Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Haematology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 326-6477606-PN-A
- Employer
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill
- Salary
- £52,530 - £82,400 per annum (depending on experience)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in Haematology
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
We want to give you the best possible experience in the next stage of your career.
We always strive to be the best place to work and to be cared for.
- We’ve been named the 2021 Acute NHS Trust of the Year, in the annual Health Service (HSJ) Journal Awards for our clear ambition and vision and a significant improvement journey over a number of years’.
- The Trust is 6th highest rated Trust in the South East and was still in the top 25% nationally for recommended places to work.
- We’re rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and when asked whether the care of patients is the organisation’s top priority our staff rank us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts.
- We pride ourselves on supporting you to thrive in your existing role and to develop your career with us. So with us you’ll get loads of benefits, great training and development opportunities, flexibility and a real community feel.
Benefits to working with us
- Great training and education, including preceptorship and CPD (up to £1,000 individual CPD funding available for nurses, midwives and AHPs)
- Our location: you can access beautiful countryside, historic towns and villages and bustling city life all nearby. With good schools, nature reserves and cultural attractions on our doorstep, and both London and Brighton easily accessible too, there’s something for everyone nearby.
- At least 35 days leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
- NHS pension scheme
- A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.
- On-site nursery
- On-site Boots and WHSmith shops
- An Amazon locker and an InPost locker on site
- Restaurant facilities
- Full educational library services
- Excellent rail and bus links
- The local bus operator offer all new staff one month’s free travel to East Surrey Hospital when they first join (please visit the Metrobus website for details and terms and conditions)
- Lockable storage for cycles.
About us
- We’re a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of c5,000 providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 535,000.
- We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill.
- We offer a full range of acute and complex services at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we are the nearest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport.
- We provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey, and at Crawley and Horsham Hospitals in West Sussex.
The Trust is committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of benefits including, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff well being.
Job overview
Specialty Doctor in Haematology
The post holder will work under the clinical direction of all the consultants in the haematology department with clearly identified clinical and educational supervisors. The post would be ideal for those wishing to pursue a career as a consultant in Haematology. As such the post is suitable for experienced Registrars who wish to pursue a career in Haematology and who would like to consolidate their experience.
This a whole-time post, working 10 programmed activities per week, with no on-call commitment. The post holder will work as part of the Haematology multi-disciplinary team, and the bulk of the commitment will be to the Haematology out-patients in clinic. There will be some requirement to support the Haematology ward and patients undergoing chemotherapy for both haematological malignancies and solid tumours on the Chemotherapy Day Unit.
The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilize appropriately the available senior staff for advice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to review patients undergoing SACT (systemic anti-cancer therapy) for haematological malignancies and prescribe treatments according to policy and protocol. They will be a core member of the Haematology MDT and attend the weekly meetings of this group. The post holder will be expected to also see certain new patients according to their ability and scope of confidence, seeking advice and support from senior colleagues.
There is a requirement for the post-holder to undertake bone marrow biopsy and trephine as part of a dedicated clinic for these procedures’ alternate weeks. This clinic takes place at Crawley Hospital. There may be a requirement for the post-holder to undertake such procedures for in-patients.GPs will seek the advice of the Haematology Team via the electronic ‘Advice and Guidance’ system. The post-holder will be expected to reply to these requests for one session per week, answering approximately 20-25 per session.
Working for our organisation
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
• We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Deliver and maintain highest clinical standards in the speciality of Clinical Haematology.
- Play an active role in clinical governance and audit, supporting a culture of continuous improvement and learning
- Maintain high standards of continuing professional development and medical education
- Deliver quality teaching and training
- Lead relevant research and development within the area of specialism
- An indicative timetable follows to provide scheduling details of the clinical and supporting activities that occur at regular times during each week. Agreement should be reached between the appointee, Consultant Haematology colleagues and the Clinical Lead with regard to both the timetable and scheduling of all other activities.
- The appointee will be responsible for both malignant and non-malignant patients,
- During periods of annual and study leave suitable cross-cover arrangements will be made.
- The appointee will be expected to provide mutual cross cover with the post holder’s colleagues during periods of leave and other planned absence.
- The post holder will have secretarial support and an office space equipped with computer and microscope. A mentor will be made available to the successful candidate.
- The appointee will work as part of a team of six Consultants to provide clinical and laboratory Haematology services to the Trust. The appointee will be expected to have a broad knowledge of Haematology, and there may be opportunities to develop a special interest complementary to the Consultant Haematologists.
- The post holder should be experienced in laboratory and clinical Haematology. The ability to work in a team is very important. Enthusiasm and the ability to motivate others are essential.
- Any specialist doctor who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with consultant colleagues.
Applicants must hold Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for registration within six months of interview.
Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
Applicants that are non-UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- A complete and accurate application
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Evidence of essential experience for role
- Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
- Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
- Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
- Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Alison Costain
- Job title
- Clinical Lead - Haematology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
01737 768511 ext 2079
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