Main area: Paediatric Hepatology
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (12 month contract)
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 213-MED-DH-6663148
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kings College Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/10/2024 23:59
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
Job overview
The post holder will be expected to join the existing team of Paediatric Consultant Hepatologists and share the responsibilities including 1 in 7 on call for paediatric hepatology. There will be 10 PAs which include full commitment to the on call rota. The post holder will join the rolling rota of inpatient, day case, outpatient and liaison with Clinical Nurse Practitioner for shared care, and contribute to the management of portal hypertension.
Main duties of the job
The post is to back fill due to a vacancy arisen due to a sabbatical engagement by a substantial member of our staff. The post holder will work with the team to provide Intestinal transplant service in addition to general hepatology and portal hypertension on call cover.
The post will be based at King’s College Hospital and the proposed Job Plan is attached. There will be an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, with the remainder being allocated for Supporting Professional activities related to professional revalidation. The On-Call commitment is for a 1:7 rota which is classed as Category A. The post will contribute to the portal hypertension on call rota.
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.
- The provision of a first class clinical service
- Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
- Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London
- Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
- Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans
- Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust
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 c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The Trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
The Variety Children's Hospital, the Children's Outpatients Department and the Department of Child Psychiatry are adjacent to one another on the third floor of King's College Hospital. The Variety Children's Hospital contains four wards, a 16-bedded paediatric critical care unit (PICU and HDU) and a day case unit. There are ample facilities for parents to stay with their children. Paediatric staff are responsible for the paediatric care of all patients admitted to the Variety Club Children's Hospital. The Outpatient and Therapy Departments include nine consulting rooms, an audiology room, treatment room, speech and occupational therapy, physiotherapy unit, paediatric dieticians, and nurse specialist offices as well as a fully equipped school.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further details are provided in the documents, please review job description and person specification document for full duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
- MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent
- Hold CCT or equivalent in paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and Nutrition or equivalent non UK training qualification; or alternatively will obtain within 6 months of interview date. Name to be on Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
- Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)
Training and Experience
- CCT or equivalent in Paediatric Gastroenterology / hepatology
- Wide experience in all aspects of paediatrics culminating in award of CCT or equivalent in paediatrics
- Training and experience in hepatology and transplantation
- Laboratory Experience
Audit, Research and Publications
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects
- Experience of clinical research.
- Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of paediatric hepatology.
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
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- Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy
- All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
- Due to a high volume of applications, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. It is therefore recommended that you apply promptly.
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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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