Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Hepatology

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider seeks a Paediatric Hepatologist to manage inpatient and outpatient care for children with liver diseases. Join a reputable team at a busy teaching hospital committed to high-quality clinical care and research. This role offers a competitive salary, opportunity for continuous professional development, and a commitment to work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Support for professional development

Healthy work/life balance

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years paediatric experience required.
• Competent to work without direct supervision.
• Evidence of teaching experience and IT skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Senior House Officers and aid in the care of liver patients.
• Communicate effectively with patients, parents, and GP's.
• Participate in research and audits.

Skills

Communication

Team Management

Clinical Decision-Making

Education

MB BS or equivalent

GMC registration

Job description

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King'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.

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Job overview

Paediatric liver centre, based at King's College Hospital, has been a supra-regional tertiary referral centre since 1986 and is the largest in the UK. It has an international reputation in research and the provision of high quality clinical care to children with acute and chronic liver diseases, metabolic liver diseases , pre and post liver transplant care, short gut syndrome, pre and post small bowel transplant care and complex hepatobiliary surgery . Ongoing research projects include autoimmune liver disease, biliary atresia, cholestatic liver diseases, hepatocyte transplantation, viral hepatitis and acute liver failure.

Activity / Workload:

Population: Total

Inpatients Admission 1350

New Patients 400

Outpatient Follow up 2000

Day case admission 750

Main duties of the job

To supervise Senior House Officers and to work with Specialist Registrars performing day to day care of the liver patients in Rays of Sunshine Ward, Day Case Unit and Outpatient clinics.

To maintain high quality communication both spoken and written with patients, parents, GP's and referring consultants

All aspects of documentation and care of paediatric hepatology inpatients.

Attendance on consultant led ward rounds.

OnCall middle grade resident rota 1 in 10

Assistance in conjunction with specialist registrars/consultants with the teaching of undergraduate medical students.

Involvement in the research interests of the department and audit will be encouraged.

Responsible for the day to day management of the junior doctors.

Working for our organisation

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

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. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Training and Responsibilities:
• Advanced management of complex hepatological and gastrointestinal disorders including fulminant hepatic failure (50 referrals per year) and short bowel syndrome
• Diagnosis and management of acute and chronic liver diseases, metabolic liver diseases and liver tumours.
• Assessment of patient for liver transplantation and small bowel transplantation
• Pre, during and post liver and small bowel transplantation care
• Management of post transplant immunosuppression
• Counselling of parents of children with complex hepatic and gastrointestinal conditions
• Follow up of children with complex liver disorders, and with chronic intestinal disorders
• Nutritional assessment - assessment of nutritional status, dietary requirements, theory and techniques of enteral and parental nutrition support; role of nutrition support teams and special needs
• Attain skills in co-operation with other specialists (surgery, radiology, pathology etc )
• Research and audit in the aspects of the field of hepatology, immunology and gastroenterology • Achieve skills in teaching undergraduates and awareness of aids to teaching

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Hold a GMC registration
• MB BS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• MRCP/MRCPCH or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Must have minimum 2 years paediatric experience

Desirable criteria

• Sub-speciality experience PALS or APLS

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria

• Specified procedures as cited in the RCPCH Guidelines
• Competent to work without direct supervision according to level of competence

Desirable criteria

• Enthusiastic approach to learning practical procedures

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Evidence of teaching experience
• IT skills

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of clinical governance and evidence based medicine

Organisational Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates ability to prioritise and organise self and juniors.
• Understanding of multi disciplinary nature of the paediatric hepatology service.

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• 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.
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Applicant requirements

You 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.

Documents to download

• Paeds Hepatology JD (PDF, 432.6KB)
• Person Specs (PDF, 16.7KB)
• Paeds Advert (PDF, 216.4KB)
• Denmark Hill Site Map (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Princess Royal (PRUH) Site map (PDF, 1.4MB)
• Visa and Sponsorship Information (PDF, 352.6KB)