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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

About
We are one of London's largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a strong profile of local services primarily serving the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.
Our specialist services are available to patients across a wider catchment area, providing nationally and internationally recognised work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, haemato-oncology and foetal medicine.
Source - Trust Website
Contact
- Address
- King's College Hospital
- Denmark Hill
- London
- SE5 9RS
- Contact Number
- 0203 299 9000
Locum Consultant Breast Surgeon
Accepting applications until: 12-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 12-Oct-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Denmark Hill
- Cyfeiriad
- Camberwell Well
- Tref
- London
- Cod post
- SE5 9RS
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (N/A)
- Oriau
- Full time
Salary
- Cyflog
- £109,725 - £145,478 N/A
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- General Surgery - Breast Surgery
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.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
This is a Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing and further developing care for Breast service, and to provide and develop acute surgical emergency services to the Trust’s patients. 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.
The post will be based at Denmark Hill and the proposed Job Plan (up to 10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.
All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust’s sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following:
The provision of a first-class clinical service
Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / KHP
Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans
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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 for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. 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.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts – and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.
Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King’s College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.
We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year.
We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recongised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.
Our Strong Roots, Global Reach strategy, published in 2021, sets out our BOLD vision, and commitment towards:
- Brilliant People
- Outstanding care
- Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education
- Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.
At King’s, we are proud to serve a diverse range of communities, and our staff reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, with many people also travelling from all the world to start and develop their careers with us.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
King’s Breast Care has been established as a single clinical entity for over 20 years. The department was initially set up to combine surgery and oncology, but now includes Gynae, Endocrine, Plastic Reconstruction, Psychiatric and Psychological liaison, Breast screening assessment, Day Surgery pre-assessment and Physiotherapy. At Denmark Hill (DH) site the unit is co-located with the Screening Assessment Unit for the NHSBSP in SE London. At present we manage 380 breast cancers a year, with 4928 patients seen as new referrals in the last year. The department has developed and become National leaders in Day Surgery for non-reconstructive surgery. Our interests are increasing to cover fatigue management, targeted follow up and formal social assessments
We have three breast care nurses who provide support and counselling to women with breast problems for all benign to metastatic breast cancer, with a newly appointed metastatic nurse.
The budgetary and management structure of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is divided into Care Groups. Colorectal Surgery is part of the General Surgery Care Group which comprises General Surgery, Upper GI Surgery and Bariatrics, Endocrine Surgery, Emergency Surgery and Breast Surgery. The Care Group has five wards together with supporting diagnostic and outpatient facilities dedicated to Surgery.
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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.
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reports and Other Corporate Publications
King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre Website
King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications/Higher Qualification
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Registerable medical qualification CCST in Breast Surgery or CSER equivalent, Full MRCP FRCS
Meini prawf dymunol
- Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)
Registration
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Full Registration with GMC Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
Interview Eligibility
Meini prawf hanfodol
- On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or must have fully completed CESR application and be fully registered on the GMC Dermatology Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.
Training and Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Wide experience in all aspects of Breast surgery, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC. Specialist training in Breast surgery, including localisation, onco-plastic and reconstructive approaches
Administration
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience in day-to-day organisation of breast 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
Management and Leadership
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
Meini prawf dymunol
- Management course and/or qualification
Audit and Quality Improvement
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Audit Publications
Research and Publications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Research and Publications
Meini prawf dymunol
- Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Breast disease
Teaching
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Teaching skills course/qualification
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Hannah Ahmet
- Teitl y swydd
- Deputy General Manager for Surgery
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 0203299900
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