Consultant Haematologist

We are keen to appoint a driven and innovative 10 PA Consultant Haematologist to join the Oxford Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre (OHTC) team.

Our team includes an integrated multi-disciplinary team of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, and managers and laboratory staff which offers care across the Oxford Hospitals sites. Patient satisfaction at OHTC is extremely high and we pride ourselves on building strong relationships with all our patients and in particular those patients, with a chronic disease. We perform strongly on all Trust targets and national and international benchmarking exercises.

The successful appointee would lead the haemophilia and inherited bleeding disorder service for the Trust as well as the haemostasis laboratory. Routine work would include regular clinics for both inherited bleeding disorder and thrombosis patients, running a regional complex MDT for inherited bleeding diseases, as well as providing specialist support for clinicians in the Trust and the region, and answering Oxfordshire GP queries.

The on-call commitment is a 1 in 5. There is support from two specialist registrars and one FY2 and a large team of specialist nurses. There is an integrated specialist haemostasis and thrombosis laboratory at OHTC and the successful appointee will work closely, and act as the clinical lead, with the laboratory staff.

The post-holder will join 4 other haemostasis consultants and share the routine work which includes weekly inherited bleeding disorder and thrombosis clinics and a new patient clinic. Other routine commitments specific to this post will include attending monthly haemostasis laboratory meetings, monthly research meetings and departmental meetings and quarterly governance meeting. There is a 1 in 5 on-call commitment during which the post-holder will provide specialist advice to clinicians at the Trust as well as regionally. An important part of the workload involves giving advice over the telephone to GP’s and other hospital doctors and this work is included in the on-call commitment.

Specifically, the post-holder will lead the haemophilia and inherited bleeding disorder service for the region as well as the regional haemostasis laboratory service for haemostasis and thrombosis. The post-holder will also lead and co-ordinate the MDT for complex inherited bleeding disorder patients across the region and will work closely with the regional haemophilia network and specialist haemophilia commissioners. The successful appointee will have a shared office at OHTC and secretarial and administrative support from within OHTC.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

The post holder’s duties will be primarily at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospitalhowever it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations.

Clinical

The Oxford Haemophilia & Thrombosis Centre is one of the largest haemophilia comprehensive care centres in the country. The catchment area encompasses much of central southern England, including the counties of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Wiltshire.

The daily work of the department involves the routine clinical review and management of acute problems in adults with congenital bleeding disorders. Patients have 24/7 access to the care from OHTC and are regularly reviewed at the centre. There are no beds within the centre, which is a purely outpatient facility. Patients who require inpatient treatment are admitted to the haematology ward or the most appropriate ward or department within the Trust’s various sites. The majority of the in-patient haemostasis work covers the care of haemophilia patients who require support for surgical procedures or the care of patients with newly diagnosed acquired bleeding disorders.

The department has its own specialist haemostasis laboratory and each consultant has direct access to all facilities in the laboratory and will provide advice to clinicians about results from the laboratory. There are no specific laboratory facilities or equipment that are needed for the post-holder for this role.

The department is also responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) referred by local general practitioners as well as supervision of the anticoagulation of patients within the county. A daily DVT diagnostic nurse-led service runs from OHTC and the consultant on-call will provide immediate oversight for any clinical concerns that arise. Patients found to have a DVT are reviewed by the junior doctor team at the centre. Thrombosis clinics are held regularly and each consultant will participate in these clinics.

The post-holder will join 4 other haemostasis consultants and share the routine work which includes weekly inherited bleeding disorder and thrombosis clinics and