Trosolwg o'r swydd

This is a full-time Trust Speciality Doctor post to join the clinical Haematology department at Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals. The department has an excellent track record of supporting doctors to develop their career and achieve training or consultant posts. 

These posts will be based at the Regional Cancer Centre based at Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH) and Gloucester Royal Hospital on a rotational basis.  The posts will join an established team of 9 Consultants who provide a full range of diagnostic and clinical haematology services to a population of approximately 650,000. This includes clinical (attending) inpatient duties to BCSH Level 3 care at the Regional Cancer Centre based at Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH), day care services at Gloucester Royal Hospital and outpatient and laboratory facilities at both sites.  The Consultant team is supported by 3-4 Specialty Trainees (St3+), 1 ST1/2, 1 FY1, 1 Transfusion Practitioner, 1 ANP, 7 Specialist Nurses and 3 non-medical prescribers.  In addition, resident doctors support the inpatient wards on a rotational basis.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

We are looking to appoint a suitably experienced medical physician to support Haematology services across both Cheltenham General Hospital and Gloucester Royal Hospital, together with appropriate teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students.  This is one of 3 posts developed to manage the increase in chemotherapy workload.  The post holder will be expected to work closely with their colleagues and the Specialist Registrars to provide cover across the day unit, outpatients and the ward to deliver high quality patient care.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-

• To support the provision of a first class clinical service
• To provide effective middle grade leadership to the staff working on the ward, day unit and outpatient clinics
• To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
• To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s and Division’s services plans
• To support the clinical decision making of medical and nursing staff on the specialty ward.
• To lead, in conjunction with the Consultant workforce, the education programme for junior doctors

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.

Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas. 

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research.  You could make a real difference to our patients’ lives by joining our team. 

*Figures based CCG data on the number of people registered at a GP surgery in Gloucestershire