A six-month locum consultant post in The Christie's haematology team at Leighton Hospital, run in collaboration with Mid-Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The work is consultant-level support for outpatient clinics, inpatient care and GP advice, with core membership of the haematology and lymphoma multidisciplinary teams. The post is 10 programmed activities a week plus on call, with 7-day consultant working and the option to develop a special interest. Fit depends on FRCP or MRCP, FRCPath and a current GMC licence to practise.
What the job involves
- Provide consultant-level support to The Christie clinical haematology service at Leighton Hospital
- Implement best practice in haematology
- Run three outpatient clinics a week
- Be responsible for outpatients attending the Macmillan Cancer Care Unit for treatment
- Provide specialist input into the care of inpatients at Leighton Hospital
- Give haematology advice to local GPs, joining the existing consultant rota to cover this
- Be a core member of the haematology and lymphoma multidisciplinary teams
- Take part in planned weekday and weekend clinical activity across 7 days
- Provide on-call cover
- Develop a special interest suited to the post holder and the service's unmet needs
What’s required
Qualifications
- FRCP or MRCP, or equivalent
- FRCPath, or equivalent
Registration & licences
- GMC registration with a licence to practise
Experience
- Training and expertise in clinical and laboratory haematology
- Clinical experience in general haematology, blood transfusion, coagulation and malignant haematology
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates and postgraduates
- Clinical leadership and people management
- Implementing policies and plans, allocating resources and managing performance
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Keeping up to date with medical advances through continuing professional development
- Knowledge of the core legal, ethical and political issues governing medical practice
- Building effective teams and partnerships, and compatibility with colleagues
Other
- Flexibility and adaptability to change
- Working under pressure
- Acting with integrity towards patients and staff
- Willingness to travel to other sites, and to return to site within about 60 minutes when on call
Nice to have
- Additional research or teaching qualification
- MD or PhD
- Recent or current research and/or relevant publications
- Management training
- Teaching for Teachers or a similar course
- Teaching qualification
What’s offered
- Flexibility considered for those unable to work full-time for personal reasons
- Opportunity to develop a special interest
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
