Consultant Paediatrician, special Interest in Endocrinology

Consultant Paediatrician, Special Interest in Endocrinology Consultant

Main area: Paediatrics

Grade: Consultant

Contract: Permanent: Substantive

Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 Hours per week)

Job ref: 213-MED-DH-

Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Denmark Hill

Town: London

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum incl London Zone Allowance

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 24/11/:59

Interview date: 19/12/2024

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.

Job Overview

This is a replacement Consultant post, covering a combination of general paediatrics, paediatric endocrinology and diabetes. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide and develop paediatric services to the Trust's paediatric patients. 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 On-Call commitment is for a 1:4 rota, which is classed as Category B. This is a combination of diabetes and general paediatric on call. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs.

Main Duties of the Job

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
4. Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
5. Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's service plans
6. Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust

Person Specification Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCPCH

Registration

• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist registrar in general paediatrics Register on date of taking up appointment
• On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or must have fully completed CESR application and be fully registered on the GMC Specialist Register.

Training and Experience

• Wide experience in all aspects of paediatric endocrinology and diabetes mellitus
• Wide experience in all aspects of general paediatrics, including safeguarding, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC.
• Higher degree or qualification in medical education

Administration

• Experience in day-to-day organisation of general paediatric and tertiary endocrinology 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.
• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of paediatric endocrinology

Teaching

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
• Teaching skills course/qualification

IMPORTANT

• Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you
• If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications
• Please provide email addresses for referees where possible
• 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

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 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.