Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Hepatology

Main area: Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Hepatology

Grade: ST4 - ST7

Contract: Fixed term: 6 months

Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (plus additional on-call Rota)

Salary: £73,992 Per annum, plus London Zones £2,162

Closing date: 01/02/2026 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.

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 a replacement post. The remit of the postholder/s 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.

Main duties of the job:

• To provide middle grade cover to the Supra Regional Paediatric Liver Service.
• To supervise Senior House Officers and to work with Specialist Registrars performing day to day care of the liver patients in Rays of Sunshine Ward, Day Case Unit and Outpatient clinics.
• To maintain high quality communication both spoken and written with patients, parents, GP’s and referring consultants.
• All aspects of documentation and care of paediatric hepatology inpatients.
• Attendance on consultant led ward rounds.
• On-call middle grade resident rota 1 in 10.
• Assistance in conjunction with specialist registrars/consultants with the teaching of undergraduate medical students.
• Involvement in the research interests of the department and audit will be encouraged.
• Responsible for the day to day management of the junior doctors.

Working for our organisation:

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

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:

• Advanced management of complex hepatological and gastrointestinal disorders including fulminant hepatic failure (50 referrals per year) and short bowel syndrome.
• Diagnosis and management of acute and chronic liver diseases, metabolic liver diseases and liver tumours.
• Assessment of patient for liver transplantation and small bowel transplantation.
• Pre, during and post liver and small bowel transplantation care.
• Management of post transplant immunosuppression.
• Counselling of parents of children with complex hepatic and gastrointestinal conditions.
• Follow up of children with complex liver disorders, and with chronic intestinal disorders.
• Nutritional assessment - assessment of nutritional status, dietary requirements, theory and techniques of enteral and parental nutrition support; role of nutrition support teams and special needs.
• Attain skills in co-operation with other specialists (surgery, radiology, pathology etc).
• Research and audit in the aspects of the field of hepatology, immunology and gastroenterology.
• Achieve skills in teaching undergraduates and awareness of aids to teaching.

Person specification:

• Qualifications: GMC registration and MB BS or equivalent, MRCP/MRCPCH or equivalent.
• Clinical Experience: Minimum 2 years paediatric experience in UK, Sub-speciality experience PALS or APLS.
• Clinical Skills: Specified procedures as cited in the RCPCH Guidelines, Competent to work without direct supervision according to level of competence, Enthusiastic approach to learning practical procedures.
• Knowledge: Appropriate defined level of clinical knowledge, IT skills, Evidence of teaching experience, Breadth of experience, Understanding of clinical governance and evidence based medicine, Research experience, presentations.
• Organisational Skills: Demonstrates ability to prioritise and organise self and juniors, Evidence of participation in audit, Understanding of multi disciplinary nature of the paediatric hepatology service.

Important: Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you. If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications. To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert. Please provide email addresses for referees where possible. Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy. 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.