Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology
- Grade
- Specialist Grade
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 408-24-1126
- Employer
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Arrowe Park Hospital
- Town
- Wirral
- Salary
- £96,990 - £107,155 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Haematology Specialist Doctor
Specialist Grade
Apprenticeship Eligibility Criteria
Should this vacancy be recruited as an apprenticeship, the following criteria will apply:
UK nationals or other persons with a right of abode have an eligible residency status if they have been ordinarily resident in the UK or the British Overseas Territories, or the Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for at least the previous 3 years on the first day of the apprenticeship.
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Job overview
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Haematology Specialist Doctor to join our friendly, dedicated, and enthusiastic clinical haematology team at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH).
This is a full time post, with a potential job plan outlined within the job description, but for negotiation with the successful candidates. The post holder will contribute to the provision of outpatient and inpatient care, participate in the out-of-hours on-call service and contribute to laboratory service. The successful candidates will also participate in the in-patient haematology referral reviews and consultant on-call rota, which will be a 1 in 6 frequency.
Our Haematology medical team at Wirral University Hospital Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, currently comprises of 4.0 WTE Haematology consultants covering Haematology services across Arrowe Park Hospital. This department is supported by one Specialist Registrar, two F2s and one CT2. In addition, there is one Nurse Consultant, 1.8 WTE Specialist Nurses and 1.0 WTE Support Nurses covering the Arrowe Park site.
The successful candidate will also be provided with a designated office, secretary and computer. All newly appointed colleagues will also be offered a consultant mentor.
Main duties of the job
The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.
- To at all times, comply with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time.
- To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
- To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with the Clinical Service Lead.
- To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director.
- On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust’s corporate Induction.
- To participate in the Trust’s Statutory & Mandatory training programme.
- To be responsible for the Clinical Management of all patients under your care.
- To work flexibly with colleagues to meet the needs of the service and achieve trust and national targets.
Working for our organisation
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Haematology Specialist Doctor position available at WUTH
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council
- Completion of general medical professional training with postgraduate qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- A minimum of 12 years’ medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of 10 years should have been in Haematology as the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. UK haematology experience essential
- Equivalent years’ experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted
- Shall meet the criteria set out in the Specialist grade generic capabilities framework.
- High standard of clinical skill and expertise in the specialty
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Able to contribute to the full range of skills required for the on-call rota for the specialty
Professional values and behaviours, skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Practises with the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework
- Demonstrates the underpinning subject-specific competences i.e. knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope
- Clinically evaluates and manages a patient, formulating a prioritised differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan, and reviewing and adjusting this depending on the outcomes of treatment
- Manages the difficulties of dealing with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients; employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent/ autonomous practitioner
- Critically reflects on own competence, understands own limits, and seeks help when required
- Communicates effectively and is able to share decision making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management
- Respects patients’ dignity, ensures confidentiality and appropriate communication where potentially difficult or where barriers exist
- Adheres to professional requirements, participating in annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression
- Awareness of legal responsibilities relevant to the role, such as around mental capacity and deprivation of liberty; data protection; equality and diversity
Leadership and teamworking
Essential criteria
- Awareness of leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour; managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others
- Develops effective relationships across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams – promotes and participates in both multidisciplinary and interprofessional team working
- Critically reflects on decision-making processes and explains those decisions to others in an honest and transparent way
- Critically appraises performance of self, colleagues or peers and systems to enhance performance and support development
- Demonstrates ability to challenge others, escalating concerns when necessary
- Develops practice in response to changing population health need, engaging in horizon scanning for future developments
Patient safety and quality improvement
Essential criteria
- Takes prompt action where there is an issue with the safety or quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns, through clinical governance systems, where necessary
- Applies basic human factors principles and practice at individual, team, organisation and system levels
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings, with respect for and recognition of the roles of other health professionals
- Advocates for, and contributes to, organisational learning
- Seeks feedback and involvement from individuals, families, carers, communities and colleagues in safety and quality service improvements reviews
- Leads new practice and service redesign in response to feedback, evaluation and need, promoting best practice
- Evaluates and audits own and others’ clinical practice and acts on the findings
- Reflects on personal behaviour and practice, responding to learning opportunities
- Critically appraises and synthesises the outcomes of audit, inquiries, critical incidents or complaints and implements appropriate changes
- Engages with relevant stakeholders to develop and implement robust governance systems and systematic documentation processes
Safeguarding vulnerable groups
Essential criteria
- Recognises and takes responsibility for safeguarding children, young people and adults, using appropriate systems for identifying, sharing information, recording and raising concerns, obtaining advice and taking action Applies appropriate equality and diversity legislation, including disability discrimination requirements, in the context of patient care
Education and training
Essential criteria
- Critically assesses own learning needs and ensures a personal development plan reflects both clinical practice and the relevant generic capabilities to lead and develop services
- Promotes and participates in individual and team learning; supporting the educational needs of individuals and teams for uni-professional, multidisciplinary and interprofessional learning
- Identifies and creates safe and supportive working and learning environments
- Can act as a role model, educator, supervisor, coach or mentor for medical and non-medical practitioners. Has experience in supervising specialist registrars and specialist nurses
- Creates effective learning opportunities and provides developmental feedback, both verbally and in writing, to Learners and doctors/dentists in training, as required by the role
- Plans and provides effective teaching and training activities as required by the role. Has experience of teaching postgraduate clinical haematology
- Understands how to raise concerns about the behaviour or performance of any learner who is under their clinical supervision (leadership)
- Takes part in patient education
Research and scholarship
Essential criteria
- Up-to-date with current research and best practice in the individual’s specific area of practice, through appropriate continuing professional development activities and their own independent study and reflection
- Critically appraises and understands the relevance of the literature, conducting literature searches and reviews; disseminates best practice including from quality improvement projects
- Locates and uses clinical guidelines appropriately
- Communicates and interprets research evidence in a meaningful way for patients to support shared decision making
- Works towards identifying the need for further research to strengthen the evidence base or where there are gaps in knowledge, networking with teams within and outside the organisation
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ranjit Dasgupta
- Job title
- Clinical Service Lead, Haematology
- Email address
- [email protected]
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