Consultant Haematologist X 2 - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Birmingham

University Hospitals Birmingham

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Job summary:

The successful applicants will join a team of 34 Consultant Haematologists to deliver an integrated UHB Clinical Haematology Service. UHB Haematology Service delivers specialist Haematology care across Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull and Good Hope Hospitals.

Specialist services are delivered across the West Midlands region, including Level 3 and Level 4 stem cell transplants, CAR-T Cell Therapy, Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) cancer care, apheresis, Comprehensive Haemophilia Centre, a specialist integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service and a national recognised academic and research programme.

Specialist inpatient care is delivered at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEHB) with a dedicated Young Persons Unit for TYA care and inpatient care is also delivered across the Heartlands and Good Hope hospitals.

Main duties, tasks & skills required:

The Haematology Service compromises of bespoke chemotherapy day-case and laboratory Haematology facilities across the acute hospital sites of Birmingham: Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Heartlands Hospital (BHH), Good Hope Hospital (GHH) and non-acute Solihull Hospital (SH).

There is a network of outpatient clinics, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) led services, and Acute Oncology Service (AOS) provision at all sites.

The service co-locates clinical and research staff from the NHS and University of Birmingham.

Applicants must have full and specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) and a license to practice, hold MRCP and FRC Path or equivalents and be on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of attaining their CCT at the time of the interview.

Applicants would ideally have experience of original scientific research (have a higher research degree, MD/ PhD) and teaching experience.

About us:

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment.

This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work.

This is more than words. We are taking action.

Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO.

We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description:

Clinical

In keeping with the department's ambition as a teaching hospital, the appointees will have the opportunity to engage in research and clinical trials.

There will also be the opportunity to collaborate with Researchers within the University of Birmingham (UoB), the Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit and the Institute for Translational Medicine.

There will also be a weekly session dedicated to Laboratory Haematology, including reporting of blood films.

In line with the Trusts dedication to clinical training and development, there will be opportunity to supervise training grade doctors.

On-call

For the ward attending commitments, the appointees will be expected to provide reciprocal cover for periods of leave.

Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
Experience in the management of patients with general haematological disorders and haematological malignancies.
Specialist interest in lymphoma.
Knowledge of the processes and function of clinical governance.

Person specification:

Qualifications:

Essential:

Full registration with the GMC with licence to practice.
Be on the GMC Specialist Register or be within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview.
MRCP (or equivalent)
FRC Path (or equivalent)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

Certificate of Sponsorship:

UK Professional Registration:

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.