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• To provide a continuing responsibility for patients in their charge and in partnership with colleagues working for the proper function of the department.
• Each Consultant will be responsible for seeing patients attending their new and follow up outpatient clinics and for managing their inpatients, outpatients and chemotherapy/day unit attenders
• When on call, to offer advice and clinical help requested by health care professionals in the hospital or the community, and this will include opinions on laboratory results, blood product administration, blood films, bone marrows and the management of bleeding and clotting disorders.
• To also offer clinical advice over the telephone to first line doctors working in the Hospital. Much of the haematology clinical work is covered by regularly updated protocols. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties appropriate for a consultant haematologist not otherwise specified.
• Conduct a weekly clinic in the Macmillan Unit supported by specialist CNS,

In this clinic patients receiving intensive/intravenous chemotherapy and new patients are seen. 

• Undertake a weekly telephone follow up clinic with up to 25 patients per clinic.
• Undertake a monthly joint telephone follow up clinic.
• Undertake a monthly myeloproliferative telephone clinic.
• Undertake the weekly coagulation clinic on a rota basis. A daily anticoagulant clinic is run by the Anticoagulation specialist nurse who is assisted by a team of nursing, laboratory and clerical staff.
• Carry out daily ward rounds during working hours and the on-call Consultant does a ward round on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The appointee would have admitting rights to the 12 in-patient beds on the Macmillan Unit of Shouldham Ward, which are shared with Oncology and Palliative Care. Shouldham Ward is a level 2b Care facility as defined by the British Committee for Standards in Haematology, clinical Haematology Task Force; Guidelines on provision of facilities for the care of adult patients with haematological malignancies, levels of care (BCSH 2009) These beds are allocated on the basis of need.  The appointee would also have the right to admit patients via the Medical Assessment Unit to beds on the general medicine wards and to seek the advice and support of colleagues in other specialities to meet the patient’s medical needs.  The Consultant Haematologists attend a weekly local multi-disciplinary team ward round at Kings Lynn and twice weekly video-conferenced specialised MDTs for leukaemia, myeloma, myeloprliferative and lymphoma.

Organisational

• Laboratory management, blood transfusion, anticoagulant services, haemato-oncology and general clinical haematology services, clinical quality, audit, teaching and financial management will be shared between the Consultants.
• Teaching and training of junior staff, medical students and other healthcare professionals
• To act as clinical/educational supervisor to locally employed doctors and doctors in training programmes of a variety of grades and experience as appropriate.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
• To provide leadership and support for the effective development of the service.
• To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• To further develop clinical protocols, guidelines, and concise care bundles.
• To carry out responsibilities with due regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
• To be aware of the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff and attend all relevant health and safety training.
• To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard.
• To carry out annual performance reviews with each member of their staff.
• To agree annual personal development plans with their staff and support them with any training or development requirements to fulfil their role.
• To attend all relevant management training in health and safety, risk assessment etc.
• To participate in personal objective setting and review, including the creation of a personal development plan and the Trust’s appraisal process.