Job summary
- Main area
- PAEDIATRIC
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (10 Session Per week)
- Job ref
- 213-MED-DH-7476278
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Denmark Hill,
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Per annum excluding London zone allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CONSULTANT IN PAEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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
This is a replacement Consultant post within the Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at King’s College Hospital. The post can be tailored to reflect the successful candidate’s specialist interests.
The postholder will join an established team of five Consultants and will contribute to the delivery and development of the tertiary paediatric respiratory service. The postholder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary Paediatric Respiratory, Complex Asthma, and Cystic Fibrosis teams, providing high-quality care to patients and supporting the ongoing development of respiratory services within the Trust. They will also contribute to consolidating the department’s position as the leading provider of tertiary paediatric respiratory services for South London and the Southeast, and to the further development of outreach services, building on the existing cystic fibrosis clinical network.
Main duties of the job
All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust’s 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 professionals and managerial colleagues in providing high-quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following:
All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust’s 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 Trust’s patients.
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 £1.8bn per annum – and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.
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 recongised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.
Our Strong Roots, Global Reach strategy, published in 2021, sets out our BOLD vision, and commitment towards:
- Brilliant People
- Outstanding care
- Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education
- Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do
At King’s, we are proud to serve a diverse range of communities, and our staff reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, with many people also travelling from all the world to start and develop their careers with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Together with other colleagues, to provide a high quality care service to 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 as detailed in your contract
- Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues
- Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives
- Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure
- Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s 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 Group’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies
- 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. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained
- 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
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1. Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
- 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
- King’s is committed to providing 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
Person specification
Qualifications & Higher Education
Essential criteria
- Registerable medical qualification
- MRCPCH or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Other higher degree or diploma (e.g. MD or PhD)
Interview Eligibility & Registration
Essential criteria
- 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 for Paediatric Respiratory Medicine on date of taking up appointment
Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- 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
- Accredited Specialist training in paediatric respiratory medicine with competencies in respiratory CSAC/RCPCH framework
Desirable criteria
- Interest and experience in NIV / LTV
Administration
Essential criteria
- Familiarity with day-to-day organisation of paediatric respiratory medicine 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
Essential criteria
- Capability of providing leadership within multi-disciplinary teams. Ability to lead change
Audit & quality improvement
Essential criteria
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement. Evidence of having undertaken and completed audit projects
- Audit Publications
Research
Essential criteria
- Experience of conducting or supporting clinical research in one or more aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine
- Publication of relevant peer-reviewed reports
Desirable criteria
- Track record of excellent research in an area of paediatric respiratory medicine or evidence of potential to establish a research programme
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Melissa Cadogan
- Job title
- Deputy General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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