Consultant in Paediatric Hepatology Interest in Metabolic Medicine: Sponsorship Available

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is a replacement consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care in paediatric hepatology at Denmark Hill, as part of the from Child Health care group. 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 will be based at Denmark Hill and the proposed Job Plan of 10 PAs is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.

Main duties of the job

The On-Call commitment is for a 1:7 rota (prospective cover), which is classed as Category A. The candidate will be trained to cover the Portal Hypertension Rota within the service. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays and Bank Holidays as part of the total job planned PAs.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent
  • Full MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent

Desirable

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

Registration

Essential

  • Full Registration with GMC
  • Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
  • Hold CCT in paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and Nutrition or equivalent non UK training qualification; or alternatively will obtain within 6 months of interview date.
  • Name to be on Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
  • On the day of interview , applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or be in final stages of portfolio application or be fully registered on the GMC Paediatric Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.
  • Evidenced Level 3 safeguarding training
  • CCT or equivalent in Paediatric Gastroenterology

Training and Experience

Essential

  • CCT or equivalent in Paediatric Gastroenterology
  • Wide experience in all aspects of paediatrics culminating in award of CCT or equivalent in paediatrics
  • Training and experience in hepatology and transplantation

Desirable

  • Experience in GI endoscopy and management of varices and PHT

Administration

Essential

  • Experience in day-to-day organisation of tertiary paediatric 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

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 in one or more aspects of paediatric hepatology.
  • Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.

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: 30 August 2026

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