Specialty Doctor in Paediatric and TYA Oncology

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Paediatric Oncology & Haematology Department, Leeds Childrens Hospital, is a principal treatment centre and treats all newly diagnosed children from the region. There are approximately 130 new referrals of children and teenagers with malignant disease per year. The service is delivered by a large comprehensive multi-professional team in both in-patient and out-patient including day care facilities. The centre is also a tertiary benign paediatric haematology centre with a large population of children with bleeding disorders and haemoglobinopathies. The wider childrens hospital contains the complete range of paediatric sub-specialty services including congenital cardiac surgery, renal transplantation and a supra-regional liver transplant service.

There are three in-patient wards, which are all co-located on A Floor, Clarendon Wing at Leeds General Infirmary.

1. L31 - 17 bed childrens oncology and haematology ward.

2. L32 - 4 bed paediatric and TYA stem cell transplant ward.

3. L33 - 8 bed dedicated teenage cancer trust supported, teenage oncology and haematology ward.

The out-patient/day-care ward is located close to the inpatient ward and accommodates patients requiring day-case investigations and treatment, including three general anaesthetic lists each week for bone marrow and lumbar puncture procedures.

The successful applicant will join the Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Department which is led by Dr Susan Picton (Lead Clinician).

The paediatric haematology team includes:

Dr Mike Richards (Associate Medical Director), Dr Beki James (Director of Paediatric Stem Cell Transplant) and Dr Jacob Grinfeld who provide the regional paediatric haematology service.

The paediatric oncology team includes:

Dr Susan Picton, Dr Danielle Ingham, Dr Chris Lethaby and Dr Amy Ruffle; and in the wider department will also work with Professor Adam Glaser (Clinical Lead for the NIHR Childrens Clinical Research Facility), Dr Martin Elliott, Dr Bob Phillips and Dr Simone Wilkins.

The appointee will primarily be responsible for the day to day care of the paediatric and young adult haematology inpatients undergoing bone marrow transplantation. They will be supported in this by the haematology consultants, the paediatric haematology registrar, the adult haematology registrar and the paediatric oncology team. As part of this they will:

Do a daily ward round on the stem cell transplant unit and of other paediatric haematology patients as needed

They will see patients attending acutely to the day unit

They will participate in clinics for stem cell transplant patients and for those with non malignant conditions and in a clinic in the paediatric haematology day unit

They will share responsibility for the general anaesthetic lists carrying out haematological procedures (typically lumbar punctures and bone marrow examinations)

They will participate in the multi-professional paediatric haematology and oncology clinical governance programmes

They will co-ordinate the weekly transplant nuggets teaching

If haematologically trained to FRCPath level the appointee will also share the morphology reporting with the consultants and haematology registrars.

THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

The Leeds Way values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what we see as important to how we work. As described above, our five values are to be:

Patient-centred

Fair

Collaborative

Accountable

Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally, the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Education we strive for excellence and are committed to educating ourselves and our whole team, keeping up to date and being involved in research

Compassion listening to our young people and families to understand their perspectives, and listening to one another

Honesty for example, mistakes are used as a continual learning experience and an opportunity to improve practice.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.

WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.

Person Specification

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
• Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-informed practice

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of achievement of competencies in oncology or haematology (paediatric or adult), or clinical oncology for 24 months minimum.

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

• Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from, the GMC at intended start date
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)