Consultant Haematologist

Ekhuft; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a dedicated Consultant Haematologist to provide comprehensive clinical and laboratory services. The role includes outpatient care and participation in multidisciplinary teams within a supportive and progressive environment. Emphasis is placed on clinical governance, ethical practice, and continued professional development with a commitment to patient care.

Benefits

32 days annual leave

Active support for study and quality improvement work

Family First scheme for partners

Removal expenses for substantive positions

Qualifications

• Provide outpatient care as part of the role.
• Conduct clinical practice to the highest standards.
• Participate in clinical audits and governance activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage outpatient clinics and provide haematology care.
• Interpret laboratory test results for clinical colleagues.
• Attend multidisciplinary team meetings and support clinical governance.

Skills

Clinical Governance

Patient Care

Clinical Interpretation

Education

Qualified Haematologist

Job description

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The Trust faced a number of challenges in the delivery of cancer access standards. The creation of a Cancer Services Care Group with a dedicated leadership team has enabled the Trust to focus on ensuring it not only achieves these standards, but develops a strategy to enable it to deliver excellent services to the populations it serves. This approach has already led to significant improvement in achievement of the cancer standards over the past year. The care group continues to develop its strategies to ensure this progress continues into the future.

The Haematology department provides a comprehensive clinical and laboratory service for patients across East Kent. Inpatients for haematology and haemophilia are centralised at Kent and Canterbury Hospital. Nineteen subspecialised outpatient clinics are held per week and delivered on all four sites.

This post is a full time (10 PA) role.

• Provide outpatient care as appropriate – this post involves 3 outpatient clinics per week, providing
  
  

General Haematology and Haemoglobinopathy (Laboratory and Clinical) and Haemostasis care. This

post is predominantly based at the William Harvey hospital in Ashford with 1 day per week based at

Canterbury. Attending weekly multidisciplinary team meetings and partaking in 1 in 5 Haemostasis

oncall rota. There are separate on call rotas for Haem-oncology/general and Haemostasis teams.

There is a full middle grade on call rota in addition to whom we provide support

• Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
• Provide clinical interpretation of haematological laboratory tests and provide advice to clinical colleagues. This role also provides Haematologist support to the Haematology laboratories
• Conduct clinical practice in accordance with the highest ethical and clinical governance standards.
• Provide support to other clinical specialities
• Participation in clinical audit and other departmental clinical governance activities, and activities to support appraisal and revalidation
• Regularly attending multidisciplinary team and clinical governance meetings
  
  

The post-holder may be required to undertake other duties appropriate for a consultant haematologist not otherwise specified

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with three acute hospitals and community sites serving a local population of around 700,000. We also provide specialist services for Kent and Medway.

We’re on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work, there’s never been a better time to join us.

Through our Family First scheme we pledge to find roles for partners of consultants offered a substantive post - For more information please visit https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/careers/family-first-scheme/

We also offer removal expenses (substantive positions), up to 32 days’ annual leave and active support for study, quality improvement and patient safety work as part of our ‘We care’ improvement journey, and medical education and research.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Catherine Roughley Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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