Consultant Haematologist

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; Birmingham; Sur place; GBP 110 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust seeks an experienced Consultant Haematologist to deliver clinical and laboratory Haematology services across a three-site footprint, based primarily at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. The role includes outreach clinics, teaching, and contributing to NCRI trials in a busy 18-bed ward.

The post involves ongoing research links with the University of Birmingham and the University of Worcester, and opportunities to develop a specialist interest, with a 5-minute

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Haematology (or expected within 6 months of interview date) via CCT, Portfolio Pathway (CESR) or European Community Rights
• FRCPath or overseas equivalent

Responsabilités

• Provide clinical and laboratory Haematology services for Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
• Attend MDT meetings with Haematopathologists, Radiologists and Oncologists.
• Support A&E and acute medicine to ensure timely patient care.
• Participate in on-call rota and weekend reviews as required.

Connaissances

Haematology expertise

GMC registration

Formation

UK GMC Haematology CCT eligibility

Description du poste

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Consultant Haematologist

The closing date is 24 November 2026

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic ConsultantHaematologist to join our dynamic team. This is a full-time position althoughapplicants interested in part-time work are also encouraged to apply. Thesuccessful candidate will contribute to the provision of clinical andlaboratory haematology services for the Worcestershire population, whichnumbers approximately 550,000.

The Trust encompasses three principal hospital sitesthroughout the county: Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester, AlexandraHospital in Redditch, and Kidderminster Treatment Centre. The Consultant willbe primarily based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital with responsibilities thatinclude delivering clinical and laboratory haematology services at thislocation and conducting outreach clinics at one of our peripheral sites.

The Haematology Department is actively engaged in clinicalresearch and is recognised as a major recruiting centre for Haematological NCRITrials.

There is significant scope for the successful applicant todevelop a specialist interest should they wish, supported by research linkswith the University of Birmingham and the University of Worcester.

As part of the Consultant Advisory Appointment Committee, shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide a 5 minute presentation on the topic: The current challenges facing a Haematology DGH and the way forward

Interview Date: Tuesday 15th December 2026

Please contact Dr Nick Pemberton for further information [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

Our Haematology Consultants collaborate closely to provide aBCSH Level 2b/3 inpatient Clinical Haematology service to both Worcestershireand Herefordshire patients. Services are delivered from a busy, 18-bed ward atWorcestershire Royal Hospital, which also offers shared care for autologousstem cell transplantation in partnership with University Hospitals Birmingham.

We are actively involved in the West Midlands SpecialistRegistrar Training Scheme and participate in weekly joint multidisciplinaryteam (MDT) meetings, which serve patients from both Worcestershire andHerefordshire. These meetings are regularly attended by specialistHaematopathologists, Radiologists, and Oncologists, ensuring comprehensivepatient care.

The Worcestershire Oncology Centre, a Cancer Centreoperational for the past five years, is staffed by a full complement ofClinical and Medical Oncologists.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a largeacute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acuteservices to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to alarger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services fromthree sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and ourcaring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centredcare. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people towork with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin oureveryday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewiseaccreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible workingwithin our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring aDBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in SupportingInformation section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job responsibilities

The job description was approved by the Royal College of Pathologists on 28th September 2026.

This job description, together with the job plan, will be reviewed annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements.

• A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.
• The post-holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course.
• The post-holder will provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital. The post-holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care.
• The post-holder will attend cross county and cross site meetings.
• The post-holder will collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trusts and departmental objectives.
• The post-holder will, if relevant, participate in the on-call rota to ensure that both emergency and urgent services are provided out of normal hours, to be shared equally with Consultant colleagues in post.
• The Trust would expect a consultant whilst undertaking on-call duties to attend the hospital site to review patients when clinically necessary. The consultant on call must be prepared to attend willingly whenever requested to do so by a member of their medical and nursing team.
• The post-holder, whilst undertaking weekend on call duties, will attend the hospital to undertake patient reviews.

Please visit the Job Description for further information.

Person Specification

Teaching Experience

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Research Experience

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative
• Publications in relevant peer- reviewed journals in the last 5 years
• Evidence of having undertaken original research

Experience

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT Haematology
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Expertise in sub-specialty

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work in a team
• Enquiring, critical approach to work
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local regional or national levels

Management and Administrative Experience

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities
• Ability to manage and lead the specialty firm and multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit
• Ability to manage and lead specialist unit and working parties as appropriate
• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making

Other Requirements

• An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the job and return to the hospital within 30 minutes when on call

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Haematology (or expected within 6 months of interview date) via CCT, Portfolio Pathway (was CESR) or European Community Rights
• Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination (FRCPath) or overseas equivalent

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.

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