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As part of this 12 month fixed term post, the successful appointee will be practising autonomously as an Specialty Doctor within the Haematology department to provide patient-centred clinical care. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the specialty.
The post holder will support new ways of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service, and will ensure the safe treatment, referral and discharge of patients whilst also providing advice, education and support to staff, patients, their families and carers.
The appointee must have significant experience of working in Haematology, Haemato-oncology, preferably have passed the MRCP (or its equivalent), and must be registered with GMC. The successful appointee will support outpatient clinics in General Haematology, Lymphoma and Myeloma and support day case units delivering chemotherapy.
There is a Trust-wide integrated MDT and educational programme, plus a very active clinical trials programme. The successful candidate will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to support the management of patients with Haematology disorders and particularly Haemato-oncology care across UHB.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
- The appointee will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to support the management of patients with Haematology disorders and particularly Haemato-oncology care across UHB.
- Use expertise and decision making skills to inform clinical reasoning to appropriately treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations.
- Support the HGS (Heartlands/Good Hope/Solihull) rota for consultative referrals and new acute presentations to Haematology, offering senior advice to trainees but also supported by Consultants on-call and the AOS service.
- Participate in weekly outpatient clinics and offer support to day case units for patient reviews and prescribing chemotherapy.
- Contribute to the integrated Haemato-oncology Clinical MDT, plus monthly quality meetings, weekly educational sessions and mortality and morbidity meetings.
- Depending on experience of the appointee, there is opportunity to support laboratory haematology including blood film morphology.
- Ensure that high standards of all documentation are maintained, with accurate, complete and up-to-date information regarding patient care are kept in accordance with Trust standards.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further details and informal enquiries may be obtained from:
Dr Paul Ferguson (Consultant Haematologist and Clinical Service Lead) Paul.Ferguson@uhb.nhs.uk.
UHB Haematology has reconfigured in 2019, following the merger of UHB and HEFT and delivers care for all of Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and Solihull. Inpatient haematology care is based principally at the QEHB site, which has 60+ inpatient beds and there is an additional dedicated Young Persons Unit for TYA care. There are well developed chemotherapy day-case, outpatient and laboratory Haematology services across the acute hospital sites in Birmingham: Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) Heartlands Hospital (BHH), Good Hope Hospital (GHH) and non-acute Solihull Hospital (SH), with a network of clinics, CNS/nurse-led services and clinics, ACP and outreach AOS provision at all sites, with Consultant led care.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
Full registration with the GMC with licence to practice.
Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice
Eligibility to live and work in the UK
Medical Degree from a recognised University
Experience
Essential
A minimum of 4 years full time post graduate training (its equivalent gained on a part time basis) or equivalent experience and competencies.
Experience in the management of patients with haematological malignancies and general haematology.
Knowledge of the processes and function of clinical governance.
Ability to work in a team.
Good interpersonal skills.
Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English and ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, carers and other health professionals.
Participation in teaching activities
Knowledge of clinical research
Commitment to continuing personal development and medical education
Computer Skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
