Consultant Gastroenterologist with interest in Hepatobiliary Medicine in City of London

Role: Consultant

Main area: Gastroenterology

Contract: Permanent (Substantive)

Hours: 40 per week (10 sessions per week)

Job ref: 213-MED-DH-7771734

Employer: King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Site: King’s College Hospital (Denmark Hill), London

Salary: £109,725 – £145,478 per annum excl. London Zone Allowance

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 01/03/2026 23:59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of about £1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts each year and more than 15,000 staff across five main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance and offer flexible working options from the start of employment where service requirements permit. This is a new Consultant post within the Gastroenterology department, with a specific focus on Hepatobiliary Endoscopy and Medicine. The post holder will work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide and develop care for Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Medicine. The appointee will contribute to existing strengths and develop his/her own areas of expertise according to interests, ability and experience. The role includes teaching and training of junior staff.

Main duties of the job

• All staff may be required to work at any of the Trust’s sites as needed.
• As a senior employee you will work in close cooperation with clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues to provide high quality care.
• Responsibilities include:

• The provision of a first-class clinical service
• Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
• Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / King’s Health Partners
• Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans
• Maintaining confidence in business plans and development strategies for the specialty, Care Group or Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care to patients with responsibilities for all aspects of treatment and related management within the Care Group.
• Shared responsibility for 24/7 on-call cover for the Unit on a rota basis, including covering colleagues’ annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.
• Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
• Carry out teaching, examination and accreditation duties and contribute to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
• Attend outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure.
• Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in line with the Trust’s R&D framework.
• Contribute to audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance and Learning from Deaths.
• Contribute to the Care Group’s Business Plan and participate in discussions regarding service plans with internal and external agencies.
• Work within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
• Provide professional leadership for all staff in the specialty and develop projects to advance professional education and training.
• Support productivity and job satisfaction within the specialty; participate in peer and junior colleague appraisal as appropriate.
• Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
• Be aware of and comply with Trust infection prevention and control policies, including hand hygiene and environmental standards.
• Prepare for and undertake protective interventions in line with evidence-based practice and patient safety.
• Support King’s commitment to 7-day consultant-led services and contribute accordingly to future developments.

General information

• Maintain a general duty of care for health, safety and well-being of yourself, colleagues, visitors and patients and participate in risk management and clinical governance as appropriate.
• Adhere to King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust policies, procedures and standards, including statutory and core training obligations.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient and staff information.
• Be responsible for your own personal development and actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
• Be responsible for infection control and be familiar with policies and local procedures; comply at all times.
• All employees must have an nhs.net email account for Trust communications; check regularly and respond promptly.
• The Trust supports staff wellbeing through local occupational health, Employee Assistance Programme, and other wellbeing initiatives; coaching, mentoring, peer review and related services may be available.
• This job description is a guide to duties and may change over time; review will be conducted in consultation with the postholder.

Person specification

• Qualifications

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

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

• Wide experience in all aspects of Gastroenterology, including Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent
• Extensive experience in ERCP and EUS
• Proven supervisory, coaching and mentoring experience

• Experience in day-to-day organisation of Gastroenterology services in a busy Teaching Hospital
• Proficient with information technology and general computer skills
• Familiar with current NHS structure and recent initiatives

• Evidence of leadership within multidisciplinary teams
• Management course and/or qualification

• Understanding of medical audit principles
• Experience in completing audit projects
• Audit publications

• Understanding of clinical research
• Research experience in Gastroenterology, ideally HPB Medicine
• Research publications

• Experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and exam preparation
• Teaching skills course/qualification

Important

• Check your email regularly; communications will be via NHSmail.
• If you delete the job from your accounts, you may be blocked from future communications.
• For application inquiries or changes in circumstances, contact the named person in this advertisement.
• Provide referees’ email addresses where possible.
• Review recruitment documentation and Trust criminal records policy on the recruitment microsite.
• All staff have safeguarding responsibilities for children and vulnerable adults.
• Closing date is a guide; the vacancy may close early if there is high interest.