Consultant Paediatrician

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Consultant Paediatrician

The closing date is 30 November 2025

Applicants are invited to apply for the position of Consultant General Paediatrician at PRUH site, part of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London. This is a substantive replacement post. The post holder will contribute to the GP joint paediatric clinics and MDT (BCHIP). We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our friendly and innovative team in delivering a high quality service. The successful candidate will work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for Children/Young People from the Child Health services.

There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on evenings and weekends as part of the total job planned PAs. There is also an overnight on call commitment.

You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold a Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent to be eligible for interview.

The post holder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years), 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 Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Main duties of the job

• 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

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.
• 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, and our teams are nationally and internationally recognised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.

Strong Roots, Global Reach strategy

• Brilliant People
• Outstanding care
• Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education
• Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

• Provide high quality care service to children services on PRUH site. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
• Share responsibility with other general paediatricians for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis Consultant of the Week and General Paediatric out of hours cover at PRUH site on a 1 in 8 pattern and General Paediatric out patient clinics. Responsible also for covering colleagues periods of annual leave and short term sickness.
• Lead on the provision and ongoing development of the GP outreach clinic programme (BCHIP).
• Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
• Carry out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
• Contribute to the Care Groups research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework.
• Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
• Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Groups Business Plan.
• Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
• Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.
• Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced.
• Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
• Comply with all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
• 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.
• Consultant led 7 day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance responsibilities associated with this post.
• You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations, including complying with statutory and Trust core training.
• You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
• You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
• The postholder has an important responsibility for, and contribution to the infection control.
• All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account, which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication.
• Check email regularly and deal with communication promptly.
• The Trust is committed to the Health and Wellbeing of all its staff and offer a range of guidance and services to support them, including local occupational health support, Employee Assistance Programme, proactive local organisational systems, availability of local initiatives, coaching and mentoring, peer review groups and participation.
• This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the postholder.

Person Specification Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• APLS/EPLS provider status, up to date.
• Child Protection training / Safeguarding training (minimum level 3)
• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

Registration

• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

Training and Experience

• Wide experience in all aspects of Paediatrics, culminating in award of CCT or equivalent.
• Specialist training in Management and Leadership.
• Experience working independently at consultant level in general paediatrics.

Administration

• Experience in day to day organisation of paediatric haematology services in a busy Teaching Hospital.
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills.
• Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.

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.
• Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
• Audit Publications.

Research and Publications

• Understand principles and applications of clinical research.
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• Experience of conducting or supporting clinical research.
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.

Teaching

• Experience of teaching undergraduates, junior doctors and allied health professionals.
• Ability to teach clinical skills.
• Teaching skills course/qualification.
• Experience supervising junior doctors (all grades) Formal training in clinical teaching.

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.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum excl. London Zone Allowance.