Consultant Paediatric Haematologist
The closing date is 26 May 2026
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
The post is part of the service development to centralise and develop paediatric haematology, to consolidate expertise in the department and will focus primarily on non-malignant haematology and leukaemia. The Great North Children's Hospital provides specialist paediatric haematology across a large area encompassing the North East and North West of England with most of the care being delivered centrally. Newcastle is the regional sickle cell and haemoglobinopathy centre with a designated Specialist Haemoglobinopathy Team; it is a high prevalence area for haemoglobinopathy for pregnancy screening. Over the last five years, there has been a rapid growth in haemoglobinopathy patients within the region and referrals are continuing to rise requiring significant development of the service. We are looking for motivated individuals to help drive forward this exciting phase within paediatric haematology in Newcastle. The candidate must be able to evidence relevant expertise and training. The post is open to those who hold FRCPath (or equivalent) and have relevant paediatric experience, as well as candidates who have trained as paediatricians and can demonstrate relevant training in haematology.
Main duties of the job
The post will help to develop the regional paediatric haematology service after centralisation of services into one department based in the Great North Children's Hospital. This follows expansion of patient numbers and will allow consolidation of consultant areas of interest feeding into the stem cell transplant and cellular therapies service.
Depending on the interests and expertise of the candidates this may include clinical management of patients with non-malignant conditions including haemoglobinopthies and malignant haematological disorders.
Haemostasis and Thrombosis services are provided by the adult haematology team in Royal Victoria Infirmary and are not included in the paediatric haematology service.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
* Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
* Freeman Hospital
* Newcastle Dental Hospital
* Newcastle Fertility Centre
* Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
* Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Job responsibilities
Clinical
The main focus of the post is to support and develop the non-malignant service including laboratory, consultative as well as malignant haematology.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
* Primary Medical Qualification.
* Full GMC Registration.
* Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
* Special skills and training in Paediatric Haematology.
* A minimum of 12 months' experience in paediatric haematology (applicants without MRCPCH are recommended to have a minimum of 2 years paediatric haematology experience).
* Higher Degree.
* FRCPath or equivalent
Clinical Experience
* Wide experience of clinical and laboratory haematology.
* Specific experience and interest in Paediatric Haematology.
* Paediatric Haematology training in a recognised training centre.
* Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of children with haematological illness referred to a tertiary centre.
* Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion in children with haematological illness.
Management and Administration Experience
* Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
* Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
* An understanding of Clinical Governance.
* Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
* Evidence of leadership / project management.
* Evidence of having implemented change.
* Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
* Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
* Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
* Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
* Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
* Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
* Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
* Research/critical review of literature.
* Peer reviewed publications in Haematology or other relevant journals
* Publications in the last two years as first or senior author.
Audit
* Evidence of participation in audit.
* Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
* Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
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.
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