Job overview
This is a new Consultant post, which is initially for 12 months fixed term with the scope to be made permanent. The primary remit of the post-holder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team leading and further developing care for elderly Orthopaedic Trauma patients in conjunction with the existing Ortho-Geriatric physician and the Orthopaedic surgeons. The post would be based at PRUH, and may involve Orpington, part of Kings College Hospital.
In addition, the individual will be expected to provide consistent ward level leadership; promote clear lines of communication between patients, relatives and staff; involvement in service development and quality improvement; and help to embed geriatric principles into routine ward care; The aim would be to change the culture of a trauma ward to one which is focused on providing high quality care to older, frail patients routinely.
Main duties of the job
The post will be based exclusively at the PRUH, which form part of King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust. There will be an average of Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, with Core SPA and being allocated for SPA or other uses.
There would be NO On-Call commitment, and the job plan will be flexible with a view to appropriate work-life balance, and a specialty interest clinic can be job planned depending on the interests of the successful candidate and the requirements of the service.
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 £ 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 million patients every year.
We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recongised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.
Our Strong Roots, Global Reach strategy, published in 2021, sets out our BOLD vision, and commitment towards:
1. Brilliant People
2. Outstanding care
3. Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education
4. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do