Locum Consultant Haematologist

Job overview

This is a 12 month fixed term full-time post based at both Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital, which is part of North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust which was formed in April 2017 following a merger of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust.

The post holder will be expected to provide sessions at both hospitals to deliver Outpatient clinics, Day Unit, and Inpatient care of patients with both malignant and non-malignant haematological disorders. Duties will include offering Consultative Haematology services to other hospital clinicians and general practitioners and to provide Laboratory Haematology cover.

Main duties of the job

To join a busy and innovative department and Haematology team and provide clinical haematology care in the outpatient, inpatient and day unit setting. Support the management of patients in MDT. Work with colleagues within the trust and primary care to ensure timely care of patients. The role also includes laboratory responsibilities, support for clinical governance and audit, and education and training.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The appointee will have the opportunity to revise their job plan in consultation with consultant colleagues. The job plan equates to 9 PAs (7.5 Direct Clinical Care and 1.5 Supporting Professional Activities). The DCC includes participation on the acute haematology on call rota which is currently a 1:7 rota.

At present, all consultant haematologists treat the full range of haematological conditions.

There will be a 1 in 7 on-call commitment for both Laboratory and Clinical Haematology at NWAFT. At weekends, it is expected that the consultant will conduct daily ward rounds at PCH to expedite clinical decision-making and allow prompt discharge of well patients. Daily review and authorisation of blood films (usually less than

Example of main duties, more detail is within the Job description.

Clinical responsibilities

• To provide clinical haematology care including outpatient, day care and in-patient review.
• Take part and discuss the management of patients with malignant haematological diseases at the Network Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings
• To deal with any clinical haematology referrals from clinical colleagues from other disciplines (medical, surgical, obstetric etc.)
• To deal with Inpatient referrals, Choose and Book referrals and Advice & Guidance requests from General Practitioners

Laboratory Responsibilities

• To provide laboratory services including blood film and marrow review, laboratory, anticoagulant and transfusion support
• To provide clinical liaison for service users from hospital and community teams
• To take all measures to ensure consistently high standards of performance are achieved and maintained in the laboratories
• To collaborate with the biomedical scientists and other members of the laboratory staff