Job overview
The successful applicant will join the cellular therapy and the allogeneic bone marrow transplant team at UCLH and help to drive and develop this key service. UCLH is the UK’s largest specialist centre for treating people with cellular therapy. We offer expert medical and nursing care and provide access to a range of clinical trials. We are at the forefront of pioneering new treatments. We use approved treatments and clinical trials to provide the best possible care. We are committed to supporting and guiding you through every step of your treatment. The primary commitment will be supporting and developing the cellular therapy service at UCLH. There are three alloHSCT outpatient clinics per week (two follow up and one new patient clinic. The alloHSCT attending consultant also is responsible for immunotherapy inpatients. The post-holder will also be expected to take part in routine ad hoc duties relating to alloHSCT ( selecting and clearing donors, interacting with CNS team and referring clinicians regarding patient selection and work-up, JACIE-related activity including audit, teaching registrars both formally and informally, participating in service development). There is a weekly MDT and ad hoc service meetings. The appointee would be expected to support research within areas identified and develop their own particular area of interest.
Main duties of the job
The job plan is expected to comprise 10 Programmed Activities per week on average, to be carried out on UCLH site (with a potential minority component of home-working, to be agreed on appointment), with an on-call commitment. Clinical work will be outpatient-centred in the UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre and involve inpatient attending on a rotational basis. Active participation in the relevant MDTs, early and late phase trials and facilitating patient care with referring centres encouraged. Other roles include responsibility for developing and overseeing the quality management system and devising guidelines for the respective services. There will be an attending and on call commitment of approximately 1 in 7 frequency. giving a Category B supplement of 2%, although the exact frequency may vary. It is expected that the attending will be in alloHSCT/immunotherapy. Below is an outline programme of how a typical week might be arranged.
Mon
Tues
Weds
Thurs
Fri
Cellular Therapy Clinic
Ward round (when attending)
Cellular therapy meetings
Clinic admin
Governance meetings
AlloHSCT Clinic
Ward round (when attending)
SPA
SPA
SPA
AlloHSCT MDT
Lymphoma MDT
(Clinic)
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.