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ST7+ Post CCT NHS Consultant Medicine Haematology Haematologist Scotland United Kingdom via Workplace Doctors on a fixed term/ permanent basis.

***CESR / CCT or Post CCT (within 6 months of job offer) or equivalent overseas qualification.
*** GMC Registration Required (General Medical Council) Essential
*** Specialist Register entry on the GMC Register
***Location: Scotland United Kingdom
***Speciality: Medicine – Haematology Haematologist
*** Role: Consultant / ST 7+ / Post CCT / CESR
***Duration: Fixed Term / Permanent (NOT Locum Basis)
***Pay rate: £NEGOTIABLE (dependent on experience £84,559 - £114,003 a year)
***Start date: ASAP
*** Exact location details provided upon receipt of application / CV

Overview

We are seeking to appoint a Consultant with complementary skills to the local and regional requirements. This offers an excellent opportunity for someone with the appropriate subspecialist skills to join the team to cover a potential catchment area of our client’s NHS facility.

Applicants must hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC.

Candidates for Consultant posts must also be on the GMC Specialist Register (including via CESR/European Community Rights) or will have a CCT/CESR(CP) date within 6 months of interview.

Our NHS client prides itself on being a friendly and caring place to work where the aim to combine our patient first approach with innovative and creativity against a backdrop of holistic team working, as encapsulated in their vision and values.

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain mainland Scotland has a 96-mile (154 km) border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and the Irish Sea to the south.

The Highlands and Islands, a densely populated Central Belt, which includes the main cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the Southern Uplands bordering England.

The Outer Hebrides and the Inner Hebrides island groups lie to the west, with the Orkney Islands and Shetland Isles to the north. Once part of Norway, Shetland is nearer to that country than to Edinburgh, and retains a Norse character.

Scotland is divided into six unique regions. Southernmost is the Border Country with its Hadrian’s Wall, rolling hills, pretty towns, ruined castles, and abbeys. The Southwest holds Scotland’s coastal Riviera and the Isle of Arran, and the Central belt is home to Edinburgh and Glasgow. The North East boasts the Grampian Mountains, Aberdeen, dramatic castles, coastlines, and quaint fishing ports, while the Highlands are famed for their glens, lakes, and mountains. The wild Scottish Isles comprise the Hebrides, the Orkney and the Shetland archipelagos.

Scotland has five international airports operating scheduled services to Europe, North America and Asia, as well domestic services to England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Scotland has a population of 5,463,300, as of 2019. The population growth rate in 2011 was estimated as 0.6% per annum according to the 2011 GROS Annual Review

Department

Clinical Haematology in the trust is an integrated service provided across both hospital sites. Consultants work predominantly at the University site where new patients are seen and treatment plans agreed. There may be the requirement for cross site working, which will be agreed in advance. Review patients and treatments will then either take place at either site depending on the patient’s address or the complexity of their disease.

Consultants have a fully equipped office, including a microscope of a standard appropriate to work at consultant level and a personal computer with access to the NHS and hospital networks, the internet and the Telepath laboratory computer system. Secretarial support is provided.

There is a strong commitment to continuing professional development within the department which involves all grades of staff. Study leave is funded from a centrally held budget.

Our priorities are:

• Increase substantive consultants in post
• Replace and upgrade laboratory instrumentation
• Continue to work with Scotland to forge stronger links for our patients
• Develop the haematology outpatient service in conjunction with the cancer services project to consolidate as much as possible into the new cancer centre

Clinical Haematology

The department of Clinical Haematology provides the non-surgical adult haematology service for the population of Scotland within the catchment area of the University Hospital (UH) and a small part of South West Scotland.

The Haematology Service registers approximately 600 new patients per annum. Haemato-oncology patients are discussed at the weekly Friday morning regional Haematology MDT. The hospital also provides level 2, 3 and 4 care for Haemato-oncology patients. Regional specialist Haemophilia care is also based at the UH. The regional service for haemoglobinopathies is based at the University Hospital.

Children with suspected haematological malignancy are managed in the Paediatric Oncology service at the Children’s Hospital, with shared care with Paediatrics in the region; non-malignant conditions are often investigated initially by the Paediatrics service in region with referral to Paediatric Haematology at the hospital as needed.

Regional haemato-pathology services are provided by the Haemato-Oncology Diagnostic Service (HODS), based at the hospital. Integrated reporting is supported by the web-based Haemosys system, which enables local reporting of bone marrow samples to be integrated with specialist diagnostic modalities (including flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, cytogenetics and molecular testing) and central consultant review. Reports from Haemosys are published directly into Telepath, our local laboratory information management system. We have a regular delivery of samples to HODS every week-day evening provided by Blood Bikes, a volunteer motorcycle courier charity, who also provide ad hoc emergency deliveries of blood samples and blood products at other times.

We are currently setting up a trial of digital morphology imaging to allow sharing of blood and bone marrow slides electronically across the trust and across the region.

Outpatient facilities are currently provided on both the hospital sites. At the UH the outpatient clinics are provided in either the outpatient department, the pathology clinic rooms, or a new facility based in within the grounds of the UH.

The facility for chemotherapy treatments which opened in November 2014. It has 10 chairs predominantly for chemotherapy treatments. A Haematology Supportive Therapies unit within staffed by the haematology nurse team, provides transfusions, venesections, intravenous iron and zoledronic acid. A procurement project is nearing completion with the trust to take over the running of oncology, radiotherapy and chemotherapy services in Scotland.

This will involve the development of a brand new and purpose built cancer centre in the grounds of the hospital.

Purpose built chemotherapy day care and outpatient services are also provided at the hospital. There are 8 chemotherapy chairs in the Suite with shared access for oncology and haematology patients.

A Radiotherapy Department is based at the UH.

A ward at UH has 9 inpatient beds available for haematology patients. Haematology inpatients on A ward are admitted under the care of the Haematology consultant team supported by the newly created haematology FY2 post. Out-of-hours (including weekends and Bank Holidays), medical input comes from the on-call medical team with telephone cover provided by the Haematology Consultant on-call.

The on-call haematology consultant rota is currently supported by input from consultant colleagues in our neighbouring trusts.

There are CT scanners and a static MRI scanner at CIC. A PET-CT service was recently introduced at CIC and there are Nuclear Medicine departments at both hospitals. In Carlisle there is a brand-new, Siemens Intevo 16 slice SPECT/CT. The newly developed hospital has recently opened with state of the art diagnostic equipment. A new aseptic suite opened in November 2016 at the UH.

The Chemocare system is used for electronic prescribing across the Trust.

Video conferencing facilities are available, including the Attend Anywhere system for remote video consultations.

Laboratory Haematology

Laboratories at the hospital are configured as blood science laboratories and based at both hospital sites. The laboratory at UH is the hub laboratory undertaking all non-urgent testing for both hospitals and all GP work, and all urgent testing for the UH and east Scotland GPs/community hospitals. The laboratory at the UH processes urgent hospital and GP work for patients in the west of the county and operates on a multi-disciplinary basis.

The haematology main analysers are as follows:

• Beckman Coulter DXH - full blood count
• IL TOPS 500 – coagulation
• Diamed Gel Station – transfusion
• Alifax – ESR

Job Plan

Regular job planning meetings will be undertaken with the post holder to ensure that the appointee is remunerated for any additional activities undertaken and that the job plan accurately reflects the overall workload undertaken by the post holder.

The supporting professional activities (SPAs) allocation within the provisional job plan is an illustrative guide and will be finalised following individual agreement with successful candidates. Further discussion on supporting professional activities will depend on the Trust's requirements and the individual's particular expertise.

A draft job plan is provided below. The job Plan will be reviewed and agreed with the post-holder at appointment.

Salary

This is as described in the Medical and Dental Terms and Conditions, in line with the Consultant Contract (2003). The current full time salary scale (as of July 2020) ranges from £84,559 - £114,003 a year with eight thresholds.

The on call supplement is Category A and attracts a supplement of 5% of basic salary.

Office Accommodation

Office accommodation will be provided for the appointee with secretarial support.

Management Responsibility

All Consultants are required to attend the monthly Directorate Meetings. Post holders will be expected to share in administrative duties allocated by mutual agreement within the Directorate. As part of the Consultant Team, the consultant will offer mentoring support and lead the existing clinical team through, one-to-one support, individual case management and complex cases, identifying development needs and suggesting CPD (Continuous Professional Development) opportunities and responding to clinical enquiries via e-mail and telephone.

Teaching/Research

The consultant will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. The post-holder’s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review. Teaching will take place during programmed activities and flexibly at other times.

• To provide conditions for improved training opportunities in line with national and local recommendations arising out of GMC and related requirements
• To supervise and manage the work of his/her junior medical staff and participate in the training and development of these staff to the standards required by the Royal Colleges.

Clinical Governance & Audit

The consultant will participate in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies. There are 6 half day clinical governance meetings per annum which substitute regular fixed sessions. There is a weekly consultant meeting before MDT on Friday to discuss any issues during the week and to plan for next week.

Personal & Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust.

The Trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.

Medical revalidation is the process by which the General Medical Council (GMC) confirms the continuation of a doctor’s licence to practise in the UK, provides greater assurance to patients, the public, employers and other healthcare professionals that licensed doctors are up-to-date and fit to practise. It is a key component of a range of measures designed to improve the quality of care for patients.

The Trust supports Royal College guidance on provision of mentors for new consultants in line with GMC recommendations. All newly appointed consultant staff are provided with a list of locally trained mentors who are available for ongoing support as required.

Personal Responsibilities

Confidentiality

All confidential information, including patient records, individual staff records, details of contract prices and terms and any other confidential information, must under no circumstances be divulged or passed on to any unauthorised person or persons. The penalty for breach of confidentiality will normally be summary dismissal.

Workplace Doctors are looking for medical professionals with UK & Overseas experience: that possesses the following qualities:

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

*** Ability to act as part of a team
*** Ability to cope with a varying work load
*** GMC Registration Essential (General Medical Council) - We can provide guidance if needed
*** Specialist Register entry on the GMC Register
***Post CESR or CCT obtained (CCT - Certificate of Completion of Training) or (CESR- Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration)
****IELTS and PLAB Exam Part 1 & 2 (IELTS, overall score 7.5) – overseas doctors
****GMC Registration Essential (General Medical Council) – We can provide guidance if needed

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Note: The Trust operates a policy whereby all employment for staff that have access to children/vulnerable adults will be subject to a satisfactory DBS Disclosure (Disclosure and Barring Service) The Criminal Records Bureau ( CRB ) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority ( ISA ) have merged to become the Disclosure and Barring Service ( DBS ). CRB checks are now called DBS checks. Overseas candidates will require an international police check or character reference.

Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship (formerly a Work Permit)

Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test.

At Workplace Doctors we welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Candidates will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post.

Workplace Doctors is a recruitment agency that offers locum, fixed term, permanent & locum medical jobs to cover the NHS, HSE, public and private sectors for Doctors and Nurses, AHP medical professionals.

We look forward to helping you progress your career and find you the ideal position.

Call us today on +44 (0) 1234 889213 to discuss this vacancy or email your CV along with your GMC Registration to [email protected] You are able to also apply online (see below)

Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in the post, the vacancy will be expired early. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted as soon as possible after the closing date.

This job description is not an exhaustive document but is a reflection of the current position. Details and emphasis may change in line with service needs after consultation with the postholder.