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 patients within the General Medicine Service. 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.
The post will be based at the Princess Royal University Hospital, with a proposed Job Plan (up to 10 PAs) attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in the post.
The On-Call commitment is for a 1:9 rota, classed as Category A. 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, you will work closely with and support clinical, medical, professional, and managerial colleagues to provide high-quality healthcare to patients. Responsibilities include:
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
4. Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and policies
5. Conducting clinical practice within contractual requirements and service plans
6. Maintaining confidence in business plans and development strategies for the specialty, Care Group, or Trust
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. We are delighted you are considering a career with us.
Our teams provide services across five hospitals in South East London and Kent: King's College Hospital, Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.
We employ nearly 14,000 staff who treat over 1.5 million patients annually. We offer a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recognized for 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:
* Brilliant People
* Outstanding Care
* Leaders in Research, Innovation, and Education
* Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do
At King's, we are proud to serve diverse communities, and our staff reflect this diversity, with many traveling from around the world to develop their careers with us.
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