Job summary
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust or Trust Wide
Workforce Directorate
Consultant in Occupational Health
From £84,559 - £114,003 p.a. excl. LZ
Full Time - 10PAs
Permanent
The Occupational Health & Safety Service (OHSS) at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is appointing a full time consultant to join our dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking team. The OHSS is currently involved in many exciting initiatives and are looking for an individual with appropriate skills to complement this team and help keep the service in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.
Main duties of the job
The positions is to provide 1.0 whole time equivalent consultant (10 PA) with the potential to consider job share or part time working. In addition to general clinical work, the post-holder will have dedicated research time at least during the first 12 months of employment, will contribute to the clinical governance and will act as clinical and educational supervisors to Occupational Medicine trainees.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified occupational physicians to provide clinical services across a wide range of clients comprising NHS, higher education and other sectors.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) is one of the largest hospital Trusts in Britain and in Europe, having formed the Academic Health Sciences Centre in 2009, following amalgamation with King's College Hospital, the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, King's College London, and the Institute of Psychiatry.
OHSS have been provided from both the Guy's and St Thomas' sites for nearly 40 years and more recently from Royal Brampton and Harefield sites as well. The present OH Service is one of the largest and most advanced in Britain, and the first NHS service to be SEQOHS- accredited. We provide services to the Trust, to healthcare students of King's College London and to a number of other NHS and non-NHS institutions. We are committed to training nurses and doctors; there are presently five specialty registrars, and two nurses training in Occupational Health.
This is a unique opportunity to become involved in OH research as the post holder will have 2 dedicated PAs (equivalent to one day) for research during the first 12 months of their employment. This will be supported by the Research team led by Professor Ira Madan. Subject to developing a successful research portfolio, an extension to the research PAs beyond the first 12 months will be considered.
OHSS provides a full range of occupational health service. OHSS lead the GSTT health and wellbeing programme.
The post holder may deliver part of their job plan remotely. The rest of activities are expected to be delivered at the Education Centre, York Road or at the customer's location.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants must be able to work well within a multi-disciplinary team and possess strong communication skills to promote innovation, effect change, and communicate effectively with managers and employees. Experience of working in a large complex multi-disciplinary organisation would be an advantage.
Applicants must have full GMC registration, a licence to practise and be eligible for inclusion on the GMCs Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to a Certificate of Completion of Training in Occupational Medicine, hold Membership or Fellowship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine or a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR), or be within 6 months of achieving this. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.
Applicants must have full GMC registration, a licence to practise and be eligible for inclusion on the GMCs Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to a Certificate of Completion of Training in Occupational Medicine, hold Membership or Fellowship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine or a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR), or be within 6 months of achieving this. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants must be able to work well within a multi-disciplinary team and possess strong communication skills to promote innovation, effect change, and communicate effectively with managers and employees. Experience of working in a large complex multi-disciplinary organisation would be an advantage.
Applicants must have full GMC registration, a licence to practise and be eligible for inclusion on the GMCs Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to a Certificate of Completion of Training in Occupational Medicine, hold Membership or Fellowship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine or a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR), or be within 6 months of achieving this. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.
Applicants must have full GMC registration, a licence to practise and be eligible for inclusion on the GMCs Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to a Certificate of Completion of Training in Occupational Medicine, hold Membership or Fellowship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine or a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR), or be within 6 months of achieving this. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- On the GMC specialist register for Occupational Medicine
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in occupational medicine
Desirable
Audit Management & IT
Essential
- Recent experience of undertaking and participating in clinical audit and policy writing
Desirable
- Leading an audit Participation in a national audit
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- On the GMC specialist register for Occupational Medicine
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in occupational medicine
Desirable
Audit Management & IT
Essential
- Recent experience of undertaking and participating in clinical audit and policy writing
Desirable
- Leading an audit Participation in a national audit
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
