Consultant Haematologist

**Division**: Unplanned & Integrated Care

**Care Group**: Diagnostic and Clinical Support Services

**Grade**: Consultant

We are recruiting for aConsultant Haematologistwho shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

TheHaematology Service at Medway Maritime Hospital requires full time Consultant Haematologist to replace current locum post. The appointee will join the Trust’s four existing Consultant Haematologists who provide a comprehensive in-patient and out-patient haematology service for the surrounding district of the Medway Towns (Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham) and Swale, covering a population of 370,000.

The post holder will be expected to contribute to the management of the department as well as other forums within the Trust seeking medical advice/development from consultants.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

The post holder will be expected to participate in the training programmes for junior medical staff. This includes appropriate supervision and completion of paperwork required. Time will be allocated to teach third year medical students. It is hoped that the post holder will undertake QESP training to be an educational supervisor for the junior medical staff; an allowance for study leave will be provided to support this.

The haematology team include 6 consultants (2 Job share), 1 Specialist Doctor, 2 SpRs, 3 junior doctors and 2 clinical nurse specialists. There is a dedicated haemato-oncology ward with 18 patient capacity as well as day unit for delivery of chemotherapy and busy outpatient service.

Any applicant who is unable for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with consultant colleagues.

All applicants must either be on the General Medical Councils Specialist Register or within six months of obtaining their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Haematology.