Job summary
The appointed consultant will join a friendly, supportive and enthusiastic respiratory team that works collaboratively with the matron, manager and wider multidisciplinary team. They will work closely with colleagues from other medical specialities.
The appointee will be expected to work closely with system partners to support streamlined admission and discharge pathways. The transformational context of this role presents a unique opportunity to co-design and deliver a best-in-class acute and general respiratory medicine service at King's College Hospital.
The appointee will help Respiratory medicine further develop a population health agenda with community facing initiatives whilst also contributing to the airways service for our local population ensuring that service provision continues to be high-value and delivered to the highest standard and contribute to the cross site KHP research agenda. Frequent review of the service is anticipated to ensure that departmental strategic priorities are being met. The candidate will be expected to contribute to the leadership of the services. The appointed individual will be required to work cohesively within the department and with other tertiary services at King's to provide expertise and support. The post holder will have both general medicine and respiratory responsibilities to both inpatients and outpatients and may include procedures such as bronchoscopy and pleural, and outpatient clinic commitments per week.
Main duties of the job
This is a partialreplacement Consultant post with new virtual ward activity. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for respiratory and medical services with a specific focus on improving population health through closer working with community services, providing support to a virtual COPD ward and rapid access HOT and general/airways clinic for patients. The successful applicant will join enthusiastic, friendly and forward thinking Respiratory Consultants and will be supported to develop services further. 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.
About us
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 - 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, namelyKing'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 1.5 million patients every year.
We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recongised for our workin liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.
OurStrong 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 a diverse range of communities, and our staff reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, with many people also travelling from all the world to start and develop their careers with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The On-Call commitment is for a 1:9 weekends and is subject to ongoing review. It will involve a combination of weekend ward cover and medical take as part of the modernising medicine programme. There is also a separate non-resident respiratory on call commitment of 1 in 14. 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 Trusts 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 Trusts patients. Integral to these responsibilities are 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 Kings College London / KHP
Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trusts procedures and operating policies
Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trusts service plans
Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
The On-Call commitment is for a 1:9 weekends and is subject to ongoing review. It will involve a combination of weekend ward cover and medical take as part of the modernising medicine programme. There is also a separate non-resident respiratory on call commitment of 1 in 14. 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 Trusts 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 Trusts patients. Integral to these responsibilities are 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 Kings College London / KHP
Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trusts procedures and operating policies
Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trusts service plans
Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registerable medical qualification
- Full MRCP
Desirable
- Other higher degree or diploma
Registration
Essential
- Full registration with GMC
Training and experience
Essential
- Wide experience in all aspects of respiratory, general medicine and population health
Administration
Essential
- Experience in day-to-day organisation of respiratory service in a busy teaching hospital
- Information technology and general computer skills
- Familiar with current structure of National Health Service, including recent initiatives and changes.
Management and Leadership
Essential
- Able to demonstrate leadership skills within multi-disciplinary teams
Audit and Quality Improvement
Essential
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audits
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registerable medical qualification
- Full MRCP
Desirable
- Other higher degree or diploma
Registration
Essential
- Full registration with GMC
Training and experience
Essential
- Wide experience in all aspects of respiratory, general medicine and population health
Administration
Essential
- Experience in day-to-day organisation of respiratory service in a busy teaching hospital
- Information technology and general computer skills
- Familiar with current structure of National Health Service, including recent initiatives and changes.
Management and Leadership
Essential
- Able to demonstrate leadership skills within multi-disciplinary teams
Audit and Quality Improvement
Essential
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audits
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
