Job summary

This is a replacement Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the Neurophysiology services at King's and GSTT providing and further developing care for patients across South East London and Kent and to provide and develop neurophysiology services to patients at both Trusts. 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 post will be based at Denmark Hill (8PAs) and at St Thomas's Hospital (2PAs) and the proposed Job Plan (10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post

Main duties of the job

The On-Call commitment is for a 1:5 rota, which is classed as Category B. There is a commitment to undertakeroutine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs.

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. Integral to these responsibilities are 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

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts - 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 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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitionersas a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.

4. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.

5. Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Groups management team where part of the service structure.

6. Contribute to the Care Groups research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework.

7. Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.

8. Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Groups Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.

9. Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.

13. Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.

14. 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.

15. Kings 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

Registerable medical qualification Full MRCP

Desirable

Other higher degree or diploma (, MD)

Registration

Essential

Full Registration with GMC

Desirable

On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or must have fully completed portfolio pathway application and be fully registered on the GMC Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered

Training and Experience

Essential

Wide experience in all aspects of clinical neurophysiology, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Portfolio Pathway Registration by GMC Specialist training in Clinical Neurophysiology Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Desirable

Experience in the operation and management of a Home Video Telemetry service Experience in inpatient video-EEG telemetry as well as planning and interpretation of intracranial EEG studies

Administration

Essential

Experience in day-to-day organisation of EEG and VT services in a busy Teaching Hospital Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills

Management and Leadership

Essential

Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential

Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit Must have undertaken and completed audit projects

Desirable

Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Epilepsy and/or Clinical Neurophysiology

Research and Publications

Essential

Experience of clinical research Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.

Desirable

Publication of peer-reviewed journal articles

Teaching

Essential

Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.

Desirable

Teaching skills course/qualification