Physician Associate jobs in United Kingdom

The post is based in the West London Children's Healthcare, Haematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit at St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College, which is a leading centre for blood and marrow transplantation and gene therapy in non-malignant haematological disorders. The Trust Fellowship provides exposure to all aspects of paediatric haematology and transplantation while allowing significant time for to gain experience in performing clinical procedures, audits, gain leadership experience according to the applicant's needs. The post will be for one year, but may be extended for a further year. The fellowship is suitable for post-CCT haematology or paediatric trainees or paediatric/haematology trainees in the earlier stages of their training (who have, or near to, completing MRCPCH or equivalent), who are looking to gain expertise in paediatric haematology alongside gaining experience in a related aspect such as research, procedures or management.

The post-holder will take responsibility for the day to day management of all paediatric haematology patients, including those undergoing a stem cell transplant and their donors, gene therapy patients, complex haemoglobinopathy patients, patients with bone marrow failure, shared care oncology patients and patients with immune cytopenias.

The post-holder will share in the day to day to day management of all Paediatric Haematology inpatients, day-care review patients, performing procedures such as bone marrow examination and bone marrow harvests (after training and with supervision). This post does not offer specific laboratory haematology training but appointees who have an interest in haematology are actively encouraged to attend laboratory meetings, weekly morphology teaching and courses.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

The post holder will participate in a Full Shift working pattern exclusively for Paediatric

Haematology, in a 1 in 6 rota with no night on calls. The rota is fully compliant with the Junior doctors contracts (2002 and 2016) as well as with the EWTD.

Timetable for Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Haematology (Inpatient wards)

Monday

08.30 to 09.00: Paediatric Handover

09.00 to 11.00: Ward Round

11.00 to 12.30: Consultant Ward Round

12.30 to 13.30: Paediatric Grand Round

13.30 to 16.00: BMT Planning MDT

16.00 to 16.30: Ward Review/Handover

Tuesday

08.30 to 09.00: Paediatric Handover

09.15 to 09.45: Radiology MDT

09.45 to 12.30: Ward Round

12.30 to 14.00: BMT Planning / Unrelated Search MDT

14.00 to 16.00: Paediatric Morphology MDT (laboratory)

16.00 to 16.30: Ward Review/ Handover

08.30 to 10.30: Bone Marrow Harvest Procedure in Operating Theatres

10.30 to 12.00: Ward Round

12.00 to 13.00: Paediatric BMT MDT

13.30 to 16.30: CLINIC: Stem Cell Transplantation or Late Effects

Thursday

08.30 to 09.00: Handover

09.00 to 12.00: Ward Round

12.00 to 13.30: Post clinic administration

13.30 to 15.00 BMT Protocols

1500 to 1600: Histopathology Meeting

16.00 to 16.30: Handover

Friday

08.30 to 09.00: Handover

09.00 to 11.00: Ward Round

11.00 to 12.00: Paed ID/Microbio/Haem MDT

12.00 to 14.00: Ward Review

14.00 to 16.00: BMT Administration

16.00 to 16.30: Handover

Timetable for Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Haematology (Outpatients /Day Unit)

Monday

09.00 to 12.30: Day-care reviews

12.30 to 13.30: Paediatric Grand Round

13.30 to 15.00: Pre-harvest and liver biopsy Day-care review

15.00 to 17.00: BMT Planning MDT

Tuesday

09.15 to 09.45: Radiology MDT

09.45 to 12.30: Post-BMT Daycare reviews

12.30 to 14.00: BMT Planning / Unrelated Search MDT

14.00 to 15.00: BMT Administration

15.00 to 1600 (every 2nd Tuesday) Histopathology MDT

15.00 to 16.00: Weekly Morphology MDT (laboratory)

16.00 to 17.00: Audit

09.00 to 12.00: JACIE and Audit work

12.00 to 13.00: Paediatric BMT MDT

13.30 to 16.30: CLINIC: Stem Cell Transplantation or Late Effects

Thursday

09.00 to 13.30: Post-BMT Daycare reviews

13.30 to 14.30: Post theatre reviews

14.30 to 16.00 BMT Protocols

16.00 to 16.30: Handover

Friday

09.00 to 11.00: Paediatric Haematology Quality Meeting / JACIE

11.00 to 14.00: Post-BMT Daycare reviews

14.00 to 15.00 Morphology Teaching with Prof. Bain (laboratory)

• On GMC register/ licensed Medical Practitioner
• MRCPCH or MRCP Part 2 or equivalent

• On training scheme in Paediatrics or Haematology or eligible to apply for one
• PICU, HDU, A&E, paediatric subspeciality experience

• Track record of ethical research experience relevant to haematology/stem cell transplantation Publications in peer reviewed Journals

• Track record of ethical research experience relevant to haematology/stem cell transplantation

• Experience of working as middle grade in paediatrics or haematology
• APLS Provider Experience of performing procedures such as bone marrow examination Experience of laboratory haematology reporting

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of principles of clinical governance
• Clinical practice consistent with GMC guidelines on "Good medical practice"
• Experience of clinical audit, to include more than one completed project

• Good spoken and written English International English Language test scores of 7.0 minimum in each category and overall minimum 7.5

• Ability to interact with children and their families

• Inquiring and flexible approach in the clinical arena.

• Honesty, integrity, appreciation of ethical dilemmas.
• Must be able to demonstrate and model the key Trust values of kind, expert, collaborative and aspirational.

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.

Consultant Paediatric Haemato-Oncologist

Depending on experience£44,170 - £67,610 per annum plus London Weighting+1B banding