Hospital: St George's London SW17 0QT

Trust: St George's Healthcare

Specialist Registrar in Diabetes and Endocrinology

Outline of the programme:

Supervisors of the post: Dr SS Nussey

Activity/workload:

Population:

Inpatient admissions : Medicine - 8865 pa

Outpatient visits: New endocrine: 1561 Follow up endocrine: 3318

New diabetes: 1163 Follow up diabetes: 6038

Hospital consultants: A Albanese Paed Endoc, M Bain Paed diabetes, S Nussey Endoc, A Panahloo Diabetes, C Seymour Lipids

Description of training:

G(I)M - low intensity with 1 SHO and 1.5 HO with CCU, ITU experience and unselected take. Post-take ward round and routine ward round. Gen med clinic weekly. Registrar teaching weekly, audit meeting fortnightly, Grand Round weekly, X-ray meeting weekly.

Endocrine - General clinic weekly, specialist joint Gynae endocrine, joint adolescent endocrine, Paediatric clinic including clinic at Great Ormond Street and long-term follow up clinic at Royal Marsden Hospital Sutton, MEN genetic clinic. Monthly neurosurgery, neuroradiology, radiotherapy meetings. Weekly metabolic investigation unit reporting meetings.

Diabetes - Weekly clinic with excellent integrated dietetics, chiropody, digital retinal screening programme. Obesity clinics with surgeons.

Timetable

Particular training opportunities:

Monthly joint meeting at Regional Neurosurgery centre at Atkinson Morley's Hospital Endocrine clinic with long-term follow up and specialist cases

Obesity service including bariatric surgery

Genetic endocrine clinic

Specialised clinics at Royal Marsden and Great Ormond Street.

This post complies with the junior doctor's hours regulations.

Funded already: 50% Trust, 50% Dean

Signed Supervising consultant.

Date:

Post 2 Timetable