Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a candidate interested in a 12-month fixed-term locum consultant haematologist post at Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
You will provide a weekly new patient clinic, a weekly lymphoma clinic and a weekly AML/MDS clinic. You would be expected to attend the weekly malignant MDT. There is the opportunity to develop your own interest.
A commitment to attend ward patients is required. This is undertaken on a 2-week block rolling rota shared with other consultants. Full ward rounds will be undertaken twice a week when you are allocated to ward cover, with daily reviews required for new admissions and unstable patients. During weeks off ward cover, the dedicated full ward-round time will be allocated SPA time.
You will have designated time to support the laboratory, the primary care advice and guidance which are also undertaken on a rolling rota.
We have an active local interest in maintaining diagnostics expertise through in-house reporting of bone marrows and weekly morphology review meeting. If you wish, you can have the opportunity to participate in this diagnostic service, although this is not mandatory. There is a dedicated in-house haematological histopathologist. Barts Health provide the SIHMDS.
You will be expected to attend and participate in the weekly morphology meeting and core medical trainee and specialist haematology trainee teaching programme in addition to being a clinical supervisor for junior doctors. You will have the opportunity to be an educational supervisor if you wish.
You will be expected to participate in the on-call rota (overnight weekday and weekends) on a 1:6 cover.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the.
We run a in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited. We’re proud to be a employer.
Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached JD for full details.
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential criteria
1. MRCP / FRCPath or equivalent
2. Full and Specialist registration and a license to practice
3. Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or CCT date is within six months of interview
4. Fully competent in bone marrow aspirate and biopsy, lumbar puncture
5. Understand and be competent at management of all aspects of general and malignant haematology
Desirable criteria
6. Experience of teaching and supervision of medical students and trainees
7. Formal training in management
8. Evidence of having undertaken audit work that has brought about change
Applicant requirements
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.