Employer: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Town: Canterbury
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/02/2025 23:59
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
The Trust faced a number of challenges in the delivery of cancer access standards. The creation of a Cancer Services Care Group with a dedicated leadership team has enabled the Trust to focus on ensuring it not only achieves these standards, but develops a strategy to enable it to deliver excellent services to the populations it serves. This approach has already led to significant improvement in achievement of the cancer standards over the past year. The care group continues to develop its strategies to ensure this progress continues into the future. The Haematology department provides a comprehensive clinical and laboratory service for patients across East Kent. Inpatients for haematology and haemophilia are centralised at Kent and Canterbury Hospital. Nineteen subspecialised outpatient clinics are held per week and delivered on all four sites. Main duties of the job
This post is a part-time (8 PA) role; job share will be welcomed. Provide inpatient and outpatient care as appropriate, undertaking 3 haemato-oncology clinics per week, at Kent and Canterbury hospital and Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother hospital at Margate. In addition, there is a 1 in 6 attendance for Lymphadenopathy cause clinic. Attend weekly multidisciplinary team ward rounds and participate in a 1 in 6 ward attending rota and on-call rota. There are separate on-call rotas for Haem-oncology/general and coagulation teams. There is a full middle grade on-call rota in addition to whom we provide support. Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care. Provide clinical interpretation of haematological laboratory tests and provide advice to clinical colleagues. Conduct clinical practice in accordance with the highest ethical and clinical governance standards. Provide support to other clinical specialities. Participation in clinical audit and other departmental clinical governance activities, and activities to support appraisal and revalidation. Regularly attend multidisciplinary team and clinical governance meetings. The post-holder may be required to undertake other duties appropriate for a consultant haematologist not otherwise specified. Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with three acute hospitals and community sites serving a local population of around 700,000. We also provide specialist services for Kent and Medway. We’re on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work, there’s never been a better time to join us. Through our Family First scheme we pledge to find roles for partners of consultants offered a substantive post. We also offer removal expenses (substantive positions), up to 32 days’ annual leave and active support for study, quality improvement and patient safety work as part of our ‘We care’ improvement journey, and medical education and research. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review the Supporting Documents section to access the full Job Description and Person Specification. If you have further queries, please do not hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details at the top of the page. Person specification
Qualifications and training
Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council. Applicants that are UK trained must also be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT by date of interview. MRCP or equivalent. FRCPath or equivalent. Minimum of English Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent), IELTS, or graduate of a UK Medical School. Skills and experience
Evidence of diagnosing and treating haemato-oncology disorders. Evidence of laboratory experience. Clinical governance
Consistently safe. Vigilant about safety. Reassuringly professional. Listen and clearly communicate. Personal/professional attributes
Welcoming and polite. Attentive and helpful. Respect people and their dignity. Work as a team. Take responsibility. Be a leader. Respect others’ time. Speak up on behalf of those who can’t. Other requirements
Most roles require an on-call commitment and travel across sites. Candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to travel effectively between sites. The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust’s People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information on how this can be managed alongside department expectations and requirements. The ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer-facing roles. Most positions require a Disclosure and Barring check and will be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Posts working regularly or unsupervised with children or vulnerable adults require an enhanced check. We operate a no-smoking policy on all our sites and grounds. You can search for and apply for roles directly on our website. If you are applying via NHS Jobs your application will be sent to our recruitment system TRAC. All subsequent information will be generated from TRAC so you won’t be able to see the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs and we won’t be able to respond to e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to us transferring your application and details to our system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records.
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Job overview
The Trust faced a number of challenges in the delivery of cancer access standards. The creation of a Cancer Services Care Group with a dedicated leadership team has enabled the Trust to focus on ensuring it not only achieves these standards, but develops a strategy to enable it to deliver excellent services to the populations it serves. This approach has already led to significant improvement in achievement of the cancer standards over the past year. The care group continues to develop its strategies to ensure this progress continues into the future. The Haematology department provides a comprehensive clinical and laboratory service for patients across East Kent. Inpatients for haematology and haemophilia are centralised at Kent and Canterbury Hospital. Nineteen subspecialised outpatient clinics are held per week and delivered on all four sites. Main duties of the job
This post is a part-time (8 PA) role; job share will be welcomed. Provide inpatient and outpatient care as appropriate, undertaking 3 haemato-oncology clinics per week, at Kent and Canterbury hospital and Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother hospital at Margate. In addition, there is a 1 in 6 attendance for Lymphadenopathy cause clinic. Attend weekly multidisciplinary team ward rounds and participate in a 1 in 6 ward attending rota and on-call rota. There are separate on-call rotas for Haem-oncology/general and coagulation teams. There is a full middle grade on-call rota in addition to whom we provide support. Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care. Provide clinical interpretation of haematological laboratory tests and provide advice to clinical colleagues. Conduct clinical practice in accordance with the highest ethical and clinical governance standards. Provide support to other clinical specialities. Participation in clinical audit and other departmental clinical governance activities, and activities to support appraisal and revalidation. Regularly attend multidisciplinary team and clinical governance meetings. The post-holder may be required to undertake other duties appropriate for a consultant haematologist not otherwise specified. Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with three acute hospitals and community sites serving a local population of around 700,000. We also provide specialist services for Kent and Medway. We’re on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work, there’s never been a better time to join us. Through our Family First scheme we pledge to find roles for partners of consultants offered a substantive post. We also offer removal expenses (substantive positions), up to 32 days’ annual leave and active support for study, quality improvement and patient safety work as part of our ‘We care’ improvement journey, and medical education and research. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review the Supporting Documents section to access the full Job Description and Person Specification. If you have further queries, please do not hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details at the top of the page. Person specification
Qualifications and training
Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council. Applicants that are UK trained must also be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT by date of interview. MRCP or equivalent. FRCPath or equivalent. Minimum of English Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent), IELTS, or graduate of a UK Medical School. Skills and experience
Evidence of diagnosing and treating haemato-oncology disorders. Evidence of laboratory experience. Clinical governance
Consistently safe. Vigilant about safety. Reassuringly professional. Listen and clearly communicate. Personal/professional attributes
Welcoming and polite. Attentive and helpful. Respect people and their dignity. Work as a team. Take responsibility. Be a leader. Respect others’ time. Speak up on behalf of those who can’t. Other requirements
Most roles require an on-call commitment and travel across sites. Candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to travel effectively between sites. The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust’s People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information on how this can be managed alongside department expectations and requirements. The ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer-facing roles. Most positions require a Disclosure and Barring check and will be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Posts working regularly or unsupervised with children or vulnerable adults require an enhanced check. We operate a no-smoking policy on all our sites and grounds. You can search for and apply for roles directly on our website. If you are applying via NHS Jobs your application will be sent to our recruitment system TRAC. All subsequent information will be generated from TRAC so you won’t be able to see the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs and we won’t be able to respond to e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to us transferring your application and details to our system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records.
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