This 12-month fixed-term locum consultant post in haematology sits at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich, within Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. The work spans general and haemato-oncology services, inpatient care and laboratory haematology, including blood films, bone marrow and transfusion. Ten programmed activities a week, a 1-in-5 on-call rota and cross-cover at the other site set it apart, along with leadership of service developments. Full GMC registration with a licence to practise and a CCT, or equivalence for non-UK trained applicants, is required.
What the job involves
- Provide general haematology and haemato-malignancy services from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, supporting trust patients, GPs and Oxleas Mental Health Trust across a population of about 800,000
- Take an equal share of inpatient haematology, including Level 2B
- Take a share of laboratory haematology, including blood films, bone marrow and transfusion management
- Share running of the haematology service, clinically and in the laboratory, with other consultants
- Contribute to clinical leadership of service developments, including a sickle cell emergency bypass unit and expanded treatment capacity
- Take part in the on-call rota on a 1-in-5 basis at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Provide cross-cover at the other site where required
- Take part in managerial duties in the department and trust
- Take part in clinical governance and audit using trust facilities
- Teach and train junior doctors, medical students, laboratory staff and other healthcare professionals
- Take continuing responsibility for own patients and work with colleagues towards the optimal functioning of the department
- Undergo annual appraisal and timely revalidation, and undertake CPD as the College requires
What’s required
Qualifications
- MBBS, MRCP and FRCPath, or equivalents
Registration & licences
- Full specialist GMC registration with a licence to practise, or eligible within six months of interview
- CCT, or within six months of award by interview (UK trained)
- Evidence of equivalence to UK CCT (non-UK trained)
Experience
- Experience across clinical and laboratory haematology, with a broad base in adult haematology service delivery
- Experience of teaching junior doctors and other staff
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of the principles of audit and evidence of taking part in audit projects
- Understanding of research principles, scientific method and interpreting literature
- Good written and verbal communication
- Good personal management skills, and IT skills for day-to-day work
Checks & eligibility
- Satisfactory Occupational Health clearance
Other
- Evidence of leadership and organisational ability
- Able to take responsibility and cope with stressful situations
- Able to build good professional relationships within the multidisciplinary team
- Sympathetic approach to patients and relatives
- Postgraduate communication skills course, or completed within one year of appointment
Nice to have
- Additional degrees, such as BSc, MSc, MD or PhD
- Specialist interest in haemoglobinopathies
- General haematology service overview
- Experience of NHS structures and governance
- Evidence of devising and conducting audit
- Evidence of managing change in a service
- Completed course or certificate in teaching or training
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
What’s offered
- CME and CPD funded by the trust
- Annual and study leave covered internally, with no locum cover
- Consideration for less than full-time working, with job content modified on a personal basis
- Access to four staff networks and the corporate EDI programmes
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
