Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Hepatology

Clinical Fellow in Paediatric HepatologyST

Main area Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Hepatology Grade ST Contract 6 months (Fixed Term) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job
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Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £73,992 per annum, including London Zone Salary period Yearly Closing 01/02/2026 23:59

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.

We are looking to recruit a Clinical Fellow to join our Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Nutrition team at King’s College Hospital to start on 2nd March 2026. The successful candidate will form part of the Middle Grade Rota.

The Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Nutrition Team Liver Service at King’s College Hospital has been a supra-regional tertiary referral centre since 1986 and is the largest in the UK. Over 300 new patients with liver disease are seen each year. 2,000 patients are seen in outpatient clinic and approximately 50 liver transplants are performed each year. Academically, the Paediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Nutrition Service is part of the Division of Hepatology and Transplantation, KCL School of Medicine.

This post offers excellent experience in a supra-regional service for paediatric hepatology, complex hepatobiliary surgery, fulminant liver failure, liver transplantation and small bowel transplantation. This unit provides a comprehensive service for all hepatobiliary disorders in infancy and childhood. The unit is the largest in the U.K and enjoys a national and international reputation for research. This post is suitable for someone who has or wants to have an experience of a paediatric subspecialty and tertiary care facilities.

Clinical:

To supervise Senior House Officers and to work with Specialist Registrars performing day to day care of the liver patients in Rays of Sunshine Ward, Day Case Unit and Outpatient clinics.

To maintain high quality communication both spoken and written with patients, parents, GP’s and referring consultants

All aspects of documentation and care of paediatric hepatology inpatients.

Attendance on consultant led ward rounds.

OnCall middle grade resident rota 1 in 10

Teaching:

Assistance in conjunction with specialist registrars/consultants with the teaching of undergraduate medical students.

Research/Audit:

Involvement in the research interests of the department and audit will be encouraged.

Administration:

Responsible for the day to day management of the junior doctors.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is 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…