Locum Consultant Haematologist

Job overview

Locum Consultant Haematologist – Special Interest in Malignant Haematology [Parental leave cover]

Bring your expertise to a team where specialist knowledge, collaboration and compassionate care come together.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Locum Consultant Haematologist with a special interest in Malignant Haematology to join our team at Whittington Health. This is an opportunity to deliver personalised care to a diverse North London population, with clinical activity across Whittington Health and University College London Hospitals (UCLH).

You will play a key role in our haemato-oncology service, working alongside consultant colleagues, specialist nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team. Your role will combine Malignant and General Haematology care, specialist outpatient clinics and inpatient management, with opportunities to contribute to teaching, research and service improvement.

Main duties of the job

Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties of the role

You will:

• Deliver Malignant and General Haematology care across outpatient, day-case and inpatient settings.
• Participate in specialist clinics, including myeloma and myeloproliferative neoplasms, and contribute to multidisciplinary treatment decisions.
• Provide inpatient care for patients with general and red cell haematological conditions during ward-attending duties.
• Join the consultant attending and on-call rota, currently 1 in 6 with prospective cover.
• Teach UCL medical students and support the supervision and development of junior doctors.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and research

The proposed job plan comprises 8 PAs for direct clinical care and 2 PAs for supporting professional activities.

Person specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full GMC Registration
• Specialist Registration (or be eligible for registration within three months of interview)
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or be within three months of award of CCT by date of interview or equivalent if non UK trained.
• FRCPath or show evidence of equivalent qualification
• MRCP or show evidence of equivalent qualification

Clinical Experience and Skills

Essential criteria

• Broad experience in clinical haematology
• Experience in managing sickle cell disease and thalassaemia syndromes
• Experience in managing complex thrombosis issues
• Experience in managing patients with haematological malignancies
• Transfusion ExperienceExperience in good and empathic communication with patients and families with complex information and support needs.

Audit Management & IT

Essential criteria

• Experience of audit and understanding of clinical governance especially as applied to the introduction or development of new techniques

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Quality Improvement Projects

Research. Teaching skill & experience

Essential criteria

• Understanding and knowledge of Research ethics
• Understanding and experience of research techniques
• Experience of entering patients into trials
• Experience in teaching and training

Desirable criteria

• Higher degree MD or PhD

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Communication; ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
• Accountability; ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
• Interpersonal Skills; ability to empathise and work co-operatively with others
• Evidence of good organisational ability
• An understanding of complex decision making to make best use of available resources

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.