Consultant in Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology

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Consultant in Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology

Consultant

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

We are delighted to be able to advertise an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious Clinical Pharmacologist with a specialist interest in Clinical Toxicology to join our well-established Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics team, based in the directorate of Internal Medicine, at the Royal Victoria Infirmary and to join the Newcastle Unit of the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS). We are a 5-consultant team with 3 Specialty Trainees.

Main duties of the job

To contribute to the clinical, academic and educational duties of the Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics team, providing excellent care, research and training across our scope of practice.

Working for our organisation

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
  
  

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Delivery of clinical care to inpatients and outpatients under the General Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics team
• Participation in the our-of-hours medical consultant on call rota
• Participation in the National Poisons information Service consultant on-call rota (where applicable)
• Provision of direct clinical support for National Poisons Information Service, [Newcastle Unit], in relation to poisons and chemical exposures (where applicable)
• Contribution to the development of monographs on drug and chemical exposure held on TOXBASE (where applicable)
• Participate in the teaching and training of undergraduate and postgraduate medical students and other health care professionals.
• Contribution to the wider range of CPT roles including Medicines Management, clinical research
• Support delivery of the specialist hypertension clinic
• The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis is on studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio. The post holder will be encouraged to contribute to existing clinical research projects.
• Undertake Continued Medical Education/Professional Development (CME/CPD) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Physicians.
• Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 42 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays.
  
  

Person specification

Education, Qualifications And Specialist Skills

Essential criteria

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• CCT in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (or equivalent)
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Higher Degree.
• Special skills training in the specialty, for example toxicology, hypertension or clinical research.
• Academic publications or presentations in CPT.
  
  

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of previous experience in the specialty.
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients, including those referred to a tertiary centre.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Specialist experience in Clinical Toxicology, ideally at least 6 months experience of answering NPIS telephone enquiries and active contribution to Toxbase editing
• Specialist experience in Hypertension or early phase clinical research
  
  

Management and Administration Experience

Essential criteria

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
• An understanding of Clinical Governance.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management.
• Evidence of having implemented change.
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
  
  

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff or medical students.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Proven successful teaching delivered on pharmacology.
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
  
  

Research

Essential criteria

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• Research/critical review of literature.
• Publications in the last five years.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Higher degree.
• GCP qualification.
• Experience of clinical research delivery including early phase or experimental medicine studies.
• Experience of risk assessment in clinical research
• NIHR Associate PI scheme experience
  
  

Audit

Essential criteria

• Evidence of participation in audit.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of having changed practice because of audit.
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
  
  

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 622.4KB)
• Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)
• Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)
  
  

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Victoria Cowan Job title HR Advisor Email address victoria.cowan2@nhs.net