Consultant Clinical Haematologist

National health service; Broughton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust in Portsmouth invites applications for an Consultant Haematologist with a specialist interest in Haemostasis and Thrombosis. Based at Queen Alexandra Hospital, the post offers leadership in coagulation services and dedicated outpatient clinics.

You will participate in departmental management, teaching, audit and research, and supervise laboratory duties and reporting of specialist clotting tests. UK registration required.

Qualifications

• Full and Specialist Registration with the GMC or eligibility within six months of interview.
• MRCP or evidence of equivalent qualification.
• FRCPath or evidence of equivalent qualification.
• Higher professional training in Haematology.

Responsibilities

• This is an 8PA post. Any applicant who is unable to work these hours will be considered for the post.
• Join the Haematology Team as a Consultant and participate in all facets of departmental activity.
• Specialist interest in Haemostasis and Thrombosis with leadership in the coagulation service.
• Lead Haemostasis and coagulation with dedicated outpatient clinics.
• On-call duties to cover laboratory duties and hospital calls.

Skills

Haematology expertise

Clinical risk management

Consultant-level communication

Teaching and research interest

Education

GMC Licence to Practice

MRCP or equivalent

FRCPath or equivalent

Higher professional training in Haematology

Job description

Job responsibilities

The retired Post-holder did not look after malignant cases as inpatients on our own wards.

The successful applicant for this post will have Haemostasis and Thrombosis clinics as well as some general Haematology duties.

As a future development with this post we would negotiate with the Haemophilia Centre at Basingstoke for this post to have dedicated sessions with them.

The post holder will be expected to participate in laboratory management, authorisation of laboratory results, anticoagulation dosing, and advice to hospital and GP staff on abnormal results.

The post holder will be expected to take part in reporting of bone marrows, blood films and CSF samples shared with other colleagues.

They will also be the main reporter of specialist clotting tests including Factor assay interpretation and Thrombophilia screens.

We seek to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant with an interest in Coagulation.

This is a replacement post.

The successful applicant would be the lead Haemostasis and coagulation Consultant for the department with dedicated outpatient clinics in Haemostasis and Thrombosis.

We would envisage the post holder on call duties will be to cover laboratory duties and calls from the hospital.

Dr James does not cover the ward inpatients.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.

Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

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UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full and Specialist Registration with a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for registration within six months of interview.
• Professional Qualifications: MRCP or show evidence of equivalent qualification.
• FRCPath or show evidence of equivalent qualification.
• Higher professional training in Haematology.

Experience

• Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
• If Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT Clinical Skills Essential.
• Demonstrable experience of Haemostasis and Thrombosis.
• Understanding of clinical risk management.

Desirable IT Skills

• Breadth of experience in an outside specialty.
• Effective, confident presentation ability.

Additional criteria

• Able to organise oneself and prioritise clinical need.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance.
• Understanding of the principles of research.

Desirable Research Experience

• Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
• Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT

Main duties of the job

This is an 8PA post. Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work these hours will be eligible to be considered for the post.

If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the employing body in consultation with Consultant colleagues.

The appointee will join the Haematology Team as a Consultant and will be expected to participate in all facets of departmental activity.

This is a replacement post.

Clinical Duties: The post holder will be a Haematology Consultant with a specialist interest in the management of Haemostasis and Thrombosis.

The post will be based at Queen Alexandra Hospital.

Full participation in teaching, audit and research activity will be expected.

The previous post holder had a share in some General Haematology duties, rotating through in-patient referrals and liaison Haematology, laboratory cover and Haemostasis advice.

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population.

We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation.

Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger.

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust