Consultant in Haematology

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust invites applications for a Consultant Haematologist based at Maidstone Hospital, with potential clinics at Tunbridge Wells. You will provide high standards of care for patients under your responsibility and cover on-call or annual leave as required.

The role includes participation in clinical and service developments within the Cancer & Haematology Directorate, collaborating with colleagues to deliver high-quality healthcare across the Kent and Medway

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility.
• Participate in clinical and other service activities and developments to ensure high quality patient care.
• Work in close cooperation with medical, professional and managerial colleagues to deliver healthcare across the Trust.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells as a Consultant Haematologist. The appointee will be employed by the Trust and will be based at Maidstone Hospital with some potential scope for clinics at Tunbridge Wells. Clinical Haematology is within the Cancer & Haematology Directorate, forming an integral part of the Kent and Medway Cancer Network. All tumour sites across the Network have been peer-reviewed and are compliant with national standards.

To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for you personally or by members of your team and. in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering oncall or annual leave.

The role will include participation in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim to ensuring a high standard of patient care. Also working in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the speciality, to provide high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust's strategic direction.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Fathi Al-Jehani Job title: Consultant Haematologist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01622235346

Kirstie Thompson

General Manager - Haematology

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