Consultant with a special interest in Haemophilia & Thrombosis

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Job overview:

• To work as part of an integrated clinical team responsible for co-ordinating the care of adults with thrombotic and bleeding disorders at GSTT.
• To further develop the Teenage/Young Adult Haemophilia and Thrombosis services.
• To contribute to clinical service management and overall service development at GSTT.
• To contribute to the KCL Undergraduate Haematology Education programme.
• To contribute to research in thrombotic and acquired bleeding disorders in adults.

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will be expected to run 4 clinics per week, and take part in an attending rota to review in-patients and provide support to the SpRs and Thrombosis nurse specialist in dealing with clinical queries.
• The post holder will also be expected to provide cover for the Haemophilia service including review of walk-in patients and support to the nursing staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice.
• To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
• To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

Research, Teaching and Training:

• Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
• To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.
• To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.

Performance Management:

• To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in clinical efficiency, quality of outcomes, financial management, and operational efficiency.

Medical Staff Management:

• To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors’ hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal.
• To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff.
• To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required.

Governance:

• To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate.
• Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
• To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.

Person specification:

• Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC).
• General Haematology training with good experience in managing thrombotic and acquired bleeding disorders.
• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.
• An MD or PhD in thrombotic or bleeding disorders.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs.