Consultant Rheumatologist: Sponsorship Available

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

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.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registerable medical qualification

Desirable

  • Full MRCP, PHD

Registration

Essential

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

Training and Experience

Essential

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

Desirable

  • Sub-specialty expertise in connective tissue disease, capillaroscopy skills

Administration

Essential

  • Experience in day-to-day organisation of Rehumatology 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 Rheumatology

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: 29 November 2026

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