Locum Consultant Physician Interest in GIM, HIV & Geniturinary Med

We are seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant on a 12 month fixed term contract within the HIV and sexual health Service.

This consultant post offers an exciting opportunity to work across Sexual Health, HIV medicine and General Internal Medicine within a large, innovative teaching hospital.

The successful applicant will join a multidisciplinary team providing high-quality care to people living with HIV, delivering specialist sexual health services, and contributing to General Internal Medicine inpatient care at the Denmark Hill site.

Main duties of the job

The post is based primarily at the Caldecot Centre, the HIV centre located adjacent to King's College Hospital and Camberwell Sexual Health Centre.

The role combines:

o Specialist HIV outpatient care

o Genitourinary medicine clinics and senior clinical support

o General Internal Medicine inpatient care

o Participation in teaching, research and service development

The precise balance of activities will be agreed through job planning.

The appointed physician will be based in the department of HIV medicine (Caldecot Centre) and carry out one HIV outpatient clinic per week. and will undertake General Internal Medicine ward cover on RDL ward in the main hospital. There will be some potential within the role to manage patients admitted with HIV related conditions. When not covering RDL inpatients, they will also carry out senior Genitourinary medicine support and specialist Genitourinary medicine clinics.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reachis our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is 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 of 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.