Acute Medicine 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

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Locum Consultant

6 Months

We are looking for dynamic individual to join King's as Acute Consultant Physicians.

The post will include the requirement to contribute to the out-of-hours on call rota and deliver seven-day care. We are an expanding and evolving service, join us and help develop a great clinical, academic and management team.

This post will provide support to the Modernising Medicine transformation project, which will build upon areas of good practice at King's and drawing on innovative practices at a regional and a national level.

The appointee will be joining an expanding team of multidisciplinary professionals to support senior clinical decision-making throughout our medical pathway.

The transformational context of this role presents a unique opportunity to co-design and deliver a best practice in acute and general patient care delivery.

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.

This Locum Consultant post-holder will join the existing Acute Medicine Consultant team and is part of a Trust-approved initiative to appoint Consultants to continue the development of a comprehensive 7/7 Acute Medicine Service with the expansion of Ambulatory care supported by clinically lead pathway design.

The remit of the post-holder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide an efficient and safe service for the assessment and management of acutely ill medical patients.