Consultant Hepatologist with special interest in Viral Hepatitis

• Consultant Hepatologist with special interest in Viral Hepatitis
• NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area Hepatology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (10 Session Per week) Job ref 213-MED-DH-8119955

Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Denmark Hill Town London Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum excl London Zone Allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 09/08/2026 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 advert is for a replacement permanent Consultant post within the Hepatology Service at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The postholder will have a specific focus on Viral Hepatitis and the South East London (SEL) Viral Hepatitis Operational Delivery Network (ODN) which is hosted here at King’s.

The ODNs form a national framework of networks specialist commissioned to deliver on the Hepatitis C Elimination Programme and recently expanded to also include Hepatitis B.

In addition, the individual will be the clinical lead for the Community Liver Health Checks workstream across SEL and wider Liver Surveillance initiatives being driven by South East London Cancer Alliance and overseen by the ODN.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established programme driving delivery of national, regional and local priorities, including the NHS 10 Year Plan (2025) and NHS Cancer Plan (2026).

This role supports the shift from hospital to community, advances prevention through earlier diagnosis of liver disease, and tackles health inequalities by improving access to hepatitis and liver health surveillance for underserved communities.

Main duties of the job

• Serve as a key member of the Hepatology and Viral Hepatitis multi‑disciplinary team at King’s.
• Support the ODN Programme Manager in overseeing and implementing Viral Hepatitis Elimination initiatives in SEL.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with clinical leads across SEL, including at spoke sites and GP Champions leading on the primary care elimination workstream.
• Provide specialist input and guidance for projects and pieces of work within the programme.
• Represent the ODN at regional and national meetings, alongside the Programme Manager and provide regular update reports both internally and externally as required.
• Provide clinical leadership and oversight of the SEL Community Liver Health Checks (CLHC) project and the SEL Liver Surveillance projects underway with the South East London Cancer Alliance (SELCA).
• Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Together with other colleagues, to provide a high‑quality care service to patients.

This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.

• Shared responsibility with other colleagues and responsible also for covering colleagues periods of 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.
• Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
• Responsible for 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 accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
• Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
• Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan.

This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.

• Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
• Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.

This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post‑qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.

• Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced.

This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.

• Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
• Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
• Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence‑based practice and maintaining patient safety.
• King’s is committed to providing Consultant‑led 7‑day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues.

Person specification

Qualifications & Higher Qualifications

• Full MRCP or equivalent.
• Other higher degree or diploma (e. g., MD or Ph D).
• Full Registration with GMC.
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment.
• On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT, in final stages of their portfolio pathway application, or be fully registered on the GMC Specialist Register.

Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.

• Training and Experience
• Wide experience in all aspects of Hepatology, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or completed portfolio pathway application.
• Established experience in regional Hepatology/ Hepatitis and HCC at a senior level.
• Administration
• Experience in day‑to‑day organisation of Liver Services and the Hepatitis 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.
• Established working with multi‑disciplinary stakeholders and ICs representatives.
• Management and Leadership
• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Management course and/or qualification.
• Audit and Quality Improvement
• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
• Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
• Audit Publications.
• Research and Publications
• Experience of clinical research.
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
• Relevant research experience and publications in one or more aspects of Hepatology/ Hepatitis.
• Teaching
• 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.

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