Job overview

The Department of Clinical Haematology is based on 4 sites (Royal London, St Bartholomew’s, Whipps Cross and Newham Hospitals) and functions as one department. The medical team consists of 22 consultant haematologists and 9 haematology trainees, plus middle grade and academic haematology fellows. We have a busy and interesting clinical and research practice and hold one of the largest NIHR-funded research portfolio for non-malignant haematology research in the UK. 

The Pathology laboratory is one of the largest in the UK and all laboratories are UKAS-accredited. Barts Health NHS Trust, Homerton University NHSFT and Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust have agreed to form a Pathology Partnership. The three organisations process more than 100,000 tests a day on behalf of patients across North East and South East London. Pathology partnerships are a nationally advocated model to enable optimisation of staff and equipment and ensure sustainability of laboratory services.  The newly formed East and South East London (ESEL) NHS Pathology Partnership will improve the quality of services for NHS patients, speed up response times for NHS clinicians, and achieve operational and economic efficiencies.

Main duties of the job

Main duties and responsibilities

1.                  General Duties

·         To be an active member of the department and help deliver the departmental mission of excellence in clinical care and teaching.

·         Continuing responsibility for providing a specialist service for the patients referred into the department in line with Trust and NHS targets, including performing all administrative duties associated with patient care.

·         Liaison and communication with the Clinical Director, the Lead Clinician, and the Service Manager

2.      Clinical duties

·         Outpatient clinics, for patients cared for in the general haematology service based at Whipps Cross Hospital.

·         Chemotherapy clinics.

·         To provide evidence-based care for all out-patients and to accept personal responsibility for the total clinical care of the patients referred to him/her.

·         To help provide triaging/vetting of general haematology referrals and advice and guidance to local GPs

·         To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with General Practitioners, community services, and all healthcare agencies.

·         To collaborate positively with colleagues to provide effective clinical leadership for all the staff in the service.

·         To maintain up to date knowledge of scientific, clinical, and technical developments in haematology.

Working for our organisation

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.