Job Description

This is a new Consultant post, which is initially for 12 months fixed term with the scope to be made permanent. The primary remit of the post-holder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team leading and further developing care for elderly Orthopaedic Trauma patients in conjunction with the existing Ortho-Geriatric physician and the Orthopaedic surgeons. The post would be based at PRUH, and may involve Orpington, part of Kings College Hospital.



In addition, the individual will be expected to provide consistent ward level leadership; promote clear lines of communication between patients, relatives and staff; involvement in service development and quality improvement; and help to embed geriatric principles into routine ward care; The aim would be to change the culture of a trauma ward to one which is focused on providing high quality care to older, frail patients routinely.



The post will be based exclusively at the PRUH, which form part of King's College Hospital Foundation Trust. There will be an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, with 1.0 Core SPA and 0.5 being allocated for SPA or other uses.



There would be NO On-Call commitment, and the job plan will be flexible with a view to appropriate work-life balance, and a specialty interest clinic can be job planned depending on the interests of the successful candidate and the requirements of the service.



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:



1. The provision of a first-class clinical service



2. Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty



3. Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King's College London / KHP



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



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



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