Consultant Haematologist with interest in Plasma Cell Disorders
Employer: King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Site: King’s College Hospital – Denmark Hill, London
Salary: £109,725 – £145,478 per annum excl. London Zone Allowance
Closing date: 24/11/2025 08:00
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its sites, including specialist haematology and plasma cell disorder services.
Working for our organisation
We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recognised for work in haematology, transplantation, neuroscience, cardiology and oncology. 3,500 staff treat over 1.5 million patients each year.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion – a core value at King’s. We are committed to a diverse workplace and offer a range of guidance and services to support staff wellbeing.
Main responsibilities
* Provide subspecialty clinical advice to primary care and haematology specialists within a regional multidisciplinary team.
* Deliver inpatient and outpatient care, including bispecific antibody and cellular therapy management.
* Attend wards and provide an on-call service.
* Lead and contribute to clinical trial delivery, leadership and development.
* Maintain training and teaching programmes in partnership with King’s College London and King’s Health Partners.
* Ensure compliance with transplant and cellular therapy standards and regulatory bodies (HTA/JACIE).
* Supervise junior medical staff collaboratively with consultants.
* Contribute to audit programmes, morbidity and mortality, and learning from deaths.
* Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.
* Champion innovative patient‑care initiatives within the service.
Key duties and responsibilities
* Provide a high‑quality care service, including all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties.
* Cover the service 24 hours, 7 days a week on a rota basis, including covering colleagues’ leave and sickness.
* Clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners.
* Provide teaching, examination and accreditation duties; contribute to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
* Commit to outpatient clinic responsibilities in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management.
* Contribute to research interests in line with the Trust’s R&D framework.
* Participate in audit programmes, morbidity and mortality, and learning from deaths.
* Implement and monitor the Care Group’s business plan, including service planning with internal and external agencies.
* Operate within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
Exercise professional leadership for all specialty staff.
* Ensure staff productivity and satisfaction; support appraisal and professional development.
* Adhere to all Trust infection prevention and control policies.
* Ensure consistent, evidence‑based patient safety practices.
* Contribute to consultant‑led 7‑day services as appropriate.
General information
* Duty of care for health, safety and well‑being of all stakeholders.
* Compliance with all Trust rules, policies, procedures and statutory obligations.
* Strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
* Ongoing personal development and contribution to colleague growth.
* Adherence to national infection control standards and local policies.
* Regular use of the Trust’s ‘nhs.net’ email account for official communication.
* Access to occupational health, employee assistance programmes, local wellbeing initiatives and mentoring opportunities.
* Knowledge of NHS workforce wellbeing resources and support services.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full MRCP
* Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)
Registration
* Full registration with GMC
* GMC Specialist Register name on date of appointment
* Within 6 months of CCT or fully registered on the Specialist Register
Training and Experience
* Wide experience in all aspects of plasma cell disorders; completion of GMC Certificate of Completion of Training or portfolio pathway application.
Administration and Management and Leadership
* Experience organising plasma cell disorder services in a busy teaching hospital.
* Computer literacy and familiarity with NHS IT systems.
* Understanding of NHS structure and recent initiatives.
* Leadership capability within multidisciplinary teams.
* Management training and/or qualification.
Audit and Quality Improvement
* Principles of medical audit.
* Publication of relevant reviews or case reports.
* Research experience in plasma cell disorders.
Teaching
* Experience providing undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and examination preparation.
* Teaching skills course or qualification.
IMPORTANT
* Check your email account regularly – it is the primary channel for communication.
* Do not delete the job advert from any of your applications systems; you may miss further communication.
* Contact the named person on this advert for enquiries or to update your circumstances.
* Please provide referees’ email addresses where possible.
* Review our recruitment microsite and the Trust’s criminal records checking policy.
* All staff are responsible for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
* Closing dates are a guide; the vacancy may be closed early if enough applications are received.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Contact Information
Name: Prof Roopen Arya
Job title: Clinical Director
Email address: roopen.arya@nhs.net
Name: Dr Kirsty Cuthill (Clinical Lead)
Email address: kirsty.cuthill@nhs.net
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