Consultant Haematologist With A Special Interest In Porphyria

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the haematology team at King's College Hospital, caring for patients with acute porphyria as part of a nationally commissioned highly specialised service. You will join two other porphyria consultants, and two clinical nurse specialists. We are involved in the care of approximately 70% of patients with acute porphyria in England. The job involves outpatient clinics, remote management of patients across the country by telephone and email, inpatient care of patients admitted to King's, support for the porphyria homecare nursing service, teaching and liaison with haematology and porphyria laboratories. It is anticipated that approximately one day per week will be spent in King's College Hospital, with the remainder spent working flexibly from home and in outreach clinics at other hospitals. There will be opportunities to take part in research, including clinical trials of novel treatments, and there may be scope to develop other interests
within the haematology department.

Given the specialist nature of the job, it is not expected that applicants will have prior knowledge or experience of managing patients with acute porphyria, and appropriate training will be given to the successful candidate. It is most likely that this job would suit a haematologist, although applicants from people with other backgrounds will be considered.

Main duties of the job

Conduct outpatient clinics for patients with acute porphyria in King's College Hospital typically once per week) and at other hospitals across England (typically once per month.

Give telephone/email advice to other hospitals across the UK on the investigation and management of patients admitted with possible or established acute porphyria.

Give telephone/email advice to patients with acute porphyria across England.

Review inpatients at King's College Hospital admitted with acute porphyria or related problems (typically 5 - 10 per year).

Teach medical, nursing and laboratory staff about clinical aspects of porphyria.

Offer clinical advice and support to the porphyria and haematology laboratories involved in the diagnosis and management of patients with acute porphyria.

Take part in laboratory, translational and clinical research, including clinical trials, of patients with acute porphyria.

It is not expected that the applicant will have prior knowledge or expertise of acute porphyria, and appropriate training will occur as part of the job. It is expected that the appointee will have experience of investigating and managing complex and seriously ill patients.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts - and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.

Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King's College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.

We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year.

We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recongised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.

Our Strong Roots, Global Reach strategy, published in 2021, sets out our BOLD vision, and commitment towards:

- Brilliant People

- Outstanding care

- Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education

- Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

At King's, we are proud to serve a diverse range of communities, and our staff reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, with many people also travelling from all the world to start and develop their careers with us.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum excl. London Zone Allowance