Consultant Hepatologist with special interest in Viral Hepatitis

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This advert is for a replacement permanent Consultant post within the Hepatology Service at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The postholder will have a specific focus on Viral Hepatitis and the South East London (SEL) Viral Hepatitis Operational Delivery Network (ODN) which is hosted here at King’s. The ODNs form a national framework of networks specialist commissioned to deliver on the Hepatitis C Elimination Programme and recently expanded to also include Hepatitis B. In addition, the individual will be the clinical lead for the Community Liver Health Checks workstream across SEL and wider Liver Surveillance initiatives being driven by South East London Cancer Alliance and overseen by the ODN.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established programme driving delivery of national, regional and local priorities, including the NHS 10 Year Plan (2025) and NHS Cancer Plan (2026). This role supports the shift from hospital to community, advances prevention through earlier diagnosis of liver disease, and tackles health inequalities by improving access to hepatitis and liver health surveillance for underserved communities.

Main duties of the job

As well as acting as key member of the Hepatology and Viral Hepatitis multi-disciplinary team at King’s, the post holder will support the ODN Programme Manager in overseeing and implementing Viral Hepatitis Elimination initiatives in SEL. This includes, but is not limited to:o Building and maintaining effective relationships with clinical leads across SEL in particular at spoke sites and GP Champions leading on the primary care elimination workstream.o Providing specialist input and guidance for projects and pieces of work within the programme.o Representing the ODN at regional and national meetings, alongside the Programme Manager and providing regular update reports both internally and externally as required.

They will also provide clinical leadership and oversight of both the SEL Community Liver Health Checks (CLHC) project and the SEL Liver Surveillance projects underway with the South East London Cancer Alliance (SELCA).

Person Specification

Qualifications & Higher Qualifications

Essential

  • Registerable medical qualification
  • Full MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

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

Registration & Interview Eligibility

Essential

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

Desirable

  • 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

Essential

  • Wide experience in all aspects of Hepatology, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or completed portfolio pathway application

Desirable

  • Established experience in regional Hepatology/ Hepatitis and HCC at a senior level

Administration

Essential

  • Experience in day-to-day organisation of Liver Services and the Hepatitis 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

Desirable

  • Established working with multi-disciplinary stakeholders and ICS representatives

Management and Leadership

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

  • Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential

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

Desirable

  • Audit Publications

Research and Publications

Essential

  • Experience of clinical research
  • Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.

Desirable

  • Relevant research experience and publications in one or more aspects of Hepatology/ Hepatitis

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation

Desirable

  • 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 9 August 2026

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