Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care

Company: Kings College Hospital
Location: Kent
Posted on: May 28, 2025

Job Description:

Main area Paediatrics Grade Consultant Contract Permanent: Substantive Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 Hours Per week) Job ref 213-MED-DH-7235927Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site KCH Town Denmark Hill Salary -105,504 - -139,882 Per Annum Excluding London Zone Allowance. Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/2025 08:00King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c -1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 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 the London Borough of Bromley.We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.Site: King's College Hospital (Denmark Hill)Consultant in Paediatric Critical CareFull-time 10 PAsPermanentApplications are invited for this 10PA full time post in Paediatric Critical Care based at the Department of Child Health at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. King's College Hospital is a major London teaching hospital which has tertiary paediatric specialist services, including paediatric hepatology and neurosurgery. It also provides general paediatric services for a large multi-ethnic innercity population. King's College Hospital is part of London's most comprehensive Academic Health Sciences Centre (King's Health Partners), along with King's College London and Guys and St Thomas' (GSTT) and the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.Main duties of the jobThis is a replacement consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care in paediatric critical care at Denmark Hill, as part of the from Child Health care group. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.The post will be based at Denmark Hill and the proposed Job Plan of 10 PAs is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.The On-Call commitment is for a 1:7 rota (propective cover), which is classed as Category A. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays and Bank Holidays as part of the total job planned PAs.Interested applicants are invited to discuss the post with Professor Akash Deep (Consultant Paediatric Intensivist and Head of PICU) and arrange an informal visit to the Unit by E-mailing akash.deep@nhs.netWorking for our organisationKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts - 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.- Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education- Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.At King's, we are proud to serve a diverse range of communities, and our staff reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, with many people also travelling from all the world to start and develop their careers with us.Detailed job description and main responsibilities1. 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 practitionersas 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.Person specificationQualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent
• APLS/EPLS
• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD or PhD)Registration
  • Full Registration with GMC
  • Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
  • Entered on the Specialist Register for Paediatric Intensive Care
  • On the day of interview , applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or be in final stages of portfolio application or be fully registered on the GMC Paediatric Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.
  • Evidenced Level 3 safeguarding trainingTraining and Experience
    • Wide experience in all aspects of paediatric intensive care medicine (minimum two years) in a unit approved for training by the RCPCHP GRID training programme. culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC.
    • Minimum of 6 months of anaesthetic training
    • Interest and experience in paediatric echocardiography and/or flexible bronchoscopyAdministration
      • Experience in day-to-day organisation of paediatric services in a busy Teaching Hospital
      • Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
      • Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changesManagement and Leadership
        • Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
        • Management course and/or qualificationAudit and Quality Improvement
          • Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects
          • An understanding of clinical governance, patient safety and corporate risk
          • Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
          • Must be able to demonstrate ability to lead change
          • Audit PublicationsResearch and Publications
            • Experience of clinical research.
            • Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.Teaching
              • Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation
              • Teaching skills course/qualificationIMPORTANT
                • Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you
                • If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications
                • To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert
                • Please provide email addresses for referees where possible
                • Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust's criminal records checking policy
                • All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
                • Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reports and Other Corporate Publications
                  
                  
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                  King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.Employer certification / accreditation badgesYou must have appropriate UK professional registration.This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.Name Professor Akash Deep Job title Consultant Paediatric Intensivist and Head of PICU Email address akash.deep@nhs.net
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