Specialty Doctor - Clinical Haematology

Job overview

Here is an an exciting opportunity for you to join our friendly pathology team as a Specialty doctor -clinical hematology.

This is an ideal role for a candidate with an excellent background in clinical haematology.  You will work alongside one Trainee Specialty Registrar(ST3+) and  one other Specialty Doctors in haematology and would be responsible for care of in-patients admitted under haematology team and also provide medical  cover for Haemato-oncology infusion unit and chemotherapy day unit in order to review and manage unwell patients on transfusion / chemotherapy.

If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, then apply today!

Main duties of the job

You will  provide advice to doctors from other specialties and general practitioners in management of haematological problems.

You  will regularly attend out-patient clinics including weekly lymphoma clinic and also perform bone marrow biopsies.

You will also undertake chemotherapy prescription and administration of intrathecal chemotherapy after successful completion of trust-approved training.

You will be encouraged to report blood films and bone marrow aspirates under close supervision of Consultant Haematologists.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The clinical service in Southend is predominantly malignant haematology, seeing a typical population of Lymphoma (100 new cases per annum), myeloma (26 cases per annum) as examples.  There is the expected general haematology workload given our local catchment population of 380,000.  There is a busy anticoagulant service (managed by pharmacists); Acute Leukaemia is managed in liaison with Barts Health NHS Trust and shared care is delivered when feasible.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description, but some of the responsibilities include