Locum Consultant Rheumatologist

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Locum Consultant Rheumatologist for a 9-month fixed-term role. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing high-quality care to rheumatology patients and working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team. The role includes significant commitments to teaching and training junior staff. A competitive salary of £109,725 to £145,478 is offered, excluding the London Zone Allowance.

Qualifications

• Full MRCP required.
• Higher degree such as MD or PhD preferred.
• Relevant sub-specialty expertise in inflammatory arthritis and connective tissue disease.
• Wide experience in all aspects of rheumatology.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care service to patients.
• Shared responsibility for 24/7 cover for the Unit.
• Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners.
• Carry out teaching and contribute to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.

Job description

Go back King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant Rheumatologist

The closing date is 24 November 2025

This is a replacement consultant post for a 9 month fixed term 6 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 a mixture of general and inflammatory clinics with the opportunity to focus on connective tissue disease clinics.

Main duties of the job

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.

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.

Job responsibilities

1. 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 practitioners as 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 Groups management team where part of the service structure.

6. Contribute to the Care Groups research interests in accordance with the Trusts 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 Groups 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 Specification

Qualifications

• Full MRCP
• Higher degree such as MD or PhD

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
• Relevant sub-specialty expertise in inflammatory arthritis and connective tissue disease

Training and Experience

• Wide experience in all aspects of rheumatology culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or completed portfolio pathway application
• Relevant sub-specialty expertise in inflammatory arthritis and connective tissue disease

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

• Experience of clinical research
• Publication of relevant peer reviewed articles in rheumatology
• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of rheumatology

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 yearper annum excl London Zone Allowance