Job overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team. 

The post provides an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to join a leading haematology department established in delivering the full range of malignant and non-malignant haematological therapies. We host the haemophilia comprehensive care centre, haemato-pathology diagnostics centre, regional TTP service and bone marrow transplant service including CAR-T for the Northeast region.  

 Applications are invited for this haematology consultant post with an interest in haemostasis and thrombosis. The post holder will be expected to contribute to our multi-consultant outpatient clinics including assessment of new and review patients. The post holder will also provide cover to non-malignant haematology patients on a 1 in 9 on-call rota. The postholder will work within the broad haemostasis and thrombosis service with particular focus on developing regional TTP service.

 In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

To expand our haemostasis and thrombosis consultant team with focus on developing our regional TTP service.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Erin Hurst via email at [email protected]

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.