Consultant Rheumatologist

King's College Hospital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a substantive consultant post in rheumatology, based at Denmark Hill. The role includes delivering and developing care for rheumatology patients, with emphasis on complex connective tissue disease and a commitment to teaching junior staff.

The post supports acute hospital referrals, contributes to the general workload, and aims to advance Rheumatology services across all King's sites in south London.

Job description

This is a substantive consultant post for an 8 PA job. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for rheumatology patients. 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 holder would be expected to deliver complex connective tissue disease clinics alongside general rheumatology. A specialist interest in lupus , myositis and scleroderma would be desirable., This post is required to enable the department to support the acute hospital with timely review of emergency and inpatient referrals, meet the 18 week referral to treatment, support the teaching and training of junior medical staff and the academic research environment. The remit of the post holder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide and further develop care for rheumatology patients from the local community and wider referral areas and to support the development of Rheumatology services for all King's sites across south London. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.

The successful applicant will provide a comprehensive high quality rheumatology service based at Denmark Hill. The facilities available include separate consulting rooms/offices for the medical staff and rheumatology nurses. Secretarial support is available within the department.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1billion, 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.

In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.

£113,565 to £150,569 a year pro rata excl. London Zone Allowance.