Locum Consultant - London, United Kingdom - King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is a substantive Consultant post to work within the gynaecology department within the menopause service to provide and further develop care for women within Women's Health.

The department has a commitment to a high level of training for all grades of staff working in maternity and the post-holder will be expected to take part in providing this training.

The post-holder will be expected to take the lead in developing services, guidelines and standards for the care of women.

Attendance at the monthly management team meeting and regular Consultant meeting (forming part of the audit morning in the Trust when other non-emergency clinical activity is cancelled) is expected of all Consultants.

Involvement with clinical governance activities including undertaking risk management investigations as required is also expected of all Consultants in the department

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
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.

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 around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London.

The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

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.

The trust-wide strategy 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 can take Team King's to another level.

Together with the other Consultants to provide obstetrics and gynaecology services for women attending King's College Hospital. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties required for the proper functioning of the department.
See patients in new patient and follow up endocrine menopause clinic
Clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to Continuing Medical Education and clinical governance initiatives.
To contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust's R&D framework.
To contribute to the Audit Programme.