Consultant Haematologist
4 weeks ago
Job summary
Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant Haematologist with a special interest Plasma Cell Disorders to support the PCD and Haemato-Oncology service.
GSTFT has a strong haematology service under the umbrella of being one of the largest health care providers in London. The roles of the post are:
to support the inpatient Haemato-oncology service by participating in the ward attending rota and out of hours rota. to support the Plasma cell disorder service
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a member of the haemato-oncology team, this is a post to provide support within the Myeloma team which has seen significantly increased activity in the last few years. The post holder will participate in outpatient clinics managing the care of patients with plasma cell diagnosis. There is a rotational ward attending cover for patients with haemato-oncology diagnosis associated with an on-call service on a 1:12 basis.
The post holder will actively participate in trainee teaching and clinical supervision as expected in a large Tertiary teaching Hospital, they will participate in morphology teaching for trainees.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a first-class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.
About us
The Trust consists of St Thomas' Hospital at Waterloo, including the Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's Hospital at London Bridge, as well as The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals. We are one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country with around 22,700 staff, we are also one of the biggest employers locally. GSTT is among the UK's busiest, and most successful foundation trusts, providing specialist care for patients across a breadth of specialities from birth and throughout their lifespan.
Our hospitals have a long and proud history, dating back almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. We continue to build on these traditions and have a reputation for clinical, teaching and research excellence.
We provide a full range of hospital services for our local communities, as well as community health services for people living in Lambeth and Southwark. We also provide specialist services for patients from further afield, including cancer, cardiac, kidney, women's and orthopaedic services, and we are home to the Evelina Children's Hospital. We have one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest A&E departments in London. See for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice. To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post. To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities. To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.Research, Teaching and Training
Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance. To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director. To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.Performance Management
To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas: Clinical efficiency LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates. Quality of outcomes infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates. Financial management identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team. Operational efficiency day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.Medical Staff Management
To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal. To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments. To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required. To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle. To be responsible for the annual appraisal of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/General Manager.Governance
To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director. Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented. To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director. Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas. To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis. To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director. To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.Strategy and Business Planning
To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate. To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.Leadership and Team Working
To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives. To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Kings Health Partners as required. To chair regular meetings for the specialties. To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties. Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence. Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be eligible for registration within six months of interview. 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
Desirable
Higher Research Degree such as PhD or MD
Clinical Experience
Essential
Experience in haemato-oncology
Desirable
Evidence of development of Myeloma subspecialist
Clinical Skills
Essential
Appropriate level of clinical knowledge for the post
Audit Management & IT
Essential
Track record of clinical governance, audit, management and IT skills required. Understanding of principles of audit.
Research. Teaching skill & experience
Essential
Track record of research, publications/ understanding / knowledge of Research ethics. Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
Desirable
Higher research degree in subject area related to Haemato-oncology (Myeloma) Evidence of original research and publications in appropriate peer reviewed journal in the field of Myeloma Teaching qualification
Leadership / Management skills
Essential
Communication; ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate. Accountability; ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority. Interpersonal Skills; empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others. Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets
Desirable
Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services-
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