Job summary
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.

About us
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.

Job 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

• 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

• 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 Experience
• Experience in good and empathic communication with patients and families with complex information and support needs.

Audit Management & IT
Essential

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

Desirable

• Experience of Quality Improvement Projects

Research. Teaching skill & experience
Essential

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

Desirable

• Higher degree MD or PhD

Personal Qualities
Essential

• 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

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).