Job overview

The remit of the postholder/s will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing and further developing care for patients within the service.  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. 

This post brings the complement of SCF equivalents within the Department of Orthopaedics to 11. There are Five Senior Clinical Fellows, one attached to each of the firms. This post is to primarily work with Mr Sinha and Mr Tavakkolizadeh.

It is envisaged that the appointee will contribute to the development and delivery of aspects of these services depending upon their interests and experience.

We are looking to recruit from September 2026 onwards.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based at Denmark Hill and this will be reviewed within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post. 

All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trusts sites as required by the service. As an 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 Trust’s 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 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.

Working for our organisation

The budgetary and management structure of King’s is divided into Divisions. Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery is a cross site division and incorporates trauma and elective surgery both at The PRUH and Denmark Hill. The Division also has an elective facility based at Orpington hospital with four operating theatres, an admissions ward and a post-operative ward facility.

Trauma and Orthopaedics represents its own Care Group in the hospital management structure. The Care Group is led by Clinical Director Mr Abhinav Gulihar. The Clinical Directors are supported by Clinical leads at the Denmark Hill site and Princess Royal sites, with separate Governance leads at each site. The Care Group General Manager is Ms Hannah Jackson and Cyril Noone is The Head of Nursing.