Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a candidate interested in a consultant haematologist post at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. We are looking for an enthusiastic haematologist to join our well established, dedicated and supportive team. The successful candidate will join a team of eight consultants supported by four registrars from the North East London rotation and five clinical fellows to serve a population of 750,000. Any consultant who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. There is a designated microbiology laboratory with direct consultant microbiologist support and a very busy histopathology department.

Main Duties of the Job

• Triage of electronic referrals from primary care including advice to GP colleagues, and acceptance of appropriate referrals on routine, urgent and suspected cancer pathways
• Undertake three outpatient clinics per week
• Attend and participate in an MDT relevant to your specialist area
• Support the diagnostic service and complete in-house reporting of bone marrows; attend and participate in weekly morphology review
• Manage acutely unwell patients on the dedicated haematology and oncology ward as well as outlying wards and the day unit. Duties include a daily board round on Sky B and a ward round twice a week
• Participate in the on-call rota 1:7.5
• Participate in the core medical trainee and specialist haematology trainee teaching programme in addition to being a clinical supervisor for junior doctors
• Where appropriate contribute to the existing clinical trials programme
• Comply with the structures and requirements for clinical governance within the Trust including but not exclusively attendance at local morbidity and mortality meetings, timely investigation and response to complaints and incidents, participation in collection and analysis of patient and carer feedback

About Us

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an organisation that is getting better and better. We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer. For more information, visit our website: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal].

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience (Essential)

• Full and Specialist registration and a license to practice
• MRCP / FRCPath or equivalent
• Fully competent in bone marrow aspirate and biopsy, lumbar puncture
• Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or CCT date is within six months of interview
• Understand and be competent at management of all aspects of general and malignant haematology

Desirable

• Experience of teaching and supervision of medical students and trainees
• Formal training in management
• Evidence of having undertaken audit work that has brought about change

Additional Information

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a DBS check. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] welcomes applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship. For more information, visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

For questions about the job, contact: Sarah Rust, Medical Staffing Coordinator at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] or [contact hidden].

Employer Details

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Address: Haematology Medical Staff, Queens Hospital, Romford, RM7 0AG

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