Consultant Ortho-Geriatric Physician

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

Job summary

A prominent NHS hospital is seeking a Consultant Ortho-Geriatric Physician to lead the care of elderly Orthopaedic Trauma patients. This role focuses on providing high-quality service within a multi-disciplinary team, with no on-call commitment and a flexible job plan. Ideal candidates should have experience in managing fragility fractures and hold full GMC registration. Competitive salary offered, ranging from £109,725 to £145,478 per year excluding London Allowance.

Qualifications

• Wide experience in medical management of fragility & peri-prosthetic fractures in the elderly.
• Experience developing an existing fragility fracture service.
• Familiar with the current structure of UK National Health Service.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high quality care service to patients.
• Shared responsibility for providing 24/7 cover for the Unit.
• Conduct activities within the contracted level of service.

Skills

Leadership capability in multi-disciplinary teams

Management in trauma and fragility fractures

Proficient in information technology

Clinical supervision

Education

Full Registration with GMC

Name on GMC Specialist Register

Job description

Go back Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Ortho-Geriatric Physician

The closing date is 05 October 2025

This is a new Consultant post, which is initially for 12 months fixed term with the scope to be made permanent. The primary remit of the post-holder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team leading and further developing care for elderly Orthopaedic Trauma patients in conjunction with the existing Ortho-Geriatric physician and the Orthopaedic surgeons. The post would be based at PRUH, and may involve Orpington, part of Kings College Hospital.

In addition, the individual will be expected to provide consistent ward level leadership; promote clear lines of communication between patients, relatives and staff; involvement in service development and quality improvement; and help to embed geriatric principles into routine ward care; The aim would be to change the culture of a trauma ward to one which is focused on providing high quality care to older, frail patients routinely.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based exclusively at the PRUH, which form part of King's College Hospital Foundation Trust. There will be an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, with 1.0 Core SPA and 0.5 being allocated for SPA or other uses.

There would be NO On-Call commitment, and the job plan will be flexible with a view to appropriate work-life balance, and a specialty interest clinic can be job planned depending on the interests of the successful candidate and the requirements of the service.

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:

1. The provision of a first-class clinical service
2. Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
3. Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King's College London / KHP

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 recongised 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:

• Brilliant People
• Outstanding care
• Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education
• Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do

Job responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitionersas a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues
• Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives
• Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Groups management team where part of the service structure
• Contribute to the Care Groups research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework
• Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths
• Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Groups Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies
• Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s)
• 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
• 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
• Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director
• Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene
• 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
• Kings 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 Specification

Qualifications & Registration

• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
• On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT, in final stages of their portfolio pathway application, or be fully registered on the GMC Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.

Training and Experience

• Wide experience in medical management of fragility & peri-prosthetic fractures in the elderly, culminating in award of CCT or equivalent.
• Experience of developing and adding value to an existing fragility fracture service

Administration

• Experience in day to day organisation of orthopaedic and trauma services for the elderly in a busy Teaching Hospital
• Experience in management of Trauma in the elderly and fragility fractures in particular
• Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills

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

• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of medical management of fragility & peri-prosthetic fractures in the elderly
• Publication of relevant review articles

Teaching

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

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 Excluding London Allowance