Locum Consultant in General Medicine

Job overview

LOCUM CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN IN GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE, 12 MONTH FIXED TERM POST BASED AT PRINCESS ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL & ORPINGTON HOSPITAL

 King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

General Medicine Care Group

Site: PRUH & South Sites

Locum Consultant Physician in General Internal Medicine

Full-time 10 PAs

12 month Fixed Term Contract

The General Medicine Care Group at Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) is seeking to add to their team of consultants to provide General Internal Medicine for inpatients. 

We are looking for a, proactive and compassionate consultant.  The post-holder will be working within the General Medicine care group to supplement the team both for inpatients and as part of the acute medical take team on a rota basis. We encourage candidates with other sub-specialty interests to apply and are able to expand and modify the role to match the post holder’s specialty interests.  

The London Borough of Bromley has a growing, ageing population.  It already has the largest population of older people of all the London Boroughs with 58,200 people aged 65+ years, about 17% of population. It is expected that this will increase to 82,500 (42% increase) by 2035.The older population accounts for 53% of emergency admissions and 72% of bed days

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Job Plan for Locum Consultant GIM

On call rota

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 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 Bromley.

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.

The trust-wide strategy 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 can take Team King’s to another level.