rehabilitation unit  22-bed stroke unit

The Department of Medicine, Raigmore Hospital

Consultants:

This post Consultant (Rheumatology) Dr Jan Sznajd Consultant (Rheumatology) Vacant Consultant (Rheumatology) - Currently Dr M Brzeski provides 0.33 WTE locum)

Dr Satinder Bal Consultant (Diabetes & Endocrinology) Prof Sandra L MacRury Consultant (Diabetes & Endocrinology) Dr David MacFarlane Consultant (Diabetes & Endocrinology) Dr Kenneth Muir Consultant (Diabetes & Endocrinology) Dr Roderick Harvey Consultant (Diabetes) Dr Robert Peel Consultant (Renal) Dr Stewart Lambie Consultant (Renal) Dr Nicola Joss Consultant (Renal) Dr Julie Brown Consultant (Renal) Dr Kenneth McDonald Consultant (Renal) (Associate Medical Director) Dr Stephen Cross Consultant (Cardiology) Prof Steve Leslie Consultant (Cardiology) Dr Jamie Smith Consultant (Cardiology) Dr Peter Clarkson Consultant (Cardiology) (Medical Division Clinical Lead) Dr Jonny Watt Consultant (Cardiology) Dr Lindsay Potts Consultant (Gastroenterology) Dr Hazel Younger Consultant (Gastroenterology) Dr Ivan Gunjaca Consultant (Gastroenterology)

Dr Neil Jamieson Consultant (Gastroenterology) Dr Jaskiran Chima Consultant (Elderly Medicine) Dr Martin Wilson Consultant (Elderly Medicine) Dr Claire Lunt Consultant (Elderly Medicine) Dr Andrew Jamieson Consultant (Elderly Medicine) Dr Karen Le Ball Consultant (Elderly Medicine) Dr Paul Findlay Consultant (Stroke) Dr Ashish McAdam Consultant (Stroke/ Rehab) Dr Beth Sage Consultant (Respiratory) Dr Stephen Thomas Consultant (Respiratory) Dr Lorna Murray Consultant (Respiratory) Dr Ed Paterson Consultant (Respiratory) Dr Kate Taylor Consultant (Neurology) Dr Javier Carod-Artal Consultant (Neurology) Dr Sheena Murdoch Consultant (Neurology) Dr Patrick Fox Consultant (Neurophysiology) Dr Barbara Chandler Consultant (Rehabilitation Medicine) Dr Grant Franklin Consultant (Acute Medicine) Dr Claire Vincent Consultant (Acute Medicine) Dr William Rutherford Consultant (Acute Medicine) Dr Duncan Scott Consultant (Acute and Rural Medicine) Dr Simon Thompson Consultant (Acute Medicine) Dr Wendy Beadles Consultant (Infectious Diseases) Dr James Vestey Locum Consultant (Dermatology) Dr Keith Woo Consultant (Dermatology) Dr Louise MacFarlane Consultant (Dermatology)

Other Staff

 Associate Specialist 2 (Cardiology, Care of the Elderly)  Specialty Doctors 3 (Rehabilitation & Care of the Elderly)  Salaried GP 2 (Renal)  Clinical Assistants 10 (part-time)  Specialist Registrars 16  FY2 3  FY1 13

Physical Resources Additional facilities include:  Geriatric Day Hospital at , Inverness (2 miles away)  10-bed Rheumatology Unit, is located in Dingwall  Renal Dialysis Unit currently 17 stations, but due to expand to 25  Cardiology and Respiratory Investigation Unit  Day Case Unit (with endoscopy suite)  Diabetes Centre operating from separate accommodation on the Raigmore Hospital site

Section 4 – Job Plan

Job Planning/Programmed Activities

The draft job plan will be dependent on the successful candidate’s subspecialty training and interests.

The appointment will be on a whole-time basis under the terms of the New Consultant Contract. The job plan contains 10 programmed activities, including two allocated to supporting professional activities. There may be an opportunity to increase the total commitment by a maximum of 2 EPAs per week by mutual agreement.

It is a requirement for all consultants to have a job plan. Agreed job plans will be prospective and will set out:

 All professional commitments  Time and service commitments  Accountability and management arrangements  Objectives  Resources  Any agreed extra programmed activities

All job plans will follow the model format contained at Appendix 4 of the New Consultant Contract. The post holder is required to agree a detailed job plan which will be reviewed at least annually. Efforts will be made to complete job planning prior to the date of commencement of the post,or, if this is not possible as soon as possible following this date.

The indicative timetable identifies those fixed commitments which are dependent on other hospital resources, both physical and human.

NHS Highland Health Board.

This job plan starts 19 August 2020.

Job plan for Draft, Consultant Rheumatology Basic Information Job plan status In 'Discussion' stage Appointment Full Time Cycle Rolling cycle - 1 week Start Week 1 Report date 17 Jun 2020 Expected number of weeks in attendance 42 weeks Usual place of work *Raigmore Hospital, Inverness Alternate employer None Specified Contract New 1 PA of premium time equates to 3 hours Private practice No Hours Breakdown Main Employer PAs Core PAs EPA PAs Total PAs Core hours EPA hours Total hours Direct Clinical Care (DCC) 7.244 7.244 0.000 7.244 28:58 0:00 28:58 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) 2.619 2.619 0.000 2.619 10:28 0:00 10:28 Total 9.863 9.863 0.000 9.863 39:26 0:00 39:26 On-call summary Type Normal Premium Cat. PA Total: 0.000 You have not added any on-call rotas. Timetable

Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Admin - general Other SPA (please Outpatient Clinic Outpatient Clinic Other SPA (please 09:00 - 13:30 specify) 08:45 - 12:15 09:00 - 13:00 specify) Outpatient Clinic 09:00 - 13:00 Ward round - 09:00 - 13:00 13:30 - 17:30 Outpatient Clinic medical and 13:00 - 17:30 rheumatology)/ IUC 12:15 - 17:45

Activities E Extra Programmed Activities Typ Week Num/Y Day Time Activity Employer Location Cat. PA Hours e s r 8.71 34:5 Total Core 4 1 : EPA 0.00 0:00 0 09:0 0 - Admin - NHS Highland Health 1.12 Mon *Raigmore Hospital, Inverness DCC 42 4:30 13:3 general Board. 5 0 13:3 0 - Outpatient NHS Highland Health 1.00 Mon *Raigmore Hospital, Inverness DCC 42 4:00 17:3 Clinic Board. 0 0 09:0 Other SPA 0 - NHS Highland Health 1.00 Tue (please *Raigmore Hospital, Inverness SPA 42 4:00 13:0 Board. 0 specify) 0 Outpatient 13:0 Clinic 0 - Comments: NHS Highland Health 1.12 Tue *Raigmore Hospital, Inverness DCC 42 4:30 17:3 Also teaching Board. 5 0 students in clinic 08:4 We 5 - Outpatient NHS Highland Health 0.87 *Raigmore Hospital, Inverness DCC 42 3:30 d 12:1 Clinic Board. 5 5 Ward round - medical and rheumatology) / IUC 45 minutes 12:1 travel from We 5 - *Raigmore NHS Highland Health Ross Memorial Hospital, 1.37 DCC 42 5:30 d 17:4 Hospital, Board. Dingwall 5 5 Inverness. 45 minutes travel to *Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. 09:0 0 - Outpatient NHS Highland Health 1.00 Thu *Raigmore Hospital, Inverness DCC 42 4:00 13:0 Clinic Board. 0 0 Admin - general 13:3 Comments: GP 0 - Queries / NHS Highland Health 0.21 Thu *Raigmore Hospital, Inverness DCC 9 0:51 17:3 Specialist nurse Board. 4 0 queries / pharmacy admin 09:0 Other SPA 0 - NHS Highland Health 1.00 Fri (please *Raigmore Hospital, Inverness SPA 42 4:00 13:0 Board. 0 specify) 0

No specified day "( )" Refers to an activity that replaces or runs concurrently E Extra Programmed Activities Type Normal Premium Activity Employer Location Cat. Num/Yr PA Hours Core 1.149 4:35 Total: EPA 0.000 0:00 Replaced (0.000) (0:00) *Raigmore NHS Highland 15:00 0:00 Personal Appraisal / Revalidation Hospital, SPA 1 0.089 0:21 Health Board. Inverness *Raigmore NHS Highland 10:00 0:00 Job planning Hospital, SPA 1 0.060 0:14 Health Board. Inverness *Raigmore CPD - clinical educational meeting NHS Highland 25:00 0:00 Hospital, SPA 1 0.149 0:36 internal Health Board. Inverness Audit *Raigmore NHS Highland 24:00 0:00 Comments: monthly hospital audit Hospital, SPA 1 0.143 0:34 Health Board. meeting and own audit Inverness Ward round - medical and rheumatology)/ IUC *Raigmore NHS Highland 4:00 0:00 Comments: Work during on call week: Hospital, DCC 17 0.405 1:37 Health Board. IUR, day case unit, RAMA referrals, Inverness vetting new patient referrals MDT meeting *Raigmore NHS Highland 0:30 0:00 Comments: Discussion of challenging Hospital, DCC 42 0.125 0:30 Health Board. clinical cases with colleagues after clinic Inverness Meetings - departmental *Raigmore NHS Highland 0:30 0:00 Comments: virtual/ad hoc discussion of Hospital, SPA 42 0.125 0:30 Health Board. day to day issues Inverness Meetings - Medical *Raigmore NHS Highland 1:30 0:00 Comments: Monthly hospital Physicians Hospital, SPA 6 0.054 0:13 Health Board. meeting Inverness Board Objectives Care To improve the experience of care and caring for people by: - Minimising the time that individuals have to be away from home and their families to receive care. - Supporting more individuals and their families to make choices about their care, particularly when nearing the end of their life. - Preventing people from falling. People To attract staff and improve our staff experience working for NHS Highland by: - Making NHS Highland the employer of choice. - Ensuring staff are proud of their contribution to delivering safe and effective care. - Increasing the number of staff who feel engaged and valued as part of our team. Quality To improve access to and coordination of services by: - Improving timely access to the right person who can best meet people's needs. - Increasing the number of people who can be supported through the use of modern technology. - Providing timely access to clinically appropriate care.

Resources Staff specialist nurses to take on patient load, coordinate biologic therapy, run helpline - currently needing more consultant input due to lack of experience of specialist nurse physiotherapist occupational therapist secretary DXA staff - fracture liaison administrator, secretary, radiographer, scan reporter Consultant staff Additional administrative staff to support would take consultant time burden spent on drug monitoring that are being undertaken in the new ITR and prescribing of DMARDS (conventional and biologics) Equipment Up to date ultrasound machine available for all clinics Personal office space with computer access and printer with place to store notes DXA scanner Hydrotherapy pool Videocapillaroscope Software eg DAWN for drug monitoring and prescribing of DMARDS (conventional and biologics) that are being undertaken in the new ITR Clinical Space Infusion unit Option to examine patients attending infusion suite for infusion Clinic space for consultants, specialist nurses, physiotherapists and MDT team

Other Additional information

Additional comments No comments made

Section 5 – Person Specification

Essential Criteria - these are attributes without which a candidate would not be able to undertake the full remit of the role. Applicants who do not clearly demonstrate in their application that they possess the essential requirements will normally be eliminated at the short listing stage.

Desirable Criteria - these are attributes which would be useful for the candidate to hold. When short listing, these criteria will be considered when more than one applicant meets the essential criteria.

Requirement Essential Desirable 1. Qualifications MRCP (UK) or equivalent Post graduate research or CCT in Rheumatology (or within 6 months teaching qualification of anticipated entry to GMC specialist register). CCT in General Internal Medicine

2. GMC/Specialist Full GMC Registration with a licence to Registration practise 3. Clinical Experience Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a Sub-specialty interest. range of clinical problems in Rheumatology. Ability to assist with Ability to take full and independent paediatric rheumatology responsibility for clinical care of patients. clinic

Ability to manage time effectively. Experience in general medicine

Experience in musculoskeletal ultrasound

Experience in osteoporosis service 4. Teaching & Training Participation in departmental teaching Formal training in clinical and/or educational supervision 5. Research & Audit Experience of audit management Formal research training Experience and demonstrated ability to design a research or project. 6. Staff Management Ability to advise on the efficient and smooth running of the Rheumatology Service

Ability to organise and manage ward patients and outpatient priorities

Ability and willingness to work within NHS Highland and NHS performance framework and access targets

7. Team Working & Ability to work in a team Interpersonal Skills Caring attitude to patients Someone who appreciates Ability to communicate effectively and the complexities of professionally with patients, relatives, providing services to GPs, nursing staff and other relevant people who live in remote parties and rural areas Commitment to the requirements of clinical governance Formal training in clinical To be committed to: and/or educational supervision  patient focused care  learning and continuous Demonstrated ability to professional development manage e.g. project work;  effective and efficient use of mentoring junior staff. resources Able to organise time efficiently and effectively Effective interpersonal skills Ability to establish good relations with colleagues and able to work within a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies 8. Other Excellent communication skills

Ability to work flexibly according to the needs of the service, and contribute to team skills and development.

Willing to travel as required by the duties of the post.

Section 6 – Terms and Conditions

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

This appointment is offered on the terms and conditions of service of the Consultant Contract in accordance with the Hospital Medical & Dental Staff (Scotland) and current General Whitley Council. Further information can be found here: http://www.msg.scot.nhs.uk/pay/medical

Job Title Consultant in Rheumatology Medicine x 2 Type of Contract Full Time Permanent Location Raigmore Hospital, Inverness Salary £82,669 to £109,849 per annum.

Placing on the salary scale will be on the minimum point unless the successful applicant has previous experience in a NHS Consultant post or previous non-NHS experience equivalent to that gained in an NHS Consultant post. Arrangement of See separate Job Plan. Duties Medical Negligence NHS Highland takes responsibility for expenses and damages arising from medical negligence where they, as the employer, are vicariously liable for the acts and omissions of their medical and dental staff. However, the appointee is strongly advised to maintain separate medical defence or insurance cover for all work which does not fall within the scope of the Board's indemnity scheme, details of which are given in NHS Circular 1989(PCS) 32. Registration with Applicants must have full registration with the General Medical General Medical Council, a licence to practise and be eligible for inclusion on Council the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher Specialist Training leading to a CCT or be within six months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Non UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.

Disclosure of Appointment to this post will be made subject to satisfactory Criminal screening by Disclosure Scotland. This post is considered to Convictions require registration with the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme as it involves substantial access to children and / or vulnerable adults. A PVG Scheme Record will contain details of all convictions on record, whether spent or unspent. This means that even minor convictions, no matter when they occurred will be included in the Scheme Record. It may also contain non conviction information held locally by the police, where this is considered relevant to the post. Following the selection interview only the "successful" candidate will be subject to registration with the PVG Scheme. Offers of appointment will be made subject to satisfactory PVG Scheme screening and medical fitness. Please note that a commencement date will only be issued once this clearance has been received. Rehabilitation of The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 provides for many Offenders Act 1974 people who have been convicted of certain criminal offences the opportunity to have no need to refer to these convictions or the circumstances relating to them in the course of their daily lives. Certain convictions can, therefore, be regarded as “spent” after the lapse of a period of years under the terms of the Act. The National Health Service employment for which you are applying is excluded in the provisions of the Act unless otherwise stated in the job description. If the post is excluded you are required not to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. In the event of employment, any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by your employer. Any information given, however, will be completely confidential and will be considered only in relation to the post for which this application form refers.

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Removal Expenses Assistance with Removal expenses will be given in accordance with the NHS Highland Long Term Relocation Policy. It is compulsory that you discuss any arrangements relating to your relocation with us before arranging anything. Failure to do so may result in limited or no assistance being given. Private Residence Your private residence shall be maintained in contact with the public telephone service and shall be not more than 10 miles or 30 minutes by road from your hospital base, unless the Board gives specific approval to you residing at a greater distance. Identity Badge NHS Highland has a policy that all staff will be issued with and Policy required to wear an Identity Badge at all times when on duty. If your badge needs replacing for any reason you are required to contact the Fire/Security Office, Estates Department to arrange for a replacement. All identity badges are the property of NHS Highland and must be returned when you terminate your employment. Smoke Free Policy NHS Highland operates a No Smoking Policy of tobacco products or e-cigarettes in any of our properties, vehicles or grounds. When selecting new staff NHS Highland does not discriminate against applicants who smoke but applicants who accept an offer of employment will in doing so agree to observe and familiarise themselves with NHS Highland's Smokefree policy. Confidentiality In the course of your duties you may have access to confidential material about patients, members of staff or other health service business. On no account must information relating to patients be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons - for example medical, nursing or other professional staff, as appropriate who are concerned directly with the care, diagnosis and/or treatment of the patient. If you are in any doubt whatsoever as to the authority of a person or body asking for information of this nature you must seek advice from your superior officer. Similarly no information of a personal or confidential nature concerning individual

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