Requirement for a Clinical Haematologist Consultant
| Job Type | Locum |
| Location | North London, London |
| Area | London, England |
| Sector | General Practitioners |
| Salary | NEGOTIABLE D.E RATES |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | remoteapi |
| Job Ref | JS_CONS_HAEMA_1727281026 |
| Job Views | 63 |
- Description
- Post Details
Job Title: Consultant Haematologist
Division: Medicine and Urgent Care
Professionally Accountable to: Medical Director
Responsible to: Clinical Director & Divisional Director
Type of contract: Substantive
Number of Pa's: 10 PAs
Base: North Middlesex University Hospital
Duties of the post
The successful applicant will join a friendly and dynamic team to provide a full range of Clinical Haematology services at NMUH.
The post-holder will have a comprehensive training in haematology and will be capable of handling the range of clinical and laboratory haematology problems that occur in the setting on a district general hospital.
The post-holder will have an interest in red cell disorders and will have an active co-leadership role in developing the red cell services at the NMUH site and in the community. They will also collaborate actively with other colleagues with the Red Cell Network (RCN) and the HCC to ensure provision of excellent red cell care at NMUH.
They will undertake at least one weekly red cell outpatient clinic.
They will provide clinical leadership and oversight for patients attending the Sickle and Thalassaemia Day Unit and the proposed hyperacute sickle unit (HASU).
They will also be encouraged to contribute to develop areas of interest of their own preference, subject to discussion with the clinical and divisional leads, with a focus on non-malignant haematology (e.g diagnostic haematology and thrombosis) or malignant haematology and work alongside other consultants within the Department to review a proportion of the Haematology referrals from primary care and from within the Trust, including two-week wait referrals.
An interest in education is highly desirable and the postholder will be expected to take up a lead role in supporting teaching for UCL and St George's University (Granada) undergraduate medical students who regularly rotate within the Department.
The appointee will be expected to work with other specialities to develop service pathways and to develop the department's research portfolio in non-malignant haematology.
The appointee will be expected to contribute to further development of services to deliver the highest quality of clinical care and to help maintain the haematology department's reputations as centres of excellence in service delivery, teaching, research, and training.
General Responsibilities as Consultant in Haematology
Consultants have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of their department. They are expected to undertake administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their clinical departments. The post holder will share with their consultant colleagues the full range of clinical, laboratory and teaching/training workload of the department. The appointee is expected to work with Consultant colleagues to ensure adequate clinical input and support for the routine and emergency work offered at NMUH by the RRL. They will supervise trainees in blood and bone marrow morphology reporting on dedicated weekday sessions and out-of-hours when on-call.
The following is not an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties of a consultant. The appointee is expected to:
* Provide senior clinician services to clinical haematology as per job plan or as agreed within the
Trust.
* Provide senior clinician services to area of special interest as per the job plan or as agreed within
the Trust. The appointee is expected to provide expertise and leadership on thrombosis,
laboratory and transfusion matters and work with colleagues to ensure the most efficient use of
NHS resources.
* Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trust's resources and
contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality
enhancement projects in the unit.
* Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions at
the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
* Actively participate in the Unit's Teaching Programme and undertake supervision, teaching and
training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the
relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies.
* Actively participate in clinical governance, including development of guidelines, quality
improvement and CPD.
