Metabolic Medicine Locum Consultant Required For Obesity Clinics Cover / Bariatric Patients

This is an ingoing locum role.

The job will involve:

• Outpatients service – diabetic clinics / bariatric patients


• Nutrition advice


• Clinical Biochemistry Diagnostic Service


• Clinical trials, clinical audits, quality improvement Teaching as and when needed.

An ideal candidate will have FRCPath and MRCP as well as some experience in metabolic medicine, ie:

• Drug treatments such as insulin and lipid-regulating drugs


• Enzyme replacement therapies for inherited metabolic diseases


• Bariatric surgery for obesity, such as gastric bypass surgery


• Provision of nutritional support via percutaneous gastrostomies (PEG, an endoscopic procedure) or parenteral nutrition (TPN)


• Cardiovascular risk testing, e.g. for patients with high cholesterol


• Use of new biologic treatments for cholesterol diso...