Main area Acute Medicine Grade Consultant Contract Permanent: Interest in speciality welcome Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (10 PA's) Job ref 213-MED-DH-7987351
Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Denmark Hill Town London Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum, inc London Weighting Salary period Yearly Closing 14/06/2026 23:59
Job overview
This is a replacement Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing and further developing care for acutely ill medical patients and also work as part of the kings’s care team, contributing to haemodialysis patient, renal immunology/CKD clinic, inpatient consult work and renal procedure care] from Acute medicine and Renal services, and to provide and develop Acute Medicine and Renal services to the Trust’s outpatient and inpatients. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff. We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience managing Hypertension as there is a growing hypertension service run by acute medicine. Prevention of ill health through Integrated Neighbourhood Teams is a key strategic priority for our local health economy and identifying patients with overlapping renal and cardiovascular risk are a priority target for 2026-27.
It is expected that the appointee will contribute actively to audit and research, developing research in an area of their interest if they wish
Main duties of the job
The post will be based at [Denmark Hill and the proposed Job Plan (up to 10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.
The On-Call commitment is for a 1:X rota, which is classed as Category X. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs.
All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust’s sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following:
1. The provision of a first-class clinical service
2. Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
3. Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / KHP
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of £1.8bn per annum – and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.
Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King’s College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.
We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year.
We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recognised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.
* Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education
* Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Together with other colleagues, to provide a high-quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
* Shared responsibility with other colleagues and Responsible also for covering colleagues periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.
* Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
* Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives
* Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure.
* Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
* Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths
* ake an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.
* Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
* Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post‑qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
* Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues
* Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
* Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
* Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.
* King’s is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues.
Person specification
Qualifications & Higher Education
* MRCP or equivalent
* Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)
* Valid ALS certificate
* Full Registration with GMC
* Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
* On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT, in final stages of their portfolio pathway application, or be fully registered on the GMC Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.
Training and Experience
* Wide experience in all aspects of Acute & General Medicine and renal medicine], culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or completed portfolio pathway application.
Administration
* Experience in day-to-day organisation of Acute medicine services in a busy Teaching Hospital
* Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
* Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
Management and Leadership
* Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
* Management course and/or qualification
Audit and Quality Improvement
* Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
* Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
* Audit Publications
Research and Publications
* Experience of clinical research.
* Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
* Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
* Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of aspects of Acute, General or Renal Medicine
* Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
Teaching
* Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
* Teaching skills course/qualification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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