Consultant Haematologist

Job overview

Consultant Haematologist Frimley Health NHS Trust (Wexham Park Hospital)

We are pleased to receive applications for a new substantive full time (10 PA) consultant haematologist (due to restructuring of working hours in existing consultant team) based at Wexham Park Hospital, Berkshire.

You would join a consultant team of 6 who have day to day responsibility for haematology patients admitted to Eden ward, which has single room ensuite facilities, with a well-staffed chemotherapy day unit adjacent to the ward.

The inpatient cohort is BSH level 3. Out of hours on-site cover is provided by the medical team ’on-take’, with advice from the consultant haematologist on call.

Main duties of the job

This is a Consultant Haematologist post to join a successful and well-respected team of 6 other Consultant Haematologists at Wexham Park Hospital, created due to a planned restructuring of departmental job plans. The job comprises 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), although less than full time working may be discussed.

The post will include management of general haematology, malignant haematology, immunohaematology and red cell haematology patients via outpatient clinics, inpatient admissions and the haematology day unit.

On call consultants are expected to undertake a daily weekend ward round of haematology patients on Eden ward, unless these duties have been delegated to a registrar.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The basis of the post is 10 programmed activities, of which is to include 1.5 SPA. Proportionally more SPA time may be agreed if additional roles are undertaken.

The job plan will be reviewed initially with the Lead Haematologist's, followed as required by the Chiefs of Service for Medicine and Pathology. All changes would be by mutual agreement. Appraisals and revalidation take place regularly. Changes having budgetary or contractual implications would also need the agreement of the Chief Executive.

All members of the department are encouraged to take study leave and will be expected to fulfill Royal College CPD requirements.

It is assumed that every member of the Department will play a full part in formal and informal teaching of medical and other staff and this is recognised as part of Supporting Professional Activities. There may be scope to increase the allocation if the successful candidate is to take on an Education Supervisor role of medical trainees or another recognised role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MRCP or equivalent and FRCPath or equivalent
• Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview)
• Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview
• Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT

• Higher degree e.g. MD, PhD

SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES FOR ROLE

• Able to evaluate own clinical practice
• Able to demonstrate innovative thinking
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to organise and develop service provision
• Management – understanding the structures of NHS hospitals and willing to play a role in the Department and in the Hospital
• Ability to be proactive
• Demonstrate being an effective and flexible team member
• Able to demonstrate leadership qualities

PROFESSIONAL/ SPECIALIST/ FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in laboratory and clinical aspects of Haematology
• Willingness to be involved in teaching at undergraduate and post graduate levels as necessary including laboratory scientists in Haematology
• Understand principles and participated in audit activity, and participation in audit projects related to haematological practice
• Understand the principles of Clinical Governance and demonstrate experience of evidence based practice

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to travel to offsite clinics, and other hospitals aligned to BSPS

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.