Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Haematology
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 317-CON-24-203
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Paediatric Haematology
- Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/10/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/11/2024
Employer heading
Consultant Paediatric Haematologist (Focus: Non Malignant Haematology)
Consultant
Job overview
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
This new post is part of the service development to centralise and develop paediatric haematology. It will consolidate expertise in the department and will focus primarily on non-malignant haematology. We are looking for a motivated individual to help drive forward this exciting phase within paediatric haematology in Newcastle. The candidate must be able to evidence relevant expertise and training. The post is open to those who hold FRCPath (or equivalent) and have relevant paediatric experience, as well as candidates who have trained as paediatricians and can demonstrate relevant training in haematology.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
This is a new post to expand and develop the regional paediatric haematology service after centralisation of services into one department based in the Great North Children’s Hospital. This follows expansion of patient numbers and will allow consolidation of consultant areas of interest feeding into the stem cell transplant and cellular therapies service.
Depending on the interests and expertise of the candidate, this may include clinical management of patients with non-malignant conditions including haemoglobinopthies and malignant haematological disorders.
Haemostasis and thrombosis services are provided by the adult haematology team in Royal Victoria Infirmary and are not included in the paediatric haematology service.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Geoff Shenton on +44 191 2829578, or via email at [email protected] or Dr Andrew Fletcher on +44 191 2821727 or via email at [email protected].
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
The main focus of the post is to support and develop the non-malignant service, however there will be a requirement for involvement in all aspects of haematology including laboratory, consultative and malignant haematology.
Non-malignant haematology:
• Responsibility for patients with non-malignant haematological disorders including rare inherited anaemias. This includes the regional Specialist Haemoglobinopathy Team service in conjunction with the Regional Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centres in Manchester, for Thalassaemia and Sheffield, for Haemoglobinopathies.
Malignant haematology
• Clinical care of patients treated at the Primary Treatment Centre at GNCH. This would involve care of a proportion of leukaemia patients (ALL). The management of lymphoma, myeloid leukaemias and relapsed leukaemias come under specific teams currently.
Laboratory and consultative haematology duties:
• Suitably qualified (FRCPath or equivalent) individuals would be expected to contribute to the paediatric haematology laboratory service. This includes support of biomedical scientist staff across the core haematology laboratory and reporting referred paediatric blood films and the reporting of bone marrow aspirates and CSF cytospin slides
• Bone marrow trephines are reported by the regional SIHMDS (NEHODS). The post-holder will be encouraged to develop specific areas of responsibility within the laboratory.
• The post holder will be expected to contribute to the liaison haematology with secondary and tertiary services across the regional subspecialties and general paediatrics.
Bone marrow transplant:
• Depending on areas of interest there may be opportunity for pre- and post-transplant care of patients with haematological disorders treated within GNCH
Further responsibilities include the provision of bone marrow examinations, lumbar punctures and delivery of intrathecal chemotherapy within the painful procedures lists.
It is anticipated that the new appointment will enhance the already close interaction between the Departments of Haematology and Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology.
On-call Duties:
• There is a ward attending system during working hours and an out of hours on-call rota (1 in 8). It is anticipated that on-call duties will be performed in the Paediatric and Adolescent Haematology/Oncology unit.
• Duties will depend on the experience of the applicant. Currently separate on-call consultant rotas (1 in 6) operate for the integrated stem cell transplant service (including immunodeficiency).
• Out of hours consultant haematology laboratory and Haemostasis and Thrombosis cover is provided by sub-groups of the adult haematologist service.
• Separate backup specialist rotas (e.g. for paediatric neuro-oncology) operate for more specialised advice if required.
• Leave cover will be provided for the post holder by paediatric oncology and laboratory haematology colleagues. Appropriate separate secretarial support will be provided for clinical and laboratory activity.
Administrative:
• The appointee will be expected to take a normal role in management, administration and audit within paediatric haematology/oncology and clinical and laboratory haematology.
Research:
• The appointee’s help and involvement in current research within paediatric haematology will be welcomed, and the development and extension of his/her own research fields will be encouraged.
The department is actively involved in early phase and NCRI badged trials. As a European Cancer Medicine Centre we have been formally designated by the Innovative Therapies for Children with Cancer and European Early Phase Clinical Trials Consortium as a First-In–Child Study Centre.
Teaching:
• The appointee will be expected to contribute to undergraduate teaching, more focused paediatric haematology post-graduate teaching and to the higher specialist training of specialist registrars in haematology as an educational supervisor and paediatric trainees as clinical supervisor.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC Registration
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC)
- Special skills and training in Paediatric Haematology
- A minimum of 12 months’ experience in paediatric haematology (applicants without MRCPCH are recommended to have a minimum of 2 years paediatric haematology experience)
- Minimum of 12 months’ experience in general paediatrics
Desirable criteria
- Higher Degree
- FRCPath or equivalent
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide experience of clinical and laboratory haematology
- Specific experience and interest in Paediatric Haematology
- Paediatric Haematology training in a recognised training centre
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of children with haematological illness referred to a tertiary centre
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion in children with haematological illness
Desirable criteria
- Experience in preparation of children for haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and of their care during and after HSCT
Management and Administration Experience
Essential criteria
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines
- An understanding of Clinical Governance
Desirable criteria
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
- Evidence of leadership / project management
- Evidence of having implemented change
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education
Research
Essential criteria
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings
- Research/critical review of literature
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree
- Publications in the last two years as first or senior author
- Peer reviewed publications in Haematology or other relevant journals
Audit
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in audit
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Alignment with the Trust’s values
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Richardson
- Job title
- HR Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Regent Point
NE3 3HD
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