Consultant Paediatrician interest in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
Consultant
Main area: Paediatrics
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent: Substantive
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 Hours Per week)
Job ref: 213-MED-PRUH-6860391
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: PRUH
Town: Orpington
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum Excluding London Zone Allowance
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 21/01/2025
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
This is a replacement Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multidisciplinary team providing and further developing care for paediatric patients and to provide and develop paediatric respiratory services for 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.
Main duties of the job
1. The post will be based at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) and the proposed Job Plan (10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.
2. The On-Call commitment is for a 1:8 rota (Monday to Sunday, inclusive of evenings, weekends and off site night on-calls) and is classed as Category A.
3. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job-planned PAs.
4. The post would be best suited to full-time working pattern; however, LTFT working will be considered.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts.
Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King’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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Together with other colleagues, to provide a high-quality care service to patients.
2. Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24-hour, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis.
3. Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
4. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required.
5. Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team.
6. Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
7. Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
8. Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan.
9. Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
10. Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.
11. Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained.
12. Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
13. Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies.
14. Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.
15. King’s is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MRCPCH
* APLS/EPLS
* Child Protection training level 3
* Additional postgraduate qualifications such as PhD, MD or other higher degrees
* SPIN module accreditation in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
Registration
* Full Registration with GMC
* Name on GMC Specialist 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 paediatrics.
Administration
* Experience in day-to-day organisation of paediatric services in a busy Teaching Hospital
* Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
* Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service
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.
* An understanding of clinical governance, patient safety and corporate risk
* Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Research and Publications
* Experience of clinical research.
* Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
Teaching
* Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching.
* Teaching skills course/qualification
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