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Job summary

Main area
Haematology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Job share
  • Flexible working
8 sessions per week (Pro Rata)
Job ref
344-5619CONDCB
Employer
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Town
Canterbury
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/02/2025 23:59

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Consultant Haematologist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

The Trust faced a number of challenges in the delivery of cancer access standards. The creation of a Cancer Services Care Group with a dedicated leadership team has enabled the Trust to focus on ensuring it not only achieves these standards, but develops a strategy to enable it to deliver excellent services to the populations it serves. This approach has already led to significant improvement in achievement of the cancer standards over the past year.  The care group continues to develop its strategies to ensure this progress continues into the future.

The Haematology department provides a comprehensive clinical and laboratory service for patients across East Kent. Inpatients for haematology and haemophilia are centralised at Kent and Canterbury Hospital.  Nineteen subspecialised outpatient clinics are held per week and delivered on all four sites.

Main duties of the job

This post is a part time (8 PA) role, job share will be welcomed

  • Provide inpatient and outpatient care as appropriate. Undertaking 3 haemato-oncology clinics per week, at Kent and Canterbury hospital and Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother hospital at Margate. In addition, there is a 1 in 6 attendance for Lymphadenopathy cause clinic. Attending weekly multidisciplinary team ward rounds as well as participating in a 1 in 6 ward attending rota and on call rota. There are separate on call rotas for Haem-oncology/general and coagulation teams.  There is a full middle grade on call rota in addition to whom we provide support.
  • Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care
  • Provide clinical interpretation of haematological laboratory tests and provide advice to clinical colleagues
  • Conduct clinical practice in accordance with the highest ethical and clinical governance standards
  • Provide support to other clinical specialities
  • Participation in clinical audit and other departmental clinical governance activities, and activities to support appraisal and revalidation
  • Regularly attending multidisciplinary team and clinical governance meetings
  • The post-holder may be required to undertake other duties appropriate for a consultant haematologist not otherwise specified

Working for our organisation

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with three acute hospitals and community sites serving a local population of around 700,000. We also provide specialist services for Kent and Medway.

We’re on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work, there’s never been a better time to join us. 

Through our Family First scheme we pledge to find roles for partners of consultants offered a substantive post - For more information please visit https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/careers/family-first-scheme/ 

We also offer removal expenses (substantive positions), up to 32 days’ annual leave and active support for study, quality improvement and patient safety work as part of our ‘We care’ improvement journey, and medical education and research.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review the Supporting Documents section to access the full Job Description and Person Specification. If you have further queries please do not hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details at the top the page.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

*Please note that the set Interview Date has been added as guidance and may be subject to change. 

Person specification

Qualifications and training

Essential criteria
  • Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council
  • 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 by date of interview
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • FRCPath or equivalent
  • Minimum of English Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent), ILETS, or graduate of a UK Medical School

Skills and experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of diagnosing and treating haemato-oncology disorders
  • Evidence of laboratory experience

Clinical governance

Essential criteria
  • Consistently safe
  • Vigilant about safety
  • Reassuringly professional
  • Listen and clearly communicate

Personal/professional attributes

Essential criteria
  • Welcoming and polite
  • Attentive and helpful
  • Respect people and their dignity
  • Work as a team
  • Take responsibility
  • Be a leader
  • Respect others’ time
  • Speak up on behalf of those who can’t

Other requirements

Essential criteria
  • Most roles require an on-call commitment and travel across sites. Candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to travel effectively between sites
  • Upholds and models the Trust values

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardThe Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion is the leading employer network covering all aspects of equality and inclusion in the workplace.Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerThe Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (enei) is the UK's leading employer network covering all aspects of equality and inclusion issues in the workplace.Prince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itStep into healthHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces Covenant

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Catherine Roughley
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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