Consultant Hepatologist

Main area: Hepatology

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (10 Sessions Per week)

Job ref: 213-MED-DH-7978964

Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Site: Denmark Hill, London

Salary: £113,565 - £150,569 per annum excl London Zone Allowance

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 21/06/2026 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£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 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.

This is a new Consultant post within Hepatology, based at King’s College Hospital (Denmark Hill), with responsibilities across both hospital and community settings. The postholder will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality specialist hepatology care for both inpatients and outpatients, while leading the development of community-based services. A key focus of the role is to support the development of community hepatology pathways, including early cancer diagnosis, viral hepatitis management, and strengthening primary care pathways.

Main duties of the job:

• Maintain the highest clinical standards in the management of hepatology patients, both inpatient and outpatient, and contribute to the care of general medical inpatients.
• Participate in the General Hepatology and General Medicine rota, providing 24/7 consultant cover alongside colleagues.
• Lead and support the development of community hepatology services, with a focus on early cancer diagnosis, viral hepatitis, and primary care pathways.
• Work collaboratively across primary, secondary, and tertiary care to enhance regional hepatology services and patient pathways.
• Provide clinical supervision, teaching, and training for junior medical staff, students, and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Contribute to clinical governance, including audit, quality improvement, morbidity and mortality review, and learning from deaths.
• Participate in research activities in line with Trust priorities, including clinical and translational research.
• Support departmental and divisional objectives, including service development, business planning, and operational delivery.
• Exercise professional leadership within the specialty, supporting staff development, appraisal, and maintaining high standards of care.
• Ensure compliance with Trust policies, including infection prevention and control, and maintain engagement in continuing professional development (CPD/CME).

Person specification:

• Full MRCP or equivalent
• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD or PhD)
• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

• Wide experience in all aspects of Hepatology, culminating in award of CCT or equivalent in Gastroenterology/Hepatology.
• Wide experience in all aspects of General Medicine, culminating in award of CCT or equivalent.

• Experience in day to day organisation of General Medical 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.

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Management course and/or qualification.

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

• Experience of clinical research.
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Hepatology.

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
• Teaching skills course/qualification.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.