Consultant Haematologist

Applications are invited for a Consultant Haematologist with an interest in General Haematology to join University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB).This post will work across UHB sites and will join a team of 30+ Consultants that deliver an integrated UHB Clinical Haematology service.

UHB Haematology delivers care services to a local population across Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and Solihull. The service is also a tertiary centre providing specialised services to the West Midlands region including Level 3 & 4 Stem Cell transplantation, CAR-T cell therapy, Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) cancer care, Apheresis, Comprehensive Haemophilia Centre, specialist integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service (siHMDS) and a nationally recognised active academic programme. Inpatient care is based principally at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham site and there is an additional dedicated Young Persons Unit for TYA care.

There are well developed chemotherapy day-case and laboratory Haematology services across the hospital sites in Birmingham: Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Heartlands Hospital (BHH), Good Hope Hospital (GHH) and non-acute Solihull Hospital (SH). There is a network of outpatient clinics, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) led services, and Acute Oncology Service (AOS) provision at all sites. The service co-locates clinical and research staff from the NHS and University of Birmingham.

Main duties of the job

Clinical

The appointee should be able to demonstrate experience and specific interest in the management of patients with haematological disorders, specifically within the subspecialty of General Haematology. Laboratory sessions and associated laboratory supervision and teaching will also be an element of the role. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop disease specific areas of interest, working alongside the malignant and non-malignant teams across sites.

Inpatients

The appointee will participate in the attending and on-call rota for the BHH/GHH/SH (HGS) sites, but supported by and working with clinical teams trust-wide. At BHH and GHH sites, the contribution is generally consultative to busy specialist teams and advising on outliers and inpatients suspected of haematological disorders.

Outpatients

The appointee will be expected to participate in 3-4 clinics per week, predominantly dealing with General Haematology. Consideration for other subspecialist workload could be considered, depending on applicants experience to date. The delivery of outpatient activity will include opportunities to support clinical trial recruitment roles within the department.

There will be the integrated HCT weekly, plus monthly quality meetings, educational sessions, journal clubs and mortality and morbidity meetings.

For the ward attending commitments, the appointee will be expected to provide reciprocal cover for periods of leave.

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