Consultant Allergist (Subspecialty - Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema)

The main clinical components of the full time post are:

• 2.5 General Allergy clinics per week
• 1 Severe Urticaria clinic per week
• 1 Drug Allergy clinic per week
• 1 Challenge clinic per week
• Leadership of the Severe Urticaria Service (Allergy) and supporting with prescribing of biologics (homecare and outpatient)
  
  The Adult Allergy Department is seeking a full time Consultant Allergist with Subspecialty in Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward-thinking team. The Department offers a comprehensive range of allergy services and has been accredited as a Centre of Excellence by both the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) and the World Allergy Organisation (WAO).
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust has 5 hospital sites which are Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital, Harefield Hospital and Evelina London Children's Hospital. These clinics will be predominantly at the Guy's Hospital, some clinics would take place at St Thomas' Hospital and the Royal Brompton Hospital. As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract., The Trust consists of St Thomas' Hospital at Waterloo, including the Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's Hospital at London Bridge, Royal Brompton Hospital at Chelsea and Harefield Hospital at Harefield. We are also part of King's Health Partners (KHP), which comprises King's College London, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. KHP is one of just five accredited UK Academic Health Sciences Centres (AHSCs). Through our AHSC, we are committed to making research and education integral to the delivery of high quality clinical care. The King's Health Partners Integrated Cancer Centre (ICC) is the vehicle for developing and managing cancer research, clinical services, and training and development across all the KHP partner organisations. Our hospitals have a long and proud history, dating back almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. We continue to build on these traditions and have a reputation for clinical, teaching and research excellence.