Consultant Haematologist

A full-time replacement (10 PA) Consultant Haematologist post is available at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital (SMH), Aylesbury and Wycombe Hospital (WH), High Wycombe. This is a replacement post created to maintain the department at 8 substantive consultants. The appointee will be expected to provide, along with the current consultants, a comprehensive clinical and laboratory haematology service for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

The successful applicant will be expected to have broad experience in adult general and malignant haematology and be experienced in managing haematology patients in inpatient and outpatient settings, including patients on high-intensity chemotherapy. The applicant will be invited to negotiate an area of sub-specialty interest.

The successful applicant will join the 7 other substantive consultants in this busy department covering outpatient work at both WH and SMH and the combined inpatient ward at SMH. The appointee will be based across both sites. The appointee will join the haematology consultant out of hours on-call rota (frequency currently 1 in 8). In addition to clinical duties there are opportunities to be involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, as well as clinical research.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Duties and responsibilities
- Responsibility, in conjunction with consultant colleagues, for the provision of a clinical and laboratory haematology and Blood Transfusion service for the population of Buckinghamshire. Clinical provision encompasses inpatient, day-case and outpatient services for both malignant and non-malignant haematological disease.
- Shared managerial responsibility on an agreed basis with colleagues.
- Provision of an out of hours ‘on call’ service with consultant colleagues.
- Participation in undergraduate/postgraduate medical/nursing/laboratory staff teaching as appropriate.
- The post-holder will engage with the requirements of NCAG with regards to the local acute oncology service
- Provision of mutual cover with consultant colleagues for periods of annual leave, sickness and study leave on an equitable basis.
- Participation in Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance procedures.
- The current study leave budget is £800 per annum and it is expected that the postholder will be registered for CPD with the relevant Royal College. The postholder will be required to produce evidence of engagement with CPD as part of the appraisal and revalidation process.
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust will provide doctors with support to complete a regular annual appraisal and with the revalidation process.
- Any concerns about a medical practitioner’s fitness to practise raised by patients or staff of the designated body or arising from another source are dealt with under the Maintaining High Professional Standards Policy found on the Trust intranet.