CONSULTANT IN PAEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic rehabilitation medicine team, working with patients who have complex neurological conditions who require highly specialised holistic rehabilitation care. The role offers a stimulating balance of direct clinical practice and multidisciplinary collaboration, with opportunities to provide specialist management in areas such as spasticity management, comprehensive rehabilitation assessments and formulation of individualized rehabilitation plans. You will also engage with subspecialist MDTs including Neuro-Urology and Neuropsychiatry teams. This position is ideally suited to someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, values continuous professional development, and is motivated to make a lasting difference to patient outcomes. As part of this team, you will work alongside experienced rehabilitation medicine consultants, allied health professionals, and specialist nurses, with ample scope to expand your knowledge, influence service development, and shape patient-centred care in a supportive and innovative clinical setting.

Main duties of the job

You will serve as the lead consultant on the Ontario Ward, with responsibility for 16 level 2b patients, undertaking weekly ward rounds and reviewing new admissions within 24 hours. In this role, you will participate in daily handovers and contribute to essential clinical meetings, including waiting list and referral reviews, complex discharge planning, and multidisciplinary discussions with Neuro-Urology ,Neuropsychiatry, Neurosurgery and Neurology colleagues. You will also facilitate or delegate to SpR or SCF complex family meetings to educate the patient and family about the complexity of their condition. You will also contribute to hospital governance, service development, and Clinical Operations Meetings, helping to shape service delivery and quality improvement. The post requires strong clinical leadership, organisational ability, and clear communication skills to work effectively with the wider multi-professional team. This is a rewarding and flexible role, with scope to new perspectives on service innovation and improvement.

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 c£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

  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 practitioners as 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 Group’s management team where part of the service structure
  6. Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s 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 Group’s 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. 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

The Trust is recognised internationally for its work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and Emergency Department.

King’s is a key partner in one of London's foremost Academic Health Science Centres, King's Health Partners (KHP). KHP is one of only six Department of Health-designated AHSCs in England. It brings together a world-leading research-led university – King’s College London – and three successful NHS Foundation Trusts: King’s College Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’, and South London and Maudsley.

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of our dedicated workforce and join one of the largest and most successful Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation for innovation and the desire to make a difference.

You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold a Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent to be eligible for interview.


The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years), therefore this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions

Person specification

Qualifications & Higher Education

Essential criteria
  • Registerable medical qualification
  • Full MRCP

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

Registration & Interview Eligibility

Essential criteria
  • Full Registration with GMC
  • Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
  • On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT, in final stages of their portfolio pathway application, or be fully registered on the GMC Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered

Training and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Wide experience in all aspects of rehabilitation medicine], culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or completed portfolio pathway application

Desirable criteria
  • Wide experience in neuro-rehabilitation including complex spasticity management including the use of botulinum toxin

Administration

Essential criteria
  • Experience in day-to-day organisation of rehabilitation 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
  • Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable criteria
  • Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

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

Desirable criteria
  • Audit Publications

Research and Publications

Essential criteria
  • Experience of clinical research
  • Publication of relevant review articles or case reports

Desirable criteria
  • Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of rehabilitation

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation

Desirable criteria
  • Teaching skills course/qualification

IMPORTANT

  • Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you
  • If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications
  • To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert
  • Please provide email addresses for referees where possible
  • Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy
  • All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
  • Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.

Posted 2025-09-30

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