Job summary
Employer heading
Consultant Haematologist
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
About our Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
Our nearly 7,000 members of staff are proud to care for a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, including our award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We’re one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for—our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in the domains of safe, effective, caring and responsive, and 'Outstanding' in the domains of well-led and use of resources.
Our facilities are among the best in the country. We invest around £10m a year in our estate and have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster. Works commence in spring 2024 on an ambitious £80m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at our West Middlesex site.
Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for the position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow. 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.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Haematologist to join our Clinical Haematology department at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The candidate will have the opportunity to be based at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (CWH) in a joined established collaboration with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation trust. The candidate will become Thrombosis lead for both Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Royal Marsden Hopsitals enabling them to develop a strong interest in cancer related thrombosis . The candidate will work with the well-established team to deliver general laboratory, inpatient and outpatient, and advice & guidance. The candidate will uphold the Trust values to ensure the delivery of the highest quality care to patients with Haematological conditions.
The post-holder will contribute to the general work of the Clinical Haematology department, supporting Laboratory Haematology (Pathology) at the Trust as well as providing a Haematology consultation service to other departments.
Due to service demands and needs for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date
Main duties of the job
*THIS JD IS PENDING COLLEGE APPROVAL*
- Deliver the highest quality care to patients with haematological conditions.
- Deliver general laboratory, general inpatient, outpatient, advice & guidance
- Contribute to the research, teaching and training agenda of the clinical haematology department
- Contribute to the delivery of relevant departmental, divisional, trust and national targets relevant to clinical haematology
- Participate in clinical governance and audit
- Provide commitment and leadership within the clinical haematology department and trust
Working for our organisation
We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. Need a small section on RMH – highlighting its International Role
We have nearly 6,000 members of staff that care for nearly one million people locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We are one of the best performing FTs in London for A&E waiting times, and mortality rates are better than average. Since the Care Quality Commission last inspected our hospitals we have taken on responsibility for a range of new services. Our new services include:
- Cardiac catheter service and a paediatric assessment unit on the West Middlesex site
- Surgical assessment unit on the Chelsea site
- New sexual health clinic at 10 Hammersmith Broadway
- Virtual fracture clinics
- Learning disabilities passports
There has been a recent £20 million expansion to critical care facilities and refurbishment of the children’s unit at West Middlesex, both in partnership with the Trust’s dedicated charity CW+.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The candidate will have the opportunity to be based at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (CWH) and join the existing CW consultant group and broader teams. The candidate will work with the well-established team to deliver general laboratory, general inpatient, outpatient, advice & guidance, and haemato-oncology services. The candidate will uphold the Trust values to ensure the delivery of the highest quality care to patients with Haematological conditions.
The post-holder will contribute to the general work of the Clinical Haematology department. The post will also support Laboratory Haematology (Pathology) at the Trust as well as providing a Haematology consultation service to other departments whose patients have haematological disorders or haematological aspects to their primary disorder e.g. patients from the Women’s and Children’s Services.
This post will help the team continue to meet key performance targets such as length of in-patient stay, and patient experience.
For full details, please see job description attached.
The Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) will take place on TBC
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- GMC registration
- MRCP and FRCPath or equivalents
- Past record of academic achievement
- CCT in Haematology and/or GIM, or within six months of award of CCT or equivalent by date of interview
Desirable criteria
- Higher Degree, e.g. PhD or MD
- Management training course
- Research or publications in peer reviewed journals in relevant areas
- Additional related qualifications e.g. BSc, BA
- Teaching/ education qualification
- Level 3 Safeguarding Children as per intercollegiate document
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant clinical experience in clinical haematology
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and Audit
- Significant proven track record in delivery of clinical haematology
- Teaching experience / willingness to teach medical, nursing & other staff
- Understanding of the NHS, it’s organisations, and demand
Desirable criteria
- Significant clinical experience in the NHS
- Experience in management
- Understanding of business planning and commissioning
- Under and post graduate teaching experience
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Understanding Self
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Managing self effectively
- Ability to planning ahead whilst being innovative and flexible in approach
- Willingness to be flexible in working patterns
- Willingness to share non-clinical organisational tasks / team player
- Trustworthy / Responsible
- Can-do attitude
- Projects confident, credible professional image
- Pays attention to detail
- Builds rapport & maintains good working relationships with colleagues
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Meets good clinical / research practice standards
- Extensive knowledge of relevant Specialty
- Organisational skills
- Problem solving skill
- Good inter-personal and communications skills
- Computer skills and IT literacy
- Ability to apply managerial & professional theory
- Leadership and teaching
- Commitment to multidisciplinary team working
- Commitment to continuing medical education
- Ability to conduct teaching and research
- Ability and willingness to meet on call requirements
- Commitment to the goals and targets of the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
Desirable criteria
- Experience at Consultant level
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
- Ian Gabriel
- Job title
- Lead Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
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