Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (on-call 1 in 4)
- Job ref
- 262-A-24-6855619
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cumberland Infirmary
- Town
- Carlisle
- Salary
- per annum
- Closing
- 17/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Clinical Haematology Consultant
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Locum Consultant in Haematology to join our friendly and enthusiastic team at the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC). An enthusiastic and forward-thinking consultant will work within a supportive team covering North Cumbria.
Any applicant who is unable for personal reasons to work full time will be eligible to be considered for this post on a part-time basis. Visits can be arranged for candidates and their families in order to appreciate the quality of life our Hospitals and the surrounding area can offer. Applicants must hold valid registration with the GMC.
Main duties of the job
The post will be based at the Cumberland Infirmary but working as an integrated service covering West Cumberland Hospital. The successful applicant will complement our team of existing haematologists and nurses, together providing level 2A clinical haematology care for NCIC patients.
Working for our organisation
The team currently consists of three part time (2.9 WTE) Consultant Haematologists who are based at the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle Monday to Friday. This post is a newly created fourth consultant post, in anticipation of the forthcoming retirement of the specialty doctor, based at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven. On call cover is currently provided as a joint rota through an SLA with colleagues from neighbouring Trusts.
We have a strong nursing and administrative team who support the medical team. There is a haematology laboratory on both the Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital sites.
Clinical leadership is provided Dr Roderick Oakes. The Clinical Director of Pathology is Dr Clive Graham, Consultant Microbiologist.
Outpatient facilities are provided on both the Cumberland Infirmary site and the West Cumberland Hospital site.
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides Oncology, parenteral chemotherapy and radiotherapy services via a combination of on-site and remote cover, including at the newly purpose-built Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria, on the Cumberland Infirmary site, and at the Henderson Suite within West Cumberland Hospital.
A Radiotherapy Department is based at the Cumberland Infirmary.
The laboratory is ISO:15189 accredited.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role and requirements.
Person specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Clinical training and experience in the relevant specialty
- High standard of clinical skill and expertise in Pathology
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
Desirable criteria
- APLS
- ATLS
- Inter-hospital transfer training
- CCT or CESR in Haematology
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of, and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
- Experience of supervising SpR’s
- Teaching of non-medical health professionals.
- Educational Qualification
Research, Audit and Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
- Publications in referred journals
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration (and with a current licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
- FRCPath (Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists) or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- MRCP or equivalent
- CCT or CESR
Management and Administrative
Essential criteria
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of Clinical Haematology Service
- Ability to cover on call
Communicatio Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Empathetic and sensitive approach to patient needs
- Approachable and effective Multidisciplinary team member with excellent interpersonal skills
- Team loyalty
- Positive approach to lessons learnt
- Confident approach without being arrogant
CPD
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning.
- Reflective approach to personal development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance.
- Participation in appropriate peer review processes.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Dr Roderick Oakes
- Job title
- Consultant Haematologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01228 814511
- Additional information
Kayleigh Barnes
Deputy Service Manager
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