Consultant in Acute Medicine

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

[1 Substantive & 1 Locum post available]

We are looking for dynamic individuals to join King’s as Acute Consultant Physicians.

The post will include the requirement to contribute to the out-of-hours on call rota and deliver seven-day care. We are an expanding and evolving service, join us and help develop a great clinical, academic and management team.

This post will provide support to the Modernising Medicine transformation project, which will build upon areas of good practice at King’s and drawing on innovative practices at a regional and a national level. The appointee will be joining an expanding team of multidisciplinary professionals to support senior clinical decision-making throughout our medical pathway. The transformational context of this role presents a unique opportunity to co-design and deliver a best practice in acute and general patient care delivery.

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 is the following:

- 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 / KHP
- 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

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.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for all via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets by 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES1. Together with the other Acute and General Internal Medicine Consultants, to provide a service for Acute and General Medicine. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
2. Shared responsibility with the other Acute Medicine and contributing GIM Consultants for providing 24 hour, 7 day a week cover for medicine on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleague’s periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.
3. Provide clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
4. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to Continuing Professional Development and clinical governance initiatives.
5. Responsible for out-patient and/ or ambulatory clinic commitments as agreed with the Care Group’s management team.
6. To contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
7. To contribute to the Audit Programme, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from deaths.
8. To take 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 both internal and external agencies.
9. To conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan.
10. To 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.
11. To work in conjunction with cl

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