Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term Contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 223-MLC2160
- Employer
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Locum Consultant Haematologist
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Job overview
A full-time Locum Consultant Haematologist is required at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust who has already submitted evidence for the Portfolio (CESR) Pathway. The position is based at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and with out-patient duties at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, as well as a consultative on-call service for the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.
Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Duties Include:
- Predictable and unpredictable work
- Supporting Professional Activities, CPD, Audit, teaching and research
- Laboratory cover
- Multi-disciplinary team meetings
- To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
- To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
- To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
- To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.
Working for our organisation
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.
Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.
Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
- Possession of FRCPath (Haematology) and MRCP or equivalent qualifications
Desirable criteria
- PhD, MD or evidence of higher education qualification
Entry Criteria
Essential criteria
- Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within Haematology
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Experience of audit
- Ability to motivate and develop the multidisciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives
- Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing and laboratory staff
- Meets the criteria set out in the generic capabilities framework
- Submission of evidence for Portfolio Pathway (CESR)
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
- Stephen McKew
- Job title
- Divisional Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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