Job overview

This is a new full time Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work closely with the Neurosurgical team at Kings to provide intraoperative monitoring (IOM) in support of the neurooncology and other surgical subspecialties. The neuro-oncology unit is expanding to become the largest in the UK, and both the volume and complex nature of the cases seen require in house dedicated IOM support. The postholder will work flexibly ensure continued service provision and to support the in-house team of clinical physiologists in IOM.

 

Whilst this is classed as a consultant post in Clinical Neurophysiology, the nature of the post dictates close working with the Department of Neurosurgery, and it is anticipated that the postholder will be accommodated within Neurosurgery and will be line-managed similarly.

 

Main duties of the job

The post will be based at Denmark Hill and the proposed Job Plan is attached. There will be an average of 9 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, and 1 PA for Supporting Professional and/or other Activities.

 

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: 

1.            The provision of a first-class clinical service

2.            Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty

3.            Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / KHP

4.            Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies

5.            Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans

6.            Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust

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 £1.8bn per annum – 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.