Consultant Haematologist (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant) - Haematology - East Kent Hospitals[...]

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Consultant Haematologist, responsible for providing exceptional outpatient and inpatient care at Kent and Canterbury Hospital. Engage in multi-disciplinary teamwork, support clinical governance, and contribute to cutting-edge research and education in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Active support for study and quality improvement

Removal expenses for substantive positions

Up to 32 days’ annual leave

Qualifications

• Must hold full GMC registration and CCT or equivalent.
• Minimum English Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent).
• Able to demonstrate safety and clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide outpatient care including three clinics per week and Haemostasis on call.
• Clinical interpretation of laboratory tests and advising clinical colleagues.
• Participation in clinical audits and departmental governance activities.

Skills

Diagnosing haemato-oncology disorders

Laboratory experience

Clinical governance

Safety vigilance

Communication skills

Education

Full and Specialist registration with GMC

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

MRCP or equivalent

FRCPath or equivalent

Job description

Main area Haematology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Job share
• Flexible working

10 sessions per week (Pro Annum (Pro Rata where applicable)) Job ref 344-1705CONDCB-A

Site Kent and Canterbury Hospital Town Canterbury Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

The Haematology department provides a comprehensive clinical and laboratory service for patients across East Kent. The teams provide nineteen subspecialised outpatient clinics per week, delivered over three sites plus telephone consultations. Haematology and Haemophilia inpatient beds are centralised at Kent and Canterbury Hospital, with outpatient presence and chemotherapy units at the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother, Margate) and William Harvey (Ashford) sites. The Kent Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre is based at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital and is the Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Centre providing specialist Haemophilia Care for patients with bleeding disorders for the whole of Kent and parts of East Sussex. The specialist Haemophilia Laboratory is based within the Haemophilia Centre at the Kent and Canterbury hospital.

Haematology and Haemophilia is part of the Diagnostics, Buckland and Cancer Care group. 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. The care group continues to develop its strategies to ensure this progress continues.

Main duties of the job

This post is a full time (10 PA) role and is a replacement post following a retirement.

Provide outpatient care as appropriate – this post involves 3 outpatient clinics per week plus Haemostasis on call.

These clinics consist of 1 Haemophilia & Thrombosis clinic; 1 Immune Cytopenias (ITP; AIHA) clinic; and a Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (MPN) clinic. In addition, this post also provides a Haemoglobinopathy clinic once per month, as well as support to the laboratory.

This post is predominantly based at the Kent and Canterbury site, with 1 day per week based at the William Harvey Hospital at Ashford. This post also includes attending weekly multidisciplinary team meetings and partaking in 1 in 5 Haemostasis on call rota. There are separate on call rotas for Haemostasis and Haem-oncology/General Haematology (which includes Ward-attending duties). These rotas are supported by a full resident doctor grade on call rota. We provide training for rotational Haematology trainees from the Kings/KSS training programme.

- Provide clinical interpretation of haematological laboratory tests and provide advice to clinical colleagues. This role also provides Haematologist support to the Haematology laboratories

- Participation in clinical audit and other departmental clinical governance activities, and activities to support appraisal and revalidation

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

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review the Supporting Documents section to access the full Job Description and Person Specification. If you have further queries please do not hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details at the top the page.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

*Please note that the set Interview Date has been added as guidance and may be subject to change.

Person specification

Qualifications and training

• Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council
• 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 by date of interview
• MRCP or equivalent
• FRCPath or equivalent
• Minimum of English Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent), ILETS, or graduate of a UK Medical School

Skills and experience

• Evidence of diagnosing and treating haemato-oncology disorders
• Evidence of laboratory experience

Clinical governance

• Consistently safe
• Vigilant about safety
• Reassuringly professional
• Listen and clearly communicate

Other requirements

• Most roles require an on-call commitment and travel across sites. Candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to travel effectively between sites

Filmed in William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother hospitals, the ‘We are the NHS’ campaign highlights the extraordinary work that staff across EKHUFT do every single day. As one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a population of over one million people, EKHUFT was perfectly placed to demonstrate the care, cutting-edge treatments, research, innovations and life-saving operations that the campaign needed.

There are lots of great opportunities at East Kent Hospitals, where staff are caring and put patients first, innovation flourishes and you can develop your career. 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.To find out more about east Kent visit our website at. The Trust fully supports the SAS Doctors Charter and is committed to their development through its CPD Framework.

We’ll close this job advert once we’ve received sufficient applications which may be before the closing date so please apply as soon as possible. We only accept online applications. If you have any difficulty with this please contact our Resourcing Team on 01227 866450 who are happy to help.

We have a relocation policy for eligible candidates, parking available at Trust sites but we encourage other options, like car sharing or public transport.

The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust’s People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information on how this can be managed alongside department expectations and requirements.

The ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer facing roles.

Most positions require a Disclosure and Barring check and will be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Posts working regularly or unsupervised with children or vulnerable adults require an enhanced check.

Applicants for eligible roles requiring Tier 2 sponsorship must meet UK Visas and Immigration eligibility criteria.

We operate a no-smoking policy on all our sites and grounds.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.