Locum Malignant Haematologist

We're inviting applications for Locum Consultant post specialising in Malignant Haematology (we encourage applicants to develop an area of their own interest).
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established and vibrant department in the expansion and development of clinical and diagnostic Haematology services within the North West London sector.
Based primarily at Northwick Park Hospital (NPH), Haematology services are delivered at all three Trust sites. Successful candidates will be part of a team of 16 Consultant Haematologist colleagues in delivering clinical, laboratory, diagnostic, administrative, research and teaching responsibilities.
The department has a wide variety of clinics including Myeloid, Myeloma, Lymphoma and CLL. The post holder will also have a non-malignant clinic within the job plan.
The Department is supported by 7 Specialist Trainees, 3 Senior Clinical Fellows, 3 SHO, 1 FYI and 10 Clinical Nurse Specialists, 3 Physician's Associates and is split into 2 clinical teams, Haemato-Oncology and General Haematology.
If you're successful there will be excellent opportunities to further develop clinical services, cultivate research ideas and to enhance teaching programs (at both post-graduate and undergraduate levels, as a major Centre for training students and trainees from Imperial College London).

Main duties of the job
The post is a new position, full-time 10 PA, in the Haematology Department of London North West Healthcare NHS Trust. The post-holder will be an integral part of the Haematology service provided to the Trust and the appointee will provide care for inpatient and outpatient haematology patients.
There are weekly myeloid, lymphoma, CLL and myeloma clinics within the department in addition to new referrals, general haematology, haemoglobinopathy and thrombosis clinics. The combination of clinics for the individual post-holder will be subject to their experience and interests and the needs of the department. Full-time consultants at this trust will generally undertake 3 clinics per week.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
+ Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
+ St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
+ Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
+ Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff., London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
+ Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
+ St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
+ Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
+ Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
There are weekly regional and local MDTs which will be part of job planned activity. Acute inpatient admissions are managed at NPH. The regional MDT consists of consultants from Hammersmith Hospital, Hillingdon Hospital, West Middlesex Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. For malignant haematology, Northwick Park has a stand-alone MDT and a weekly meeting with Hammersmith Hospital to discuss complex cases and transplant referrals.
On-call attending occurs on a 1 in 6 basis.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview.
Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates.
As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.