About this role
Job summary
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
o This post is a 10PA role and is a new post created to support the development of the service. Applicants who wish to participate in a job share will be welcomed.
Provide outpatient care as appropriate - This post is a full time (10 PA) role and involves 3 outpatient clinics per week plus 1-in-5 Haemostasis on call for adults and paediatrics
o The clinics consist of 1 paediatric Haemophilia & Thrombosis clinic; 1 adult haemostasis and thrombosis clinic and 1 benign paediatric cytopenia clinic per week.
o This post is predominantly based at the Kent and Canterbury site, with 1 day per week based at the William Harvey Hospital at Ashford. This post also includes attending weekly multidisciplinary team meetings
o There are separate on call rotas for Haemostasis; and Haemato-oncology (which includes Ward-attending duties). This post participates in the haemostasis on call rota only
o We provide training for rotational Haematology trainees from the Kings/KSS training programme and the consultants provide support to a full resident doctor haematology (registrar) rota
o Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care
o Provide clinical interpretation of haematological laboratory tests and provide advice to clinical colleagues. This role also provides Haematologist support to the Haematology laboratories
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications and training
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) in paediatric haematology , 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), ILETS, or graduate of a UK Medical School
Skills and experience
Essential
- Evidence of diagnosing and treating children and adults with benign haematological conditions
- Experience in clinical haemostasis and thrombosis
- Evidence of laboratory experience
Clinical governance
Essential
- Consistently safe
- Vigilant about safety
- Reassuringly professional
- Listen and clearly communicate
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Ethelbert Road
Canterbury
CT1 3NG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/ (Opens in a new tab)