Job summary
- Main area
- Rheumatology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 200MC712790-7284832-AS
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Rheumatology
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.
With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.
Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.
Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.
We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.
As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Consultant Rheumatologist to join our team at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The main duties of the role will be providing personalised care for patients in an outpatient setting, responding to GP advice and guidance requests, triaging new referrals and providing ward consultations to inpatients. You will also contribute significantly to multidisciplinary teams whilst receiving support for your own specialist development. There are also opportunities to support education and training of junior doctors and to get involved in research via the department’s close links with St George’s University.
We are interested in appointing a motivated and highly competent doctor to this post, and you will have the opportunity to further develop high quality rheumatology services across St George’s and Queen Mary’s Hospitals.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will;
- Have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge.
- Work closely with consultant colleagues in the Rheumatology care group to ensure proper functioning of the Care Group, appropriate co-ordination of clinical services and continuity of care for patients.
- Work as part of the clinical team to ensure that the waiting list targets are met.
- Continually update their education in Rheumatology and GiM and fulfill his/her CME and GMC revalidation requirements
- Take part in the training of undergraduate and postgraduate doctors and in the professional development of other staff groups in relation to Rheumatological clinical care.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached to the advert for the full job description and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the GMC
- CCST in Rheumatology (or within 3 months of date of interview)
- MRCP (UK or Ireland)
Desirable criteria
- PhD or MD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining the UK CCST in Rheumatology and GiM
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Understanding and experience of all aspects of clinical governance
- Teaching medical undergraduates, postgraduates, nursing and other healthcare professionals
Desirable criteria
- Established expertise in a specialist field of rheumatology
- Experience in the design, recruitment, conduct and analysis of clinical trials
- Experience in basic scientific research
- Original research publications in peer reviewed journals
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to advise on the efficient and smooth running of a specialist service
- Ability to lead, organise and manage
- Computer-literate in Office applications
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of IT-based patient information systems
Personal
Essential criteria
- A caring and sensitive attitude to patients and colleagues
- Ability to work independently and in a multi-disciplinary team
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Commitment to continuing medical education
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Dr Arvind Kaul
- Job title
- Care Group Lead, Rheumatology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8725 3596
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