Consultant Haematologist
Job overview
We’re looking for a highly motivated Consultant Haematologist to join our friendly and dynamic department at Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, part of the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Group.
You’ll work alongside four experienced Consultant Haematologists to deliver comprehensive general and BSH Level 2b Haemato-oncology care, covering a broad spectrum of malignant and non-malignant haematology. This is a replacement post offering the chance to take ownership of specialist interests such as lymphoma, leukaemia, coagulation, or haemostasis.
What we’re looking for:A passionate and collaborative clinician with excellent diagnostic, laboratory, and patient management skills. You’ll be GMC registered (or within 6 months of CCT), confident working in an MDT environment, and eager to contribute to service development, clinical governance, and education.
What we offer:
- A well-established, supportive department with a strong multidisciplinary structure and a reputation for excellence
- Opportunities to lead and shape service development and clinical trials through our active R&D programme
- Academic links with the University of Leicester, offering teaching and research collaboration opportunities
- Access to modern, well-equipped facilities, including a 10-bed Haematology ward, dedicated chemotherapy suite, and newly developed outpatient services
Main duties of the job
You’ll be responsible for delivering high-quality, consultant-led Haematology services for both inpatients and outpatients across North Northamptonshire and neighbouring regions. Working within an integrated MDT framework, you will:
- Provide expert care across general and malignant Haematology, including Haemato-oncology, coagulation, and transfusion services
- Participate in the 1:4 consultant on-call rota, with appropriate middle-grade support
- Lead and contribute to outpatient clinics, ward rounds, bone marrow lists, and the Haematology MDT
- Offer clinical advice and interpretation of Haematology investigations to medical colleagues across the Trust and in primary care
- Take an active role in clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement initiatives
- Support and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, with opportunities for involvement in research and clinical trials
- Participate in service development, bringing forward ideas for innovation and pathway improvement
You’ll be joining a department that values professional growth, collaboration, and compassionate leadership. In return, you’ll find autonomy, academic partnership, and a culture that puts patients — and people — first.
Working for our organisation
Kettering is centrally located with easy access to London in less than 1 hour by rail. By road, Kettering is within easy reach of 5 international airports and 75% of the country can be reached within 2 hours.
The Trust is going through a period of transformation and improvements will lead to a stronger focus on providing Safe and Compassionate care to our patients and this will give you the opportunity to learn, develop and expand your career. We believe that providing excellent education, training and development for our staff is essential.We offer a wide range of benefits, for example access to childcare vouchers, home-electronic scheme giving you discounted prices for home –electronics, salary sacrifice for cars and access to staff discount for local restaurants and gyms. So while we aim to continue improving, you can improve your skills too - within a professionally challenging yet exciting environment.
Kettering has good links with Leicester Medical School and awarded affiliated teaching hospital status. Kettering receives medical students from the medical school for teaching and training as well as foundation doctors, core and specialty trainees on rotation from HEEM (Health Education England, East Midlands).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information. Details about the Trusts can be found in the additional Recruitment Pack.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria- FRCPath or equivalent qualification
- MRCP or equivalent qualifications
- MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification.
- Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practice) with the GMC (or eligible for registration within 6 months of interview)
- Postgraduate Degree (MSc, MD, PhD or equivalent)
- Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or within 6 months of award of CCT or equivalent by date of interview
Knowledge / Experience
Essential criteria- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of Haematological conditions
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Haematology
Important Information
Applications will be transferred to TRAC system, by completing an application your are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data.
Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
We welcome applications from members of our black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, especially in relation to senior posts within at KGH.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
Appointments will be made on merit.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Kettering General Hospital (KGH) NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training record.
If you need to have a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, as a requirement of the role, you will be required to repay the cost of obtaining a DBS check (£49.50) and this amount will be reclaimed from your first salary. From 1st February 2019 all new starters to the Trust are required to join the DBS update service as per Trust DBS Re-checking Policy which has an annual cost of £16.New employees who do not join the update service will be required to pay £49.50 for a new DBS check in 3 years time.
Please note that news starters with KGH are subject to a six month probationary period.
Please ensure that the information you provide on your application form is correct, accurate and that nothing has been omitted. Any information that is stated in your application form in relation to qualifications/training courses/work/education experience/references must be able to be evidenced.Failure to do so may result if your offer being withdrawn.
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We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
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