Consultant Haematologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; North East; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a consultant haematologist to provide comprehensive care across inpatient, outpatient and day-case haematology. The post includes weekday and weekend on-call, with scope to develop a specialist interest and flexible job planning.

The role involves planning service development, collaboration with primary and tertiary centres, and teaching opportunities. GMC licence and specialist register entry (or within six months) are required.

Qualifications

• Thorough and broad training and experience in haematology.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for patients' clinical care.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion within the specialty.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team with medical and nursing colleagues, managers, and patients.
• Broad range of IT skills.
• Understanding of clinical governance.
• Evidence of participation in audit.
• Good knowledge of and ability to use spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care to patients in own charge across inpatient, outpatient and day-case haematology.
• Maintain and develop haematology services and specialist skills in line with department needs.
• Plan future development of haematology services with colleagues.
• Work with primary care and tertiary centres to develop integrated services.
• Provide a comprehensive clinical service to other hospital consultants and GPs in the locality.
• Take part in the weekday and weekend haematology on-call rota.
• Cover colleagues on annual leave, study leave and sickness, as far as practicable.
• Share inpatient haematology care with physicians on ward 42 and other medical wards.
• Provide advisory and liaison services to other Trust clinical services and primary care, including non-haematological bone marrow examinations and antenatal transfusion support.
• Attend weekly lymphoma and leukaemia/myeloma MDTs at Freeman Hospital, in person or by Teams.

Education

MBBS or recognised equivalent medical degree

Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent

Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists or equivalent

MRCP part 1

Job description

This consultant post sits within the haematology team at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, alongside five other consultant haematologists. The work centres on clinical care across inpatient, outpatient and day-case haematology, plus planning service development and links with primary care and tertiary centres. The post is whole time, with flexible job plans considered and scope to develop a specialist interest, and includes weekday and weekend on-call. Candidates need a GMC licence and specialist register entry, or entry within six months, by interview.

What the job involves

• Provide clinical care to patients in own charge across inpatient, outpatient and day-case haematology
• Maintain and develop haematology services and specialist skills in line with department needs
• Plan future development of haematology services with colleagues
• Work with primary care and tertiary centres to develop integrated services
• Provide a comprehensive clinical service to other hospital consultants and GPs in the locality
• Take part in the weekday and weekend haematology on-call rota
• Cover colleagues on annual leave, study leave and sickness, as far as practicable
• Share inpatient haematology care with physicians on ward 42 and other medical wards
• Provide advisory and liaison services to other Trust clinical services and primary care, including non-haematological bone marrow examinations and antenatal transfusion support
• Attend weekly lymphoma and leukaemia/myeloma MDTs at Freeman Hospital, in person or by Teams

Qualifications

• Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent
• Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists or equivalent
• MBBS or recognised equivalent medical degree

Registration & licences

• GMC registration with licence to practise
• Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Haematology, or within 6 months of award

Experience

• Thorough and broad training and experience in haematology
• Ability to take independent responsibility for patients' clinical care

  Ability to offer expert clinical opinion within the specialty

• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work in a team with medical and nursing colleagues, managers, biomedical scientists and patients
• Broad range of IT skills
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Good knowledge of and ability to use spoken and written English

Other

• Interest in promoting or performing research in the Trust

Nice to have

• Management and administrative experience
• Evidence of having implemented change
• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
• Specialist interest that complements the current service
• Experience of participation in research and clinical studies
• MRCP part 1