# Consultant Colorectal Surgeon > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-colorectal-surgeon/cb23f6d2-498d-46b2-8cdb-9d14b6192a4d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-colorectal-surgeon/cb23f6d2-498d-46b2-8cdb-9d14b6192a4d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** General Surgery - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum excluding London zone allowance - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (additional out of hours cover) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-10T14:22:17.059Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Kings_College_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Surgeon/Surgeon-v8072560 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8072560?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a \[new\] \[replacement\] Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing and further developing care for \[patient group\] from \[**** services\], and to provide and develop \[********\] services to the Trust’s \[****\] patients. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff ### Main duties of the job The post will be based at \[Denmark Hill/the Princess Royal University Hospital – delete as appropriate\] and the proposed Job Plan (up to 10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post. The On-Call commitment is for a 1:X rota, which is classed as Category X. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs. 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: - 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 ### 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. - Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework. - Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths. - Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies. - Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s). - Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained. - 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. - Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director. - 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 maintaining patient safety. - King’s is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues. ## Person Specification ### 7. Audit **Essential** - Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects. ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation **Desirable** - Teaching skills course/qualification ### Registration **Essential** - CESR or European Community Rights ### Administration **Essential** - Experience in day-to-day organisation of services in a busy Teaching Hospital **Desirable** - Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes ### Research & publications **Essential** - Experience of clinical research. Publication of relevant review articles or case reports **Desirable** - Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of colorectal surgery. Higher research degree (MD/PhD) ### Training and Experience **Essential** - Wide clinical training and experience in General Surgery with level III training in Colorectal Surgery Laparoscopic experience in General Surgery and Colorectal Surgery Independent practice in endoscopy ### Management and Leadership **Essential** - Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams ### Personal skills & Personal attributes **Essential** - Effective communicator, able to work in a close-knit team and co-operate with all medical and paramedical staff Flexible, able to cover colleagues’ absence Professional attitude towards work, reliability **Desirable** - Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills ### Qualifications & Higher Qualifications **Essential** - Full GMC Registration Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via· CCT or CESR (CP) - proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview **Desirable** - An appropriate higher general surgical/colorectal surgical qualification ## Documents - [denmark hill site map (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=606) - [princess royal (pruh) site map (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=607) - [visa and sponsorship information (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2817) - [jdps consultant colorectal surgeon (pdf, 960.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10447716) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.