Locum Consultant Haematologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Manchester; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working potential

Special interest development

Job summary

The Christie’s haematology team at Leighton Hospital, in collaboration with Mid-Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, seeks a six-month locum consultant to support outpatient clinics, inpatient care and GP advice.

The post is 10 programmed activities per week with on-call and 7-day consultant work; FRCP/MRCP or FRCPath and a GMC licence to practise are required, with opportunities to develop a special interest.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical and laboratory haematology
• Clinical experience in general haematology, blood transfusion, coagulation, and malignant haematology
• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates and postgraduates
• Clinical leadership and people management
• Implementing policies, allocating resources and managing performance

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-level support to The Christie haematology service at Leighton Hospital
• Run outpatient clinics and contribute to inpatient care and GP advice
• Be a core member of haematology and lymphoma multidisciplinary teams
• Take part in planned weekday and weekend clinical activity across 7 days
• Provide on-call cover and develop a special interest aligned with service needs

Skills

Excellent communication

Team leadership

Continuing professional development

Clinical governance

Education

FRCP or MRCP, or equivalent

FRCPath, or equivalent

GMC licence to practise

Job description

A six-month locum consultant post in The Christie's haematology team at Leighton Hospital, run in collaboration with Mid-Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The work is consultant-level support for outpatient clinics, inpatient care and GP advice, with core membership of the haematology and lymphoma multidisciplinary teams. The post is 10 programmed activities a week plus on call, with 7-day consultant working and the option to develop a special interest. Fit depends on FRCP or MRCP, FRCPath and a current GMC licence to practise.

What the job involves

• Provide consultant-level support to The Christie clinical haematology service at Leighton Hospital
• Implement best practice in haematology
• Run three outpatient clinics a week
• Be responsible for outpatients attending the Macmillan Cancer Care Unit for treatment
• Provide specialist input into the care of inpatients at Leighton Hospital
• Give haematology advice to local GPs, joining the existing consultant rota to cover this
• Be a core member of the haematology and lymphoma multidisciplinary teams
• Take part in planned weekday and weekend clinical activity across 7 days
• Provide on-call cover
• Develop a special interest suited to the post holder and the service's unmet needs

What’s required

Qualifications

• FRCP or MRCP, or equivalent
• FRCPath, or equivalent

Registration & licences

• GMC registration with a licence to practise

Experience

• Training and expertise in clinical and laboratory haematology
• Clinical experience in general haematology, blood transfusion, coagulation and malignant haematology
• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates and postgraduates
• Clinical leadership and people management
• Implementing policies and plans, allocating resources and managing performance

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent written and oral communication
• Keeping up to date with medical advances through continuing professional development
• Knowledge of the core legal, ethical and political issues governing medical practice
• Building effective teams and partnerships, and compatibility with colleagues

Other

• Flexibility and adaptability to change
• Working under pressure
• Acting with integrity towards patients and staff
• Willingness to travel to other sites, and to return to site within about 60 minutes when on call

Nice to have

• Additional research or teaching qualification
• MD or PhD
• Recent or current research and/or relevant publications
• Management training
• Teaching for Teachers or a similar course
• Teaching qualification

What’s offered

• Flexibility considered for those unable to work full-time for personal reasons
• Opportunity to develop a special interest