Job Description

We are advertising for a very interesting position of a Consultant in Acute and Renal Medicine. This is a shared job with 6PA in Acute Medicine and 4PA in Renal Medicine.

The successful candidates will join and support a friendly and engaged Acute Medicine Consultant team of 12. The Acute Medicine Consultants have the responsibility for providing care to medical patients presenting into the hospital by a short admission to the AMU wards, or through a review in the Ambulatory Care unit. The patient who require further care are referred, to other sub-specialities either as an inpatient or into their hot clinics. You will also work closely with our colleagues from Emergency Medicine and other medical sub-specialties and with primary care and community services.

The renal part of this exciting post is working with colleagues in Renal Medicine delivering General Nephrology outpatients and doing Acute Renal Medicine.

The post will include the requirement to contribute to the out-of-hours on call rota and deliver seven-day care. We are an expanding and evolving service, join us and help develop a great clinical, academic and management team.

Main duties of the job

This post is the first joint renal/acute medicine post offered at Denmark Hill for a significant period. It is expected the post-holder will work with both medical and renal colleagues to:

• optimise the interface between these specialties and optimise the journey of the renal medical or medical renal patients.
• ensure the training opportunities offered by IMT are managed and delivered to the benefit of trainees and the wider services\'

The post will be based at Denmark Hill and the proposed Job Plan (up to 10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.

The On-Call commitment is for a 1:9 weekend resident rota, which is job-planned and a non-resident on-call rota that is less than 1:12 and is classed as Category B. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs.

About us

King\'s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK\'s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c1 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 by 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.

Job description
Job 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 Groups.

• 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.
• Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitionersas 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 Groups management team.
• Contribute to the Care Groups research interests in accordance with the Trusts 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 Groups 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.
• 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.
• 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.

GENERAL INFORMATION * You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance responsibilities associated with this post.

• You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations, including complying with statutory and Trust core training.
• You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
• You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
• The postholder has an important responsibility for, and contribution to make to, infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures, which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.
• All employees must hold an \'nhs.net\' email account, which will be the Trust\'s formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication promptly.
• The Trust is commited to the Health and Wellbeing of all its staff and offer a rage of guidance and services to support them, including

• Local occupational health support
• Employee Assistance Programme which provides a wide rage of support for work and personal issues, including relationship problems (personal and at work) anxiety/depression finance/debt work overload legal matters bullying consumer issues bereavement pressure/stress child care and care of the elderly/disabled.
• Wellbeing hubs
• Proactive local organisational systems to support staff following a serious incident
• Availability of local initiatives and resources to promote workforce wellbeing
• Coaching and mentoring, peer review groups and participation
• This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the postholder.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registerable medical qualification.
• MRCP or equivalent.

Desirable

• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD).

Registration
Essential

• 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 on date of taking up appointment

Training and Experience
Essential

• Wide experience in all aspects of Acute Medicine and Renal Medicine, culminating in award of CCT in Acute or General Medicne and CCT in Renal Medicine or equivalent.
• Specialist training in Acute and Renal Medicine.

Administration
Essential

• Experience in day-to-day organisation of Acute and Renal services in a busy Teaching Hospital.

Desirable

• Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.

Management and Leadership
Essential

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.

Desirable

• Management course and/or qualification.

Audit & quality improvement
Essential

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement.
• Must be able to demonstrate ability to lead change.

Research
Essential

• Experience of conducting or supporting clinical research

Desirable

• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Acute and/or Renal Medicine.
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.

Teaching
Essential

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

Desirable

• Teaching skills course/qualification.

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