# Consultant Haematologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-haematologist/864f2ab7-307d-4c25-a076-7f52cc557984 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-haematologist/864f2ab7-307d-4c25-a076-7f52cc557984.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Torbay Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Haematology - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T12:10:41.395Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Devon/Torquay/Torbay_South_Devon_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical_Dental/Medical_Dental-v8293644 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8293644?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer the opportunity to combine a rewarding job in haematology with an unrivalled lifestyle in the heart of one of the most beautiful areas of the country; with easy access to the coast and Dartmoor for those interested in more active out of work pursuits and the cities of Exeter and Plymouth for cultural activities. We are looking for the equivalent of 2 full-time consultants (20 PAs) following the recent retirement of one colleague and expansion of the team to help with current and future service provision. This could either be as a 10 PA post or part-time posts and discussions around this would be encouraged prior to interview. We are looking for general haematologists with a current special interest or willingness to develop a special interest in either malignant or classical/medical haematology. There are currently five haematologists, in addition to the above, providing an on-call service covering a population of around 300,000. The successful applicant will join our team of 5 consultants: - Dr Heather Eve- Lead for myeloma - Dr Barry Jackson- Clinical lead and lead for haemophilia, transfusion and MPN - Dr Tom Skinner- MDT and clinical governance lead - Dr Deborah Turner- Lead for lymphoma - Dr Rui Zhao- Lead for acute leukaemia and transplantation ### Main duties of the job We are seeking individuals to join our team at Torbay as a substantive haematology consultant. As a department we recognise that individual job satisfaction and achieving a healthy work/life balance is vital to maintaining a successful haematology teams for the future so we would encourage any interested applicant to visit our department where we can discuss how this role could fit your needs. You will be expected to join the senior medical team in running outpatient clinics, supporting patients having day case and inpatient haemato-oncology treatment by providing high-quality consultant delivered care including clinical leadership, supervision of resident medical staff and supporting our laboratory team. You will be proactive in ensuring that all patients receive rapid assessment, treatment and clinical decision making. - Take ownership for and deliver your own workload - Contribute to the medical leadership, management and innovation within haematology services. - Offer support and training to all non-consultant grade doctors within the unit, including clinical and educational supervision - Promote inter-disciplinary working in the department and across the hospital. - To ensure that current standards and evidence-based practice are applied. - Participate in clinical audit program, including both departmental and multidisciplinary - audit. - Contribute to research and innovative practice within haematology. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Specific skills **Essential** - - Ability to organise a practice in an efficient manner with due attention to timeliness and dealing with administration and enquiries **Desirable** - - Management experience - - Interested in taking on a management role ### Clinical Experience **Essential** - - Able and experienced to run a SACT service - - Able to offer expert clinical opinion - - Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients - - Excellent communication skills **Desirable** - - Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and post graduates - - A special interest to compliment other consultant colleagues e.g - Transfusion/Laboratory ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Honesty and reliability - Willingness to work flexibly according to the needs of the service, observing National Trust, and departmental guidelines - Enquiring, critical, approach to work - Caring attitude to patients - Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other professional staff and agencies - Commitment to continuing medical education ### Qualifications and training **Essential** - - Full registration with the GMC with licence to practice (or to be eligible for registration within six months of interview.) - - MRCP and FRCPath (or equivalent) **Desirable** - Higher degree ## Documents - [jdps - consultant haematologist (pdf, 712.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10612047) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.