Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatologist
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (10 Session Per week)
- Job ref
- 213-MED-DH-7784221
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess Royal University Hospital
- Town
- Orpington
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Per annum excluding London zone allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/03/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/04/2026
Employer heading
Consultant Neonatologist
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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.
Job overview
The On-Call commitment is for a 1:6.5 rota, which is classed as Category A. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned Pas
Main duties of the job
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
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
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 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
- All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account, which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication promptly
- The Trust is committed to the Health and Wellbeing of all its staff and offer a range of guidance and services to support them, including--Local occupational health support- Employee Assistance Programme which provides a wide range of support for work and personal issues, including relationship problems (personal and at work); anxiety/depression; finance/debt; work overload; legal matters; bullying; consumer issues; bereavement; pressure/stress; child care; and care of the elderly/disabled- Wellbeing hubs- Proactive local organisational systems to support staff following a serious incident- Availability of local initiatives and resources to promote workforce wellbeing- Coaching and mentoring, peer review groups and participation
- This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the postholder
The Consultant AAC Interviews will be held on the 8th April 2026 Wednesday
Person specification
Qualifications & Higher Education
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCPCH or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Neonatal special interest or SPIN module qualification
- Other higher degree or diploma
Registration & Interview Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with GMC
- Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
Desirable criteria
- 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
Essential criteria
- A minimum of six years postgraduate experience. Two of the years must have been spent in appropriate neonatal training posts in neonatal intensive care units (level 3) within the UK at a higher specialist level
- NLS Provider
- Evidenced Level 3 safeguarding training
Desirable criteria
- Current certificate as NLS, APLS or PALS instructor
Administration
Essential criteria
- Experience in day-to-day organisation of neonatal services in a busy Teaching Hospital
- Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
Management and Leadership
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
- Management course and/or qualification
Audit and Quality Improvement
Essential criteria
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit
- Must have undertaken and completed audit projects
Desirable criteria
- Audit Publications
Research and Publications
Essential criteria
- Experience of clinical research
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports
Desirable criteria
- GCP training
- Evidence of recruitment into trials
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation
Desirable criteria
- Teaching skills course/qualification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kim Hills
- Job title
- Deputy General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Dr Trisha Radia
- Paediaric Consultnant / Clinical Director
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