Consultant Haematologist in Haemostasis and Thrombosis

Consultant Haematologist in Haemostasis and Thrombosis

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

We are inviting applications to join our team of Consultant Haematologists working at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust as a colleague with a special interest in Haemostasis and Thrombosis including TTP, Obstetric Haematology and research.

Clinical Haematology at UHL provides a comprehensive clinical service to a population of 1.1 million. It is centred at one site but provides a service for the three acute hospital sites in Leicester and has excellent links across the local region. We have 16.2 WTE consultant posts and one associated specialist working across 4 clinical teams. Each team provides specialist interest in a dedicated area of haematology and colleagues with particular interests work across more than 1 team.

Main duties of the job

Key Tasks:

1. Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
2. To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients.
3. To promote new ways of working and co-ordinating care for patients in the community and to ensure that services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
4. Take part in multidisciplinary case conferences.
5. Supervise and train junior medical staff.
6. To be involved in appraising and assessing juniors.
7. Teaching, research and administration.
8. To proactively develop the service.
9. To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities of the post:

1. The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
2. Responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department.
3. Cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences.
4. To participate in service development and business planning in collaboration with the other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local GPs and commissioners within the local CCGs.
5. Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures.
6. Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally.
7. Participating in medical audit, the Trusts Clinical Governance processes and in CPD. CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory.
8. Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate and compliance with standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

• MB BS or Equivalent
• Full GMC Registration
• Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be on the Specialist register within six months of interview. 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.
• MRCP/MRCS or Equivalent
• Current BLS Certification
• Membership of relevant Specialist Societies or Associations.
• Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD or equivalent.

Commitment to Trust Values & Behaviours

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours.

Experience / Clinical Skills

• Fully trained in Clinical Haematology.
• Excellent clinical skills and experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the Job Plan.
• Ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems.
• Demonstrates clear, logical thinking / analytical approach.
• Evidence of clinical or research commitment and a relevant specialty interest.

Management

• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and supervise juniors.
• Experience of leading teams and awareness of leadership styles.
• Ability to effectively organise, prioritise and manage clinical workload.
• Understanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS.
• Ability to work to overcome barriers to change (negotiating, influencing and persuasion skills).
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance issues.
• Evidence of management and administration experience.
• Management training on an accredited course.
• Awareness of service development issues.

Communication

• Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication with patients and colleagues.
• To be empathic and sensitive; capacity to take others perspectives and treat others with understanding.
• Highly Developed Emotional Intelligence.
• High standard of presentation both written and verbal.
• Demonstrable track record of successful change management.
• Proven ability to maintain focus in a demanding environment.

Motivation

• Personal integrity and reliability.
• Ability to motivate and develop both medical Staff and non-medical staff.
• Commitment to further develop the post and the service provided.

Audit/ Quality Improvement

• Effective participation in and a commitment to clinical audit.
• Participation in a quality improvement programme.
• Experience of quality improvement work and audit.
• Undergone training in teaching and willingness to organise relevant audit activities including quality improvement evidence.
• Completion of formal courses in Audit and quality improvement.
• Published Audit including quality improvement.

Research

• Understanding and interest in research.
• Ability to appraise research critically.
• Ability to supervise juniors undertaking research projects.
• Evidence of recent research and development activity.
• Publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals on subjects relevant to the specialty.

Teaching

• Experience of and a commitment to training/ teaching undergraduate and postgraduates.
• Appraisal and assessment skills.
• Ability to assess clinical competencies.
• Enthusiastic and ability to inspire and lead others.
• Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching.
• Post Graduate qualification in teaching and training.

Equality and Diversity

• Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.

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.