Job summary
- Main area
- Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 213-DivisionC-7928011
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's College Hospital
- Town
- Camberwell
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 per annum plus London allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellow in Orthopaedics with interest in Hip Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 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.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
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.
The successful applicant will be joining the Senior Clinical Fellow rota which totals 11 individuals: 5 Trauma Fellows, 6 Senior Clinical Fellows. This rota is supported by a Registrar rota and a Junior Clinical Fellow rota. At present the rotas are subject to review and may change.
This post is to primarily work with Mr Li, however there will be additional list commitments with Mr Matthew Gee, Harnett and Panamoottil within the hip firm.
There is a well-established multi-disciplinary team with a meeting every Monday morning. In addition there is a Bone Infection MDT.
We are looking to recruit from October 2026 onwards with potential to start earlier
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
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD: Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Together with other colleagues to provide a service for patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
· Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.
· Participation in Multi-disciplinary Meetings.
· Contribution to audit and clinical governance programmes.
· Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group management team.
· Contribute to the Care Group research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
· Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from Deaths.
· Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
· 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. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.
· Be aware of, and 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.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Proven experience of Specialist SpR training in trauma and orthopaedics.
- MRCS
- Full registration with GMC/GDC with License to Practice.
- Experience in day to day organisation of orthopaedics services in a busy Teaching Hospital
- Experience of conducting or supporting clinical research.
- FRCS (Ortho)
Desirable criteria
- Completion Certificate of Speciality Training (CCST)
- Fellowship in Trauma or Hip Surgery
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Pinel
- Job title
- Medical Staffing Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02032997672
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