Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology
- Grade
- MN37
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Possibility to extend)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-TDPB-029
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hammersmith Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,068 - £57,570 per annum plus London Weighting
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
ST3+ Trust Doctor in Clinical Haematology
MN37
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
These posts are a trust grade position at SpR level within the Clinical Haematology department at Hammersmith Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. This appointment will be a full time position on a fixed term basis till 04 Feb 25 with opportunity to extension.
Main duties of the job
Activities will include inpatient and outpatient care, laboratory work, transfusion, red cell disorders and haemoglobinopathies, coagulation, general referrals, malignant haematology and bone marrow transplant.
General responsibilities include;
- Inpatient management;
- Outpatient management;
Bone marrow examination and interpretation of blood films and bone marrow aspirates
- Clinical research studies
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Specific duties may include, dependent upon rota attachment;
- The postholder is in day-to-day charge of inpatient care. On the white cell side, a degree of support is provided by the transplant co-ordinator depending on the experience of the postholder and the duration of their current attachment to the white cell team.
- The postholder is expected to have seen every patient under their care at least once daily, or more often if clinically appropriate.
- The postholders is responsible for any written communication concerning inpatients and outpatients to the referring physician, the primary care physician or consulting physicians. This will include discharge summaries, weekly update forms for transplant patients, letters of referral to other specialities and medical reports. Discharge summaries are to be completed as soon as possible after patient discharge.
- Co-ordination of the white cell service programme with other hospital personnel; this involves a multi-disciplinary approach to patient management.
- Ensure the ward nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) and the outpatient and day care nursing team are aware of the management plan for any relevant patients and liaising with them when any changes are made.
- Liaising with data managers to ensure accurate and up-to-date recording of patient information.
- Pharmacy – Discussion of chemotherapy requirements for individual patient protocols. For patient undergoing transplantation, this activity must be discussed with the allogeneic or autologous transplant co-ordinator.
- Knowledge of virology results of current and recently discharged inpatients.
- Laboratory duties including;
- Blood Transfusion – Completion of the yellow blood transfusion form and arrangements for collection and storage.
- Stem Cell Laboratory – Liaising with the stem cell laboratory regarding an inpatient requiring collection or re-infusion of cells and informing them when any plans are altered.
In addition to longer ward rounds twice a week, there is a daily consultant board round.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC registered
- MBBS or equivalent
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Understanding of clinical risk management
- Competent to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Appropriate level of clinical knowledge
- Shows knowledge of evidence-informed practice
- Shows awareness of own limitations
Academic achievements including research/publications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of achievement appropriate to level of appointment
- Understands the principles of research
Language
Essential criteria
- Are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil job requirements
Relevant Experience in Specialty
Essential criteria
- Must have at least completed ST1-2 training or equivalent
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Henrique Silva
- Job title
- Medical Staffing Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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