Consultant Haematologist

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Pendlebury; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave allowance

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for wellbeing

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant in Clinical Haematology to join a team of 12 consultants at Salford Royal Hospital. The role covers inpatient and outpatient care, on-call duties, and involvement in complex haematology therapies across Salford, Bolton and Wigan.

The successful candidate will engage in service development, MDT participation, and academic activity, contributing to high-quality patient care and continued professional development within the trust.

Qualifications

• Provide consultant-level inpatient and outpatient Haematology care.
• Participate in consultant on-call service across multiple hospitals.
• Manage malignant haematological disorders including complex therapies.
• Offer expert advice for complex haematology problems within major trauma and critical care.
• Contribute to education and supervision of juniors and trainees.

Responsibilities

• Participate in North West Sector multidisciplinary meetings and regional pathways.
• Contribute to laboratory haematology activities and blood-film reporting.
• Develop advanced treatment pathways (bispecific antibodies, ambulatory models).
• Engage in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, and patient-safety work.
• Support recruitment to clinical trials and collaborate with tertiary partners.
• Lead service redesign and workforce planning within Clinical Haematology.

Skills

Haematology

Inpatient care

Outpatient care

On-call duties

Clinical governance

Education & supervision

Research involvement

Job description

We are looking to appoint a forward-thinking and collaborative Consultant in Clinical Haematology to complement of a team of 12 consultants at the Northern Care Alliance with base hospital being Salford Royal Hospital where there are currently 4.8 WTE consultant haematologists based. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established consultant team providing comprehensive clinical haematology services to the local Salford population whilst also contributing to the management of complex haematological problems arising from the extensive tertiary and regional services.

• Provide consultant-level inpatient and outpatient clinical Haematology care.
• Participate in the consultant on-call service and provide specialist haematological advice across Salford Royal, Royal Bolton and Wigan hospitals (WWL).
• Participate in the management of malignant haematological disorders, including complex systemic anti-cancer therapies.
• Provide expert advice for complex haematological problems arising within Salford Royal's major trauma, critical care and tertiary services.
• Participate in North West Sector multidisciplinary team meetings and regional specialist pathways.
• Contribute to laboratory haematology, including blood-film reporting and clinical liaison with laboratory colleagues.
• Contribute to the development of advanced treatment pathways, including bispecific antibody therapies and ambulatory treatment models.
• Participate in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and patient-safety activity.
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate education and supervision.
• Participate in research and support recruitment to clinical trials where appropriate.
• Work collaboratively across NCA and with tertiary partners including MFT, The Christie and Greater Manchester HODS.
• Contribute to service redesign, workforce development and the strategic development of Clinical Haematology.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance. To read more information about Consultant careers at the Northern Care Alliance please visit our careers landing page: Consultant careers :: Northern Care Alliance Careers.

The successful candidate will be encouraged to contribute not simply as a clinician but as an active member of the wider service. Depending upon experience and interests, opportunities may include clinical pathway redesign, development of advanced therapies, ambulatory care, digital transformation, MDT development, quality and safety improvement, education, research and workforce planning. The role would therefore particularly suit a consultant who wishes to practise high-quality clinical haematology while having a meaningful influence over the future development of the service.