Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- 2 years (fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 356-25-7054358
- Employer
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Castle Hill Hospital
- Town
- Cottingham
- Salary
- £59,175 - £95,400 PA PR
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading

MTI Speciality Doctor in Haematology
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Job overview
The International Training Fellow position is a 2-year training in haematology under the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Medical Training Initiative (MTI) scheme. The post offers a flexible role tailored to the candidate’s interests, involving collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality patient care. Responsibilities include clinical duties across inpatient and outpatient settings, participation in audits, appraisals, CPD, and administrative tasks. The fellow will rotate monthly through Myeloid, Lymphoid, Haemostasis & Thrombosis, and Laboratory/Transfusion specialties, with structured orientation and induction programs.
This post is open to overseas applicants who meet the eligibility for the Medical Training Initiative post only.
Main duties of the job
The role also includes on-call duties, covering haematology advice emails, and flexible cover for staff absences. Fellows are expected to engage in clinical meetings, audits, and potential sub-specialty training in the final six months. Study leave and CPD funding are provided, and the fellow will report to designated supervisors while promoting the Trust’s sustainability goals.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- • Full Registration with the GMC before the post commences
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- • MBBS or equivalent qualification
- • Internal Medicine Training or ACCS Internal Medicine
- • Minimum 1 year work experience in haematology
Desirable criteria
- • Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- • Postgraduate qualification in Haematology
- • Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- • Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical and haematological conditions
- • A bility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to perform common procedures in Haematology, including bone marrow biopsies and intrathecal chemotherapy administration
Management and Administration Experience
Essential criteria
- • Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- • Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential criteria
- • Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- • Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- • Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- • Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- • Original peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- • Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
- • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary setting
- • Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- • Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
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
- Senthil Durairaj
- Job title
- Consultant in Haematology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482 468400
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