Job summary
This is a replacement post to join the established team in continuing to provide a high-quality service. The post is being advertised as a locum post in the first instance with the aim to advertise as a substantive post at a future date. The remit of the post holder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for Children/Young People from the Child Health services, and to provide and develop services to the Trust's young patients. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.
Main duties of the job
This is a fixed term replacement Consultant post. The remit of the postholder would be to work within the multi-disciplinary paediatric respiratory and cystic fibrosis teams providing and developing care for patients and to provide and develop paediatric respiratory and cystic fibrosis services to the Trust's patients. Duties include:
1. Consolidating our long-standing position as the major provider of tertiary paediatric respiratory services to South London and the Southeast and extending paediatric respiratory outreach services along the lines of our well-established cystic fibrosis clinical network in the Southeast region.
2. Advancing our research agenda, focusing on areas of clinical strength in paediatric respiratory medicine at Denmark Hill and KHP.
3. Building a network of centres providing tertiary paediatric respiratory care in South London with close links between the different sites and with North London centres as previously recommended by the London Tertiary Paediatric Services Review.
Although the post-holder will work principally within the Paediatric Respiratory and Cystic Fibrosis Centre in the Variety Children's Hospital at King's College Hospital, there will be potential for future work in outreach clinics in the Southeast region. In addition, the individual will play an active part in the general workload of the department while having a 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 hospitals with over 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 13,000 staff based across five main sites in Southeast London and Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) site in Camberwell and the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley, Orpington Hospital, and some services at Beckenham Beacon and Queen Mary's Sidcup.
The Trust is recognised internationally for its work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, foetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and Emergency Department.
King's is a key partner in one of London's foremost Academic Health Science Centres, King's Health Partners (KHP). KHP is one of only six Department of Health-designated AHSCs in England. It brings together a world-leading research-led university - King's College London - and three successful NHS Foundation Trusts: King's College Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas', and South London and Maudsley.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post will be based at Kings College Hospital and the proposed 10 PA Job Plan is attached. This will be reviewed within three months of the postholder commencing the post. There will be an average of 8.42 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, with the remainder being allocated for Supporting Professional and/or other Activities. The On-Call commitment is for a 1:6 paediatric respiratory rota, which is classed as Category B.
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 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 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 Division or the Trust
Please see job description for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post will be based at Kings College Hospital and the proposed 10 PA Job Plan is attached. This will be reviewed within three months of the postholder commencing the post. There will be an average of 8.42 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, with the remainder being allocated for Supporting Professional and/or other Activities. The On-Call commitment is for a 1:6 paediatric respiratory rota, which is classed as Category B.
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 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 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 Division or the Trust
Please see job description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registerable medical qualification
- MRCPH or equivalent
- Within six months of the expected date of CCT (or equivalent) on the day of interview
- Full registration with GMC and Name on Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment.
Desirable
- Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)
Training and Experience
Essential
- Wide experience in all aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine, with ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care, culminating in award of CCST or equivalent.
- Evidenced Level 3 safeguarding training
- Accredited Specialist training in paediatric respiratory medicine with competencies in respiratory CSAC/RCPCH framework
Management and Leadership
Essential
- Experience in day-to-day organisation of Paediatric services in a busy Teaching Hospital
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.
Desirable
- Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
- Management course and/or qualification
Audit and Quality Improvement / research
Essential
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement. Must be able to demonstrate ability to lead change.
- Experience of conducting or supporting clinical research
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement.
- Evidence of having undertaken and completed audit projects. Experience of conducting or supporting clinical research in one or more aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine Publication of relevant peer-reviewed reports Track record of excellent research in an area of paediatric respiratory medicine or evidence of potential to establish a research programme.
Desirable
- Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Paediatrics
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
Personal Skills
Essential
- Effective communicator, able to work in a close-knit team and co-operate with all medical and paramedical staff
- Flexible and resilient
- Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
- Professional attitude towards work, reliability, good record of attendance and tidy personal appearance
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of Kings Values
- Commitment to uphold Kings Values
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation
Desirable
- Teaching skills course/qualification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registerable medical qualification
- MRCPH or equivalent
- Within six months of the expected date of CCT (or equivalent) on the day of interview
- Full registration with GMC and Name on Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment.
Desirable
- Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)
Training and Experience
Essential
- Wide experience in all aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine, with ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care, culminating in award of CCST or equivalent.
- Evidenced Level 3 safeguarding training
- Accredited Specialist training in paediatric respiratory medicine with competencies in respiratory CSAC/RCPCH framework
Management and Leadership
Essential
- Experience in day-to-day organisation of Paediatric services in a busy Teaching Hospital
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.
Desirable
- Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
- Management course and/or qualification
Audit and Quality Improvement / research
Essential
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement. Must be able to demonstrate ability to lead change.
- Experience of conducting or supporting clinical research
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement.
- Evidence of having undertaken and completed audit projects. Experience of conducting or supporting clinical research in one or more aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine Publication of relevant peer-reviewed reports Track record of excellent research in an area of paediatric respiratory medicine or evidence of potential to establish a research programme.
Desirable
- Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Paediatrics
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
Personal Skills
Essential
- Effective communicator, able to work in a close-knit team and co-operate with all medical and paramedical staff
- Flexible and resilient
- Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
- Professional attitude towards work, reliability, good record of attendance and tidy personal appearance
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of Kings Values
- Commitment to uphold Kings Values
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation
Desirable
- Teaching skills course/qualification
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).
