Locum Consultant Haemato-Oncologist

Barts Health Nhs Trust, City of Westminster

Locum Consultant Haemato-Oncologist

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Barts Health Nhs Trust, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 11 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: b1d8a067332543f8a05f09f7f454cf42

Full Job Description

To be an active member of the Cancer Centre and help deliver the departmental mission of excellence in clinical care and teaching.
To contribute to the provision of a comprehensive, efficient and high quality evidence-based Haemato-oncology service, with continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
Leadership, development and organisation of the services in the charge of the post holder in line with the Trust/Divisional business plans. Full participation in the management of the Barts Cancer Centre (BCC). Liaison and communication with the Divisional Director, Clinical Director, Lead Clinicians and the General and Service Managers.
To provide clinical care for patients with Haemato-oncology, including inpatients and outpatients, providing specialist advice and a referral service for other clinicians in the Trust.
To be responsible for Clinical Audit activities, which is an essential and regular part of clinical practice.
To participate in the Trust's clinical governance activities, and to encourage and foster improvements in the quality and standards of clinical services.
To provide clinical leadership in Haemato-oncology within Barts Health NHS Trust., To contribute to the provision of comprehensive, efficient and high-quality care throughout the treatment and management pathway of patients with haematological malignancies.
To help co-ordinate the provision of a consolidated service across all sites in the Trust. To note that there is no diagnostic or laboratory haematology component to this post - Specialist Integrated Haemtological Malignancy Diagnostic Services (SIHMDS) is undertaken by the regional SIHMDS service based at the Royal London Hospital. Consultative general haematology services are also provided by Clinical Haematology.
To undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients in their charge and the running of their clinics or departments.
To participate in the consultant on-call rota and provide cover for colleagues in time of absence and leave when required. There are separate on-call rotas for non-malignant haematology, paediatric haematology, red cell haematology and Haemostasis/Thrombosis.
To have a key role in providing a high-quality clinical service for patients with haematological malignancies, to increase access of patient enrolment within clinical trials, and to integrate the patient pathway within Barts Health NHS Trust and its referring hospitals.
To maintain up-to-date specialist knowledge and provide evidence based care for all patients.
To attend multidisciplinary team meetings.
To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with General Practitioners, Community Services and all health care agencies.
To initiate and promote research and development activities with a clear focus on relevant clinical and scientific priorities.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
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Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview
This post is for a full-time (10 PAs) locum consultants to join the Haemato-oncology Department at the Barts Cancer Centre, based at St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London. This position is for a period of six months on a fixed term basis and the successful candidates will join the existing multi-disciplinary team in the provision of inpatient and outpatient services to patients with haematological malignancies - including acute and chronic leukaemias, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and related illnesses, such as aplastic anaemia, MDS or MPN.
Barts Health NHS Trust is a provider of an extended network for the care of patients with haematological malignancies and is one of the six Level 3 facilities within the London. The successful candidate would be expected to work with the existing team in providing inpatient and outpatient management for patients with haematological malignancies, including stem cell transplantation, and to participate in the associated teaching programmes.
They will also be expected to participate in professional medical responsibilities and training junior medical staff, as well as to contribute to the clinical research portfolio. The successful candidate will also have to develop relationships within the Trust and other partner hospitals both local and in the referring area., Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.