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Job summary

Main area
Haematology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract
2 years (fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
356-25-7054358
Employer
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Castle Hill Hospital
Town
Cottingham
Salary
£59,175 - £95,400 PA PR
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/04/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust logo

MTI Speciality Doctor in Haematology

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

Job overview

The International Training Fellow position is a 2-year training in haematology under the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Medical Training Initiative (MTI) scheme. The post offers a flexible role tailored to the candidate’s interests, involving collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality patient care. Responsibilities include clinical duties across inpatient and outpatient settings, participation in audits, appraisals, CPD, and administrative tasks. The fellow will rotate monthly through Myeloid, Lymphoid, Haemostasis & Thrombosis, and Laboratory/Transfusion specialties, with structured orientation and induction programs.

This post is open to overseas applicants who meet the eligibility for the Medical Training Initiative post only.

Main duties of the job

The role also includes on-call duties, covering haematology advice emails, and flexible cover for staff absences. Fellows are expected to engage in clinical meetings, audits, and potential sub-specialty training in the final six months. Study leave and CPD funding are provided, and the fellow will report to designated supervisors while promoting the Trust’s sustainability goals.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person specification

Professional Registration

Essential criteria
  • • Full Registration with the GMC before the post commences

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • • MBBS or equivalent qualification
  • • Internal Medicine Training or ACCS Internal Medicine
  • • Minimum 1 year work experience in haematology
Desirable criteria
  • • Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
  • • Postgraduate qualification in Haematology
  • • Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical and haematological conditions
  • • A bility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable criteria
  • • Ability to perform common procedures in Haematology, including bone marrow biopsies and intrathecal chemotherapy administration

Management and Administration Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
  • • Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable criteria
  • • Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential criteria
  • • Experience of supervising junior medical staff
  • • Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
  • • Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable criteria
  • • Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
  • • Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
  • • Original peer-reviewed research publications

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • • Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
  • • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary setting
  • • Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
  • • Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
  • • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable criteria
  • • Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Senthil Durairaj
Job title
Consultant in Haematology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01482 468400
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