Consultant in Haematology
The closing date is 11 November 2025
Candidates are strongly encouraged to contact the team and discuss their personal areas of interest and expertise.
Participation in audit / appraisal and CPD is mandatory under clinical governance, RCPath and GMC guidance. Time is allowed within core SPAs to take part in audit and there is a dedicated audit lead for the department. 10 days of study leave are funded at £1,000 for CPD and training per year.
Duties other than those clinical duties specified will be in accordance with the job plan agreed between the appointee, the clinical lead and the chief executive. The job plan allows for Administration, Teaching and Medical Audit.
The candidate may be required to work on any of the Trust's sites and across the seven day period where necessary. Secretarial support, appropriate office accommodation and IT facilities will be provided.
Main duties of the job
A standard full time Job Plan will contain 10 programmed activities (PAs) comprising 8 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 2 for supporting activities (SPAs). 1.5 SPAs are classed as 'core' and cover time for CPD, audit, appraisal and revalidation. Additional SPA time can be allocated for training, teaching, research, clinical management and educational supervisor (ES) activity. There are opportunities to participate in undergraduate teaching within the cancer module of the HYMS medical school curriculum. It is envisaged that this post would include the educational supervision of at least one trainee per year who could be from any level of training from FY1 to speciality registrar. It is expected that the appointee will have completed ES training or complete this within a short time of taking up the post.
About us
HUTH is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts – Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) – our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH, and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLaG.
As teaching hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
* Full Registration with the GMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months). 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.
Qualifications and Training
* Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists or equivalent FRCPath.
* Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training.
Clinical Experience
* Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions.
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
* NHS experience.
Management and Administration Experience
* Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit.
* Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload.
* Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery.
Teaching, Audit and Research
* Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
* Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students.
* Evidence of participation in audit.
* Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients.
* Evidence of having conducted a practice‑changing audit.
Personal Attributes
* Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service.
* Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears.
* Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate.
* Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels.
* Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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