Associate Specialist with Special Interest in - London, United Kingdom - King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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4 weeks ago

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Applications are invited for a full-time (10 Programmed Activities) Associate Specialist as part of the Thrombosis & Haemostasis Service at King's College Hospital (based at the Princess Royal Hospital and Denmark Hill sites).


The post holder will be working within the multi-disciplinary Thrombosis Team (on both Denmark Hill and Princess Royal sites) to deliver high quality care for patients with Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) and those requiring anticoagulation.

They will support the VTE Clinic and strive to improve outcomes for VTE patients. They will have responsibilities for VTE prevention as well as the Anticoagulation Service.

They will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the VTE Exemplar Centre, while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff and to research.


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.


In addition, there is a focus on translational research within the centre, with collaborations with the departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Liver and General Medicine within King's College Hospital and the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (IPS), King's College London.

There are currently three research fellows based within the centre.


Applicants are required to be on the GMC Register, and have both clinical and laboratory experience in Haemostasis and Thrombosis.


The King's Thrombosis Centre, based within the Department of Haematological Medicine, is a clinical academic unit, providing clinical and laboratory services within King's College Hospital.

The King's Thrombosis Centre was identified as the first NHS Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Exemplar Centre by the Department of Health (DH) as part of the Chief Medical Officer's initiative to promote best practice in the prevention of VTE.

There is a strong emphasis on multi-disciplinary team-working within the centre, with doctors, nurses, pharmacists and biomedical scientists contributing to the innovative and wider-ranging clinical service provided in VTE prevention, diagnosis, management, and aftercare.

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