Diabetes and Endocrinology Senior Clinical fellow in City of London

Diabetes and Endocrinology Senior Clinical fellow

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Main area Diabetes and Endocrinology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow Contract Permanent: Substantive Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 213-DivisionB-8345833

Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Princess Royal University Hospital Town Orpington Salary £76,582 per annum plus London Weighting £2,162 & oncall supplement TBD Salary period Yearly Closing 18/11/2026 23:59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 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.

This is replacement post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing and further developing care for patients within the service. 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.

It is envisaged that the appointee will contribute to the development and delivery of aspects of these services depending upon their interests and experience.

Main duties of the job

The Diabetes and Endocrinology service provides a comprehensive range of specialist inpatient and outpatient services, including complex diabetes management, diabetic foot care, antenatal and complication clinics, intensive Type 1 diabetes management and endocrine investigations. The service manages complex endocrine conditions including pituitary, thyroid, adrenal and neuroendocrine disorders, supported by specialist multidisciplinary teams and regional referral pathways. PRUH also provides rapid-access thyroid clinics, adrenal tumour pathways and a large multidisciplinary obesity service linked to bariatric surgery. The department works closely with King’s College Hospital and other specialist centres, providing access to tertiary expertise and supporting high-quality, coordinated care for complex patients.

Working for our organisation

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.

Our six strategic ambitions are deliveringhigh-quality patient care; creating a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.

We have also agreed four new organisational values – Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative – and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams interact with the patients under our care.

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

The postholder will work as a Diabetes and Endocrinology Senior Clinical Fellow based at PRUH, providing specialist clinical care across both inpatient and outpatient services.

Main duties include managing patients with diabetes and endocrine conditions, participating in diabetic foot and antenatal services, supporting outpatient endocrinology clinics and contributing to endocrine investigations.

The postholder will undertake consultant-supervised inpatient and outpatient work, participate in MDTs and clinical governance, contribute to audit, quality improvement and research, and support undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

The role also includes contributing to the wider Care Group workload, covering colleagues during periods of leave or sickness, supporting service development and maintaining high standards of patient safety and clinical care.

Qualifications & Experience

• Full registration with GMC with License to Practice.
• Wide experience in all aspects of General Internal medicine, culminating in award of CCT or equivalent.
• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement.
• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
• Relevant research experience

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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.
• Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasions, we may close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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