Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Diabetes and Endocrinology team. We provide a full range of diabetes and endocrine services including collaboration with the tertiary services provided at NBT: regional Pituitary and Adrenal surgery, Tier 3 Weight management as well as the Vascular Hub.

Applicants are required to be on the specialist register for Diabetes and Endocrinology as well as General Internal Medicine, and have a CCT in both (or equivalent) or be within six months of obtaining it by the interview date. CESR applicants are welcome and must have their CESR in place at the time of interview. There are two vacancies one for 8 PAs and one for 0.9 PAs.

Main duties of the job

This post presents an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic department practicing from a newly built, state of the art 800-bed hospital. You will join the existing WTE NHS Consultants providing Diabetes and Endocrinology service to our population of 500,000 in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

We are first and foremost seeking outstanding candidates to join our team. It should be noted that advanced sleep medicine and care of patients with pulmonary hypertension and cystic fibrosis are led by other hospitals in the region and are not services provided  are principally looking for new colleagues with the ambition to help us evolve our models of care to deliver outstanding and personally delivered services to our patients.

The postholder will have commitments within the base Acute trust (NBT), Endocrine and Diabetes department  appointee will be contractually accountable to the North Bristol NHS Trust for the provision of services. The appointee will be managerially responsible to the Chief Executive through the Clinical Director. All consultants are required to undergo an annual appraisal carried out in accordance with the Trust policy.

Consultants are also required to take an active and co-operative approach to their job planning, which will be reviewed on an annual basis by the Clinical Director. The service is led by a specialty lead (Dr Elizabeth Cheyne) supported by a General Manager (Graham Bartlett) & Specialty Manager (Jade Venning).

Job responsibilities include participating in a multidisciplinary team, contributing to service development, and maintaining high standards of patient care within the Diabetes and Endocrinology service.

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building  are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

• Date posted: 05 February 2026
• Pay scheme:
  Hospital medical and dental staff
• Grade:
  Consultant
• Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year pa pro rata
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Part-time
• Reference number: 339-MED
  4183-LB
• Job locations:
  Southmead Hospital, Southmead road, Bristol, BS10 5NB

Training & Experience

• Essential:
  Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices
• Essential:
  Able to provide expert clinical opinion across a wide range of Diabetic and Endocrine conditions

Desirable:
Specialist interests within Diabetes & Endocrinology

Further Training, Management, Audit

• Essential:
  Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career.
• Essential:
  Knowledge of contemporary NHS structure and management issues
• Essential:
  Experience in audit project and written up
• Essential:
  Knowledge of political context within which we operate.
• Desirable:
  Completion of a general management course
• Desirable:
  Demonstration of involvement in clinical directorate management

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