Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Havens Pan London - Camberwell, Ladbroke Grove, Whitechapel Town London Salary £61,542 - £99,216 pro rata per annum with London zone Salary period Hourly Closing 19/12/2025 23:59 Interview date 07/01/2026
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.
The Child and Young Persons CYP Havens service provides expert physical and mental health care and support to children and their carers affected by sexual abuse.
The service offers a 24/7 service of advice and forensic medical examination.
The major responsibility of the post-holder will be to provide expert advice to other professionals and paediatric expertise during out of hours paediatric forensic medical examinations of victims of sexual abuse aged 0-12 years, and ***** years if there are additional needs.
The examinations will usually be undertaken at the Havens, but may, in an emergency, be conducted elsewhere such as within a hospital.
The post-holder will be responsible for the decision to arrange a forensic examination and offer out-of-hours advice to partnership agencies and other professionals in any of the 32 boroughs of London as part of the CYP Havens team.
The examinations are detailed, lengthy consultations, which must meet strict standards in terms of expertise in the holistic care of children and young people, including assessment of general health, development, sexual health and injuries.
As part of this work, other important standards include precise documentation, avoidance of DNA contamination, adherence to safeguarding protocols and writing referrals for follow-on care.
A Witness Statement is requested by the police in a small proportion of cases and the post-holder may be required to attend court to give evidence.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will offer expert advice to a range of professionals with regard to children presenting with allegations of sexual abuse and provide the paediatric input at forensic medical examinations for children under 13 or under 19 with additional needs.
And to provide an immediate response to police enquiring about a forensic medical examination of a child under 13 years.
The on-call rota operates Monday to Friday during the evening and night (17:00 to 09:00) and all day at weekends and bank holidays (09:00 to 09:00).
The post holder will be expected to undertake 3 – 4 shifts per month including at least one weekend day.
Consideration will be given to weekend-only work requests.
The requirement is that the post holder is available on the telephone and to attend one of the Havens sites if required.
There is a requirement to attend a minimum of 4 peer review meetings per annum, annual review and supervision and some daytime training, but this will be managed in line any other commitments the post holder has.
The post holder will be required to work at all three Havens sites (at Haven Camberwell, at Kings College Hospital in Denmark Hill; Haven Paddington at St Charles, at the St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing in Ladbroke Grove; and Havens Whitechapel, close to The Royal London Hospital).
The post holder will maintain good working relationships with the Havens CYP team and with the wider Havens staff base.
Working for our organisation
Kings College Hospital NHS Trust opened Haven Camberwell in **** as London's first Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) serving parts of South London.
In **** Imperial College and Barts and the London respectively opened the Haven Paddington and the Haven Whitechapel, expanding the SARC service across the whole of London.
April **** saw the three Havens come together under Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as one service delivered on three sites.
The Havens service is jointly commissioned between NHS England and the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and is the largest SARC in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Clinical assessment and examination of children typically, but not exclusively, under 13 years of age during forensic medical examinations
To provide an immediate response to police enquiring about a forensic medical examination of a child under 13 years.
The examinations will usually be undertaken at the Havens, but may, in an emergency, be conducted elsewhere such as within a hospital Accident and Emergency department or hospital ward
· To provide appropriate medical care, emergency contraception, post exposure prophylaxis for HIV, screening and management of STIs and advice to complainants.
The post holder will be expected to adhere to all Haven clinical and administrative aftercare protocols and guidelines
T o accurately record details of examinations and provide written reports to police officers and Haven staff
To attend Court and give objective unbiased evidence
To identify safeguarding needs and complete referrals to social care at the time of forensic medical examination, and contribute to weekly safeguarding meetings either with written notes or in person.
To strive to achieve excellent verbal and written communication with clients, carers and professionals within and outside the Havens, including communicating with and/or responding to the daytime or incoming forensic team regarding pending cases or referrals in a timely way
To prepare for and undertake any interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence based practice and maintaining patient safety
To attend Haven medical staffing peer review meetings and undertake any further training required by the Havens training matrix (a document setting out initial and continuing training for all Havens clinical staff) or as part of new training initiatives.
To Contribute to the Havens audit programmes, clinical governance programmes and attend Peer Review Meetings (see above)
To engage with regular clinical supervision as provided by the service.
· Liaison with police and social services in relation to advice and planning about ongoing health and safeguarding needs of the child and his/her carers
To provide witness statements within 15 working days from the request date for use in Courtp>
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
MRCPCH
CCT (within 6 months of at interview)
Full registration with GMC and name on Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)
Knowledge and Experience
Wide experience in general and/or community paediatrics as a consultant paian
Specialist training in general or community paediatrics
Experience & competency in paediatric ano-genital examination Managing child sexual abuse cases
Knowledge and experience of Child Protection & safeguarding processes and procedures
Experience in writing statements (for court or otherwise)
Child Safeguarding level 3 (or more)
Knowledge and experience of clinical governance procedures and adverse incident reporting and management.
Havens training courses, and/or experience or RCPCH child sexual assault and the forensic examination course.
Experience in sexual health.
Experience in Forensic medicine.
Experience as a witness to the fact in court
Skills and Competencies
Experience in day to day organisation of paediatric services.
Able to demonstrate capability to work well within multi-disciplinary teams.
Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
Able to deal with the sensitive nature of the work in a CSA service within a SARC: non-judgemental and empathetic approach.
Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
Flexible and resilient.
Professional attitude towards work, reliability, good record of attendance and tidy personal appearance
Able to demonstrate an understanding of Kings Values & Commitment to uphold Kings Values
Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.
Teaching skills course/qualification
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