Consultant Haematologist (Myeloma and General Haematology)

East of England, East of England

Permanent

£99,532 to £131,964

Doctor - Other

Consultant Haematologist (Myeloma and General Haematology)

Job summary

Applications are invited for a Consultant Haematologist with an interest in Myeloma and General Haematology to join University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB). This post will work across UHB sites and will join a team of 36 Consultants that deliver an integrated UHB Clinical Haematology service.

UHB Haematology delivers care services to a local population across Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and Solihull. The service is also a tertiary centre providing specialised services to the West Midlands region including Level 3 & 4 Stem Cell transplantation, CAR-T cell therapy, Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) cancer care, Apheresis, Comprehensive Haemophilia Centre, specialist integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service (siHMDS) and a nationally recognised active academic programme. Inpatient care is based principally at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham site and there is an additional dedicated Young Persons Unit for TYA care.

There are well developed chemotherapy day-case and laboratory Haematology services across the hospital sites in Birmingham: Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Heartlands Hospital (BHH), Good Hope Hospital (GHH) and non-acute Solihull Hospital (SH). There is a network of outpatient clinics, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) led services, and Acute Oncology Service (AOS) provision at all sites. The service co-locates clinical and research staff from the NHS and University of Birmingham.

Main duties of the job

Clinical

The appointee should be able to demonstrate experience and specific interest in the management of patients with haematological disorders, including management of Myeloma and General Haematology. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop disease specific areas of interest, working alongside the malignant and non-malignant teams across sites.

Inpatients

The appointee will participate in the attending and on-call rota for the QEH site but supported by and working with clinical teams trust-wide. At BHH and GHH sites, the contribution is generally consultative to busy specialist teams and advising on outliers and inpatients suspected of haematological disorders.

Outpatients

The appointee will be expected to participate in 3-4 clinics per week, within Myeloma and General Haematology. Consideration for other subspecialist workload could be considered, depending on applicants experience to date. The delivery of outpatient activity will include opportunities to support clinical trial recruitment roles within the department.

There will be the integrated HCT weekly, plus monthly quality meetings, educational sessions, journal clubs and mortality and morbidity meetings.

There will also be an expectation to undertake on-call commitments.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.

*Experience in the management of patients with haematological disorders including VTE

*Knowledge of the processes and function of clinical governance

*Ability to work in a team.

*Good interpersonal skills.

*Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, carers and other health professionals.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Full registration with the GMC with licence to practice.
*Be on the GMC Specialist Register or be within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview.
*MRCP (or equivalent)
*FRCPath (or equivalent)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 .

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 .