Consultant in Paediatric Haematology

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 106,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health board in Cardiff is seeking a full-time Consultant Paediatric Haematologist to enhance local services and support the Children's Hospital for Wales. The successful candidate will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, focusing on paediatric haematology care, research, and teaching.

Qualifications

• On GMC Specialist Register for specialty or Specialty Registrar with CCT due within 6 months.
• Broad training and experience in Haematology/Oncology including two years in a tertiary paediatric centre.
• Evidence of teaching medical students and resident doctors.

Responsibilities

• Work with current paediatric haematologists and oncologists to deliver specialist care.
• Participate in clinical audit and demonstrate understanding of improving medical practice.
• Engage in research and teaching in collaboration with Cardiff University's School of Medicine.

Skills

Effective team working

Effective communication skills

Ability to critically appraise research

Evidence of effective leadership skills

Education

MRCPCH or equivalent

PhD or MD

FRCPath or MRCPath

Job description

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Paediatric Haematologist based at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.

This is a new full-time Consultant post created to meet the requirements of the Principal Treatment Centre, to enhance the local service and support the Children's Hospital for Wales' contribution to a Managed Service Network for children and young people with cancer and complex non-malignant haematological conditions in South, Mid and West Wales. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services.

Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements.

Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT at the time of interview.

You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary range for this post is £106,000 per annum to £154,760 per annum.

Applicants must ensure they provide names and contact details of referees covering at least the last 3 years of their employment/training history in full. In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work with the current paediatric haematologists, paediatric oncologists and the adult haematology services, allowing for the delivery of age-appropriate and specialist haematology care within a paediatric setting. Should the post holder have FRCPath and laboratory reporting skills, they would be expected to share in the diagnostic laboratory service alongside present Consultants.

Excellent team working and communication skills are essential.

This appointment comes at an exciting time in the development of paediatric services in Cardiff. Phase 2 of the Children's Hospital for Wales opened in 2015 and includes, amongst other elements, new children's outpatients, dedicated paediatric theatres and paediatric radiology, and enhanced re-provision of paediatric critical care beds.

Academic interests will be encouraged research and teaching in collaboration with Cardiff University's School of Medicine will be expected.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission isLiving Well, Caring Well, Working Together and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

Job description
Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.

Person Specification
Essential
Essential

• On GMC Specialist Register for specialty / Specialty Registrar with CCT due within 6 months of interview date
• MRCPCH or equivalent*

Desirable

• PhD or MD
• FRCPath or MRCPath

Experience
Essential

• Broad training and experience in Haematology / Oncology including two years in a tertiary paediatric centre

Desirable

• * For those without MRCPCH or equivalent - at least 12 months experience in all aspects of acute in-patient and outpatient general paediatrics

Skills
Essential

• Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working
• Effective and demonstrable communication skills

Clinical Governance
Essential

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
• Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation (or equivalent)

Research
Essential

• Ability to critically appraise research

Teaching
Essential

• Evidence of teaching medical students and resident doctors

Management
Essential

• Evidence of effective leadership skills

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