Job overview

The post-holder will play a key role in realising our ambition to continue to deliver a high-quality clinical service by bringing new skills to our Haematology department. 

It is a requirement of the post that every doctor takes part in annual job planning and annual appraisal as part of the revalidation of cycle. 

The post consists of 10 Programmed activities comprised of 8.5 Direct Clinical Activities and 1.5 Supporting Professional Activity. The post-holder will be on call for Haematology covering The Hillingdon Hospital and Harefield Hospital sites on a 1 in 5 on call rota (1 in 4 with prospective cover). This will be one weekday (Monday-Thursday) or one weekend (Friday-Sunday) in 5. Out of hours work is partially covered by the Specialist Registrars but Consultants are first on call at other times.

 The department provides the clinical and laboratory haematology service between the two sites of Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospital (4 whole time equivalent Consultants). The new appointee will be based at Hillingdon Hospital with a service level contract to provide out of hours on call cover for Harefield Hospital (Guys and St Thomas’ Foundation trust (Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals).

 

There are currently 3 Haematology Registrars on the Imperial rotation for whom we provide Clinical and Educational supervision and a 4^th Trust-funded Registrar/Clinical Fellow post.  There is a Foundation year 1 doctor attached to the service who is based at Hillingdon.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible to the Divisional Director of Medicine at The Hillingdon Hospital and job plan negotiated annually. The post holders will, together with their consultant colleagues and other health care professionals in the Directorate, provide an effective and comprehensive service for our patients and support continuing service developments.

 

Expectations of the post holder. 

The post-holder will participate in the Haematology on call rota; providing emergency out-of-hours cover to both Harefield Hospital and Hillingdon Hospital on an approximately 1:5 basis with prospective cover.

The post-holder will, within a Team, be jointly responsible for running an in-patient and out-patient service for haematology including an advisory service for colleagues and primary care via REGO Advice and Guidance. 

The post-holder will participate with their colleagues in the education, training and professional development of medical and other professional staff for whom they are responsible. They will also be involved in the post-graduate and under-graduate teaching programme and General Practitioner education.

The post-holder will be expected to provide clear evidence of their SPA activities. This includes clinical and educational supervision, teaching, audit and personal CPD. Personal CPD must be included as part of annual appraisal, which is mandatory and required for the revalidation process.

 

Working for our organisation

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.