Locum Consultant Physician Interest in GIM, HIV & Genitourinary Med — King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | MedRoles
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Locum Consultant Physician Interest in GIM, HIV & Genitourinary Med
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London
Salary
£109,725 – £145,478
Training post
Unknown
Trust type
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Posted
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About the role
We are seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant on a 12 month fixed term contract within the HIV and sexual health Service.
This consultant post offers an exciting opportunity to work across Sexual Health, HIV medicine and General Internal Medicine within a large, innovative teaching hospital.
The successful applicant will join a multidisciplinary team providing high-quality care to people living with HIV, delivering specialist sexual health services, and contributing to General Internal Medicine inpatient care at the Denmark Hill site.
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The post is based primarily at the Caldecot Centre, the HIV centre located adjacent to King’s College Hospital and Camberwell Sexual Health Centre.
The role combines:
Locum Consultant Physician Interest in GIM, HIV & Genitourinary Med
• Genitourinary medicine clinics and senior clinical support
• General Internal Medicine inpatient care
• Participation in teaching, research and service development
The precise balance of activities will be agreed through job planning.
The appointed physician will be based in the department of HIV medicine (Caldecot Centre) and carry out one HIV outpatient clinic per week. and will undertake General Internal Medicine ward cover on RDL ward in the main hospital. There will be some potential within the role to manage patients admitted with HIV related conditions. When not covering RDL inpatients, they will also carry out senior Genitourinary medicine support and specialist Genitourinary medicine clinics.
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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.
GENERAL INFORMATION
1. 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.
2. You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations, including complying with statutory and Trust core training.
3. You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
4. You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. The Trust is committed to the Health and Wellbeing of all its staff and offer a range of guidance and services to support them, including
1. Local occupational health support
2. Employee Assistance Programme which provides a wide range 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.
3. Wellbeing hubs
4. Proactive local organisational systems to support staff following a serious incident
5. Availability of local initiatives and resources to promote workforce wellbeing
6. Coaching and mentoring, peer review groups and participation
7. 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.
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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.
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Person specification
Essential
MRCP
DFSRH
DipGUM
DipHIV
On GMC Specialist Register with Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Genitourinary Medicine (or to obtain within 6 months of interview dates) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration.
Experience of working in an integrated sexual health service managing both GUM and contraception cases; experience of outpatient-based HIV care.
Experience of providing services to vulnerable groups and managing safeguarding concerns of adults and children.
Experience of providing care to multi-ethnic and multi-cultural communities.
Familiar with current legislative framework and guidance regarding safeguarding children.
Extensive experience in managing general internal medicine inpatient and medical take at SPR level or above
Experience of managing, completing and evaluating service improvement projects.
Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.
Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.
Experience in day-to-day organisation and management of Sexual Health and HIV services.
Management course and/or qualification
Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
Experience of clinical research.
Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
Experience of poster and oral research presentation at national and/or international meetings
Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
Desirable
Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD, PhD).
Letters of competence for IUD
Letter of competence for SDI
FSRH Faculty Registered Trainer
CCT in general internal medicine
Experience in management of young persons services and child and adult safeguarding procedures.
Experience in all aspects if contraception.
Experience of running a complex contraception service /complex GUM/HIV service.
Interest and experience in genital dermatology.
Ability to undertake genital biopsies
Management course and/or qualification
Formal management training e.g. management courses, fellowship
Audit Publications
Experience in clinical trial management; Track record of recruiting patients into research studies.