Consultant Gastroenterologist and Clinical Transformation Lead

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK teaching hospital is seeking a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Clinical Transformation Lead to join their team. This dual role combines clinical duties with leadership in transformation initiatives within the Gastroenterology department. The successful candidate will be involved in high-quality clinical care, teaching medical students and postgraduate doctors, and contributing to research. A full MRCP and proven experience in clinical transformation are essential. The position offers a competitive salary of £109,725 to £145,478 per year, plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Wide experience in all aspects of Gastroenterology.
• Demonstrable experience in directing clinical transformation projects.
• Successful supervisory and mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-class clinical service in Gastroenterology.
• Lead teaching and research in partnership with King's College London.
• Participate in the clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.

Skills

Leadership in Gastroenterology

Clinical transformation expertise

Teaching experience

Knowledge of clinical workflows

Experience in digital health transformation

Education

Full MRCP

Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

Tools

Epic clinician builder certification

Job description

Go back King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Gastroenterologist and Clinical Transformation Lead

The closing date is 17 December 2025

This is a replacement Consultant post. This post is split between designing and leading the implementation of transformation programmes as the Clinical Transformation Lead and providing clinical care within the Gastroenterology department.

The clinical remit of the post-holder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for Gastroenterology with a focus on general gastroenterology, including IBD and nutrition. It is envisaged that the appointee will contribute to the existing strengths as well as developing his/her own specific complementary areas of expertise depending upon their interests, ability and experience. 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.

For the Transformation role they will work in partnership with Chiefs of Division, Clinical Directors, Transformation leads, General Manager and to develop the KCHs Transformation strategy, underpinning programmes of work and implementation credibility across the organisation.

Main duties of the job

All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust's sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following:

• 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 / KHP
• 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

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of £1.8bn per annum - 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 recognised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.

Our Strong Roots, Global Reach strategy, published in 2021, sets out our BOLD vision, and commitment towards:

1. Brilliant People

2. Outstanding care

3. Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education

4. 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.

Job responsibilities

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES

MEDICAL STUDENT TEACHING

The appointed practitioner will normally participate in teaching medical students, post-graduate doctors/dentists and other groups at King's College Hospital NHSFT and Kings College London (KCL) School of Medicine.

Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, as a major teaching Trust, works in partnership with Kings College London to provide the highest possible quality of medical education.

All consultants are expected to be committed to teaching and to play their part in the delivery of the undergraduate curriculum. These activities would include the planning and review of teaching, and the assessment of students, which could, where properly structured, be undertaken simultaneously with service delivery commitments, including ward rounds and outpatient clinics.

Of necessity, the requirements of the undergraduate medical curriculum change over time and it is not always possible to identify specific teaching commitments in job plans. Some specific roles will be job planned.

The need for flexibility is acknowledged by the Trust and within a Care Group. It is possible that the overall teaching commitment can be unevenly allocated amongst staff to achieve optimal teaching and service quality.

POST-GRADUATE TEACHING

The Trust has over 700 training posts and over 400 Trust doctors/dentists across all specialties. The postholder will be expected to participate in teaching and training postgraduate doctors/dentists, which in addition to direct clinical supervision is likely to include acting as an educational supervisor to one or more individuals, providing them with regular appraisal and support. Consultants that undertake educational supervision will be provided with appropriate training in accordance with national requirements and accredited by the Director of Medical Education. Allocation of time for post-graduate education is normally job planned as a team.

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Involvement in high quality research is strongly encouraged at Kings NHSFT, as this supports both the delivery of high quality clinical care, and our role as a partner in a major Academic Health Science Centres.

Support for Research

An important component of the Trusts Research and Development (R&D) strategy is to strengthen the support available to researchers, to make it as easy as possible to participate in, and to lead in clinical research both commercial and academic.

Each Care Group is aligned with a Research Delivery Unit (RDU) that has a designated R&D Lead, Matron or Manager and a team of R&D research delivery staff. The R&D Office provides support for governance, contracts, costings and research Quality Assurance. The Care Groups and RDUs are encouraged to maintain a mixed model balanced portfolio of research activity, including Clinical Research Network (CRN) studies, research grants, commercial studies, charity funded studies and health services research.

Commercial trials are costed and set up supported by the KHP Clinical Trials Office (KHP CTO) and this office also provides support for applications to the regulatory bodies for all non-commercial CTiMP studies, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training. Multi-disciplinary involvement in the research process is strongly encouraged.

Research and Job Planning

The undertaking of research within a job plan should be discussed as part of job planning activities. All staff should be aware of the research being undertaken within their Care Group and in the Trust, and actively support recruitment into all studies, whether or not they have a primary research component to their job plan. All individuals undertaking research are expected to have a good working knowledge of research governance standards, and are required to undertake GCP training as appropriate for the research they are involved in.

Governance of Research

All R&D projects are required to go through the Trusts R&D office, which manages and co-ordinates the National R&D and ethics approvals process. This ensures that all projects meet the required national standards of research governance and quality, and are in receipt of appropriate ethical approval and both national and local agreements, prior to R&D governance approval being issued.

Each RDU is required to convene a local research governance meeting chaired by the RDU research lead, where feasibility of new studies is discussed and agreed.

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE

The postholder will be expected to contribute to and participate in the Care Groups ongoing clinical audit programme and quality improvement programmes, and will carry out all necessary administrative duties associated with the care of their patients. The postholder also has a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.

STUDY AND ANNUAL LEAVE

The postholder will be expected to comply with the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements of the relevant Royal College or Faculty and provide appropriate documentation and reflection in their appraisal. Study leave may be requested in accordance with the Trusts Policy for CPD.

Annual leave may be taken in accordance with the Trusts Guidelines on Leave Arrangements for Medical and Dental Staff. Consultants are entitled to 32 days of annual leave (34 days after 7 years of service), plus bank holidays. Consultants who work less than full time or compressed hours, should ensure their holiday allowance is adjusted in line with their working patterns.

To ensure the smooth running of the service the postholder will ensure that, in conjunction with colleagues, adequate arrangements are made to cover planned absences and the expected approvals would go through e-leave planning on the Trusts approved system. Leave must be booked with appropriate time lines to allow effective service continuity and should not solely be taken during consultants clinical time, but also during SPA and APA activity.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The post is covered by the current Terms and Conditions - Consultants (England) 2003, the Terms and Conditions of Service of NHS Medical and Dental Staff (England) and Trust Policies and Procedures where relevant.

There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays with appropriate job planning and commensurate time without commitment to the Trust.

Appointment is conditional upon a satisfactory medical assessment, which may include an examination.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES

The Trust takes the issues of safeguarding children, adults and addressing domestic abuse very seriously. All employees have a responsibility to support the organisation in our duties by:

• Attending mandatory training on safeguarding children and adults
• Familiarising themselves with the Trust's processes for reporting concerns
• Reporting any safeguarding child or adult concerns appropriately

INFECTION CONTROL

The postholder has an important responsibility for, and contribution to, infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene procedures and requirements when in clinical areas.

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.

APPRAISAL & JOB PLANNING

Annual appraisal is a contractual requirement in the NHS and is part of GMC revalidation. You have the responsibility to have an appraisal within twelve months of your last appraisal or within six months of starting at Kings if you have not had an appraisal previously in the UK. ARCPs count as previous appraisals for former HEE trainees.

To support appraisal and revalidation, the Trust ensures that every full-time consultant has one SPA in their job plan dedicated to undertaking activities to support this.

Less than full time consultants receive a pro rata amount of funded time for revalidation activity in their job plan.

Job planning review is conducted annually in line with the Care Groups operational plan.

The above represents an outline of the duties of the post and will, together with the job plan, be reviewed on an annual basis in accordance with the Trusts performance review scheme for consultants. Consultants will be expected to be compliant with statutory and mandatory training.

MENTORING

Coaching and mentoring can be effective approaches to developing employees. Both have grown in popularity; we want to use them to enhance the skills, knowledge and performance of our people around specific skills and goals. We want to develop and strengthen our Grass Roots and Brilliant People aspects of our strategic objectives. Our vision is to create an internal pool of coaches and mentors, from all professions, enabling Kings staff to realise their full personal and professional potential. We have launched an in-house coaching skills development programme to upskill current Kings coaches and mentors.

The Trust Mentoring Scheme is an opportunity for a relationship that can provide support and direction for newly qualified consultants.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full MRCP
• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

Registration

• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

Training and Experience

• Wide experience in all aspects of Gastroenterology, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or completed portfolio pathway application
• Epic clinician builder certification
• Demonstrable experience in directing and leading clinical transformation projects within the NHS
• Strong understanding of clinical workflows, safety and quality improvement methodologies
• Experience of implementing large scale digital clinical transformation and change projects within a large NHS service, which has achieved measurable results in achieving significant targets
• Able to help set and sustain pace of complex clinical change
• Successful supervisory, coaching and mentoring experience
• Formal training in clinical informatics, health IT or improvement science
• Experience with Epic optimisation and governance frameworks
• Knowledge of population health, data analytics, or AI applications in healthcare
• Clear understanding of and ability to deliver both hard edged operational / clinical objectives whilst supporting people through change

Administration

• Experience in day-to-day organisation of Gastroenterology 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 changes

Management and Leadership

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
• Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit
• Must have undertaken and completed audit projects
• Audit Publications

Research and Publications

• Understanding of clinical research
• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Gastroenterology, ideally with a focus on IBD
• Research publications

Teaching

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation
• Teaching skills course/qualification

Job specific criteria

• Experience of working in partnership with clinical and operational colleagues to deliver measurable improvements
• Demonstrates ability to quickly gain confidence of senior executives, clinicians and operational staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum excl. London Zone Allowance.