Main area Clinical Haematology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract 12 months (Locum - fixed term 12 months) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (1 in 13 on call) Job ref 200-MC-712740-7717055-CA
Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St George's Hospital Town Tooting Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/02/2026 23:59
Locum Consultant in Thrombosis and Haemostasis
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.
With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.
Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.
Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.
We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.
As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.
Job overview
This is a 12 month locum post for a Consultant Haematologist to lead the Thrombosis service with an interest in Haemostasis.
The appointee will be responsible for the development and maintenance of a high standard of practice of clinical and laboratory coagulation haematology. The post holder will be given the opportunity to lead the service with ample room for strategic direction and growth in clinical delivery, trials and research. We are open and keen to consider well trained and experienced international applicants with an interest in thrombosis and haemostasis.
The multidisciplinary team provide inpatient and outpatient care to patients with thrombosis alongside tertiary input to complex thrombotic patients across South London. The team provides a nurse led Ambulatory VTE pathway for patients referred from the Emergency Department. Additionally, the nursing team provide specialist Cancer Thrombosis clinics, and a joint thrombosis nurse/midwife led clinic for pregnant women requiring thromboprophylaxis. The Anticoagulation pharmacists provide 2 ambulatory services for newly diagnosed AF and LV thrombosis. The service is a designated VTE Exemplar Centre forming part of the National network participating in National Clinical governance programmes and the VTE buddy network. VTE prevention work forms an important part of our work. The anticoagulation service provides warfarin monitoring for over 700 patients and provides bridging clinics for surgery across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide consultant input for clinical aspects of haemostasis and thrombosis working with both the anti-coagulation/ thrombosis team and the haemophilia / haemostasis team
2. To lead the team with existing Haemostasis and thrombosis consultants to ensure readily available haematology expertise in the provision of laboratory haemostasis and thrombosis interpretation and management of pathology results.
3. To assist in the development of anticoagulant and thrombosis services with the Anticoagulant team involving delivering education in the Trust and primary care to ensure compliance with National standards and improve patient safety.
4. To support the implementation of National guidance on the prevention of hospital acquired venous thromboembolism, working with the Hospital Thrombosis team in development, dissemination and audit of best practice.
5. To ensure provision of a high standard of practice of laboratory diagnostic haematology services in partnership with the South West London Pathology Network, working in conjunction with the other haematology consultants to ensure comprehensive cover for the laboratory.
6. To provide clinical haematology services as part of the non-malignant haematology team working in conjunction with the other haematology consultants.
7. To work with the laboratory manager, scientific team and clinical lead to ensure compliancy with CPA standards and are updated in line with current best practice.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full details of the role can be found in the job description attached. Any further questions specific to the role can be redirected to the service.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* MRCP (or equivalent)
* FRCPath in Haematology (or equivalent)
* Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview)
* 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
* Experience of the full range of laboratory haematology disciplines with general haematology.
* Higher degree (e.g. MD, PhD) relevant to haematology, transplantation, or myeloma
Experience
* Experience in diagnostic and clinical haematology
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients with haematological conditions
* Experience of clinical audit
* Have 6 months experience working in a specialist haemostasis centre
Knowledge / Management
* FRCPath in Haematology
* Knowledge of the processes and function of clinical governance
* Evidence of CPD in non-malignant haematology
Personal / Skills
* Able to take responsibility, show leadership and make decisions
* Have demonstrated an ability to work co-operatively with other colleagues and in multi-disciplinary teams.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email or via NHS Jobs.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
* The machine readable zone
* An ultra violet image
* An infra red image
As part of you pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require atleast one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
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