The appointed physician will join King’s College Hospital (Denmark Hill) diabetes service in a time of exciting developments and transformation. The main areas of work will include:
Leading a transformation project within the diabetes department in collaboration with the clinical leads and service managers. This opportunity will provide skills in leadership, quality improvement methodology, communication and networking, organisation and management of implementation and change as well as opportunity to learn more about the NHS structure, commissioning and service provision.
Subspecialty clinic provision within a highly renowned diabetes service: including technology, psychology and management of complications.
This new post also offers exciting opportunities for an outstanding candidate to join one of the largest and most successful diabetes units in the UK. We have a multidisciplinary team of diabetologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and diabetes nurse specialists. We support general inpatient medicine (the acute GIM take, the 7-day working model and emergency pathways and provide a diabetes consultant out of hours advice service (1 in 9). This post does not include commitments to general medicine.
- Together with other colleagues to provide a service for 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.
- Participation in Multi-disciplinary Meetings.
- Contribution to audit and clinical governance programmes.
- Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group management team.
- Contribute to the Care Group research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
- Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from deaths.
- Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
- Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.
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 by 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.
King’s is a key partner in one of London's foremost Academic Health Science Centres, King's Health Partners (KHP). KHP is one of only six Department of Health-designated AHSCs in England. It brings together a world-leading research-led university – King’s College London – and three successful NHS Foundation Trusts: King’s College Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’, and South London and Maudsley.
King’s launched revised organisational values centred on King’s as a kind, respectful team:
- Kind . We show compassion and understanding and bring a positive attitude to our work.
- Respectful . We promote equality, are inclusive and honest, speaking up when needed.
- Team . We support each other, communicate openly, and are reassuringly professional.
We offer a family friendly working approach for all staff to ensure a good work-life balance. The Trust provides a supportive mentoring and career planning programme. Applications for job sharing are welcome.
The post will be based at Denmark Hill, and this will be reviewed 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 an 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 is 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.
- Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust.
2. PROPOSED TIMETABLE
Full-time – 40 Hours (Core Monday – Friday) + optional out of hours’ commitment
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
08:30
Clinical cases meeting
Diabetes academic meeting
09:00
Telemedicine
Type 1/
multimorbidity
clinic
Diabetes
Type 1
clinic
Type 1/
Intensive insulin therapy (technology)
clinic
Project design and delivery
09:30
Stakeholder engagement/meetings
Complex diabetes clinic (1/ month)
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
Academic afternoon:
QIP programme/teaching
Self-directed learning
Publication/Abstract prep
Project design and delivery
Grand round
Mentoring
13:30
14:00
Project design and delivery
Type 1 diabetes MDM
Project design and delivery
14:30
15:00
15:30
16:00
Admin
16:30
17:00
3. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Together with other colleagues to provide a service for 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.
- Participation in Multi-disciplinary Meetings.
- Contribution to audit and clinical governance programmes.
- Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group management team.
- Contribute to the Care Group research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
- Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from deaths.
- Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
- Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.
- Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
- Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and
