Specialty Doctor (Rheumatology)

Job Summary
Are you a Rheumatologist looking to join a dynamic team and to take an active part in shaping future Rheumatology services in North Cumbria? Why not consider joining us in our modern hospitals on the edge of the beautiful Lake District National Park?

NCIC is working in partnership with The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine. This will offer potential opportunities to support rural and remote medicine as well as help "grow our own" medical workforce within Cumbria.

The post will be based at the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle but the post holder will be required to work at other sites within the Trust.

On-calls within General Medicine would also be available if desired by the candidate.

Main duties of the job
Applications are welcome from candidates wishing to work full or part time in Rheumatology. In the course of his/her work the job holder liaises with nursing, professional and technical, social work and administrative staff.

An educational supervisor will be assigned to provide support. Appraisal and Job Planning is carried out at regular intervals, and forwarded to the specialty lead. The programme of training for each individual doctor will be flexible depending on his/her particular needs and stage of training.

About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Details
Date posted: 24 July 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Specialty Doctor
Salary: £63,696 to £102,689 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 262-A-26-8102433
Job locations: Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, Carlisle, CA2 7HY, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Full registration with GMC
• MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Desirable

• An appropriate higher qualification

Skills & Knowledge
Essential

• Minimum of 4 years post graduate experience, 2 of which in speciality.
• High level of clinical experience and competence in the management of the breadth of common rheumatological presentations
• Able to clinically evaluate and manage a patient
• Able to employ expertise and clinical decision making skills of a senior and independent/autonomous practitioner.
• Treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management.
• Demonstrate adequate experience and training in Joint injections.
• Experience of training and supervising junior medical staff and students.

Desirable

• Training and Experience in Ultrasound of Joints.

Leadership & Management
Essential

• Awareness of leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership
• Ability to lead a medical team
• Managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable

Teaching
Essential

• Experience of, and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
• Experience of supervising SpR's
• Educational Qualification

Research, Audit and Clinical Governance
Essential

• Commitment to continuing medical education, appraisal and clinical governance.
• Evidence of participation in clinical audit.
• Ability to critically appraise research and apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• Ability to supervise junior staff undertaking research projects.
• Commitment to governance processes e.g. incident reporting, mortality reviews.

Desirable

• Proven track record in undertaking research projects.
• Demonstration of implemented change in clinical practice

Communication skills and abilities
Essential

• Communicates effectively and is able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and carer
• Respects patients dignity, ensures confidentiality and appropriate communication where potentially difficult.

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Critically reflects on own competence, understands own limits, and seeks help when required.
• Approachable and effective Multidisciplinary team member with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Confident approach without being arrogant.
• Ability to organise workload efficiently
• Cope well in stressful work situations
• Work with enthusiasm and shows initiative

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels.
• A special interest to complement that of the existing post-holders

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.