Locum Haematology Consultant

Job summary

Looking to take that next step in your career? Ready to be part of something special and to develop services that really make that difference to your patients? Have a thirst to contribute your skills and develop your knowledge and research? Want to work alongside friendly and like-minded colleagues in a challenging but exciting environment? If that describes where you are at, then Haematology at London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUHT) could be the place for you.

We're inviting applications forLocum Consultantpost with interest in Malignant Haematology. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established and vibrant department in the expansion and development of clinical and diagnostic Haematology services within the North West London sector. LNWUHT is a large acute hospital which serves a large and ethnically diverse population of over one million people.

Based primarily at Northwick Park Hospital (NPH), Haematology services are delivered at all three Trust sites. Successful candidates will be part of a team of 16 Consultant Haematologist colleagues in delivering clinical, laboratory, diagnostic, administrative, research and teaching responsibilities.

In addition to a wide practice in General Haematology, the Department has a particularly active Haemato-Oncology commitment providing Level 3 inpatient care at NPH, a stand-alone MDT and a large NIHR-supported Clinical Trials Portfolio of international studies.

Main duties of the job

The locum post is full-time 10 PA in the Haematology Department of London North West Healthcare NHS Trust. The post-holder will be an integral part of the Haematology service provided to the Trust and the appointee will provide care for inpatient and outpatient haematology patients.

There are weekly myeloid, lymphoma, CLL and myeloma clinics within the department in addition to new referrals, general haematology, haemoglobinopathy and thrombosis clinics. The combination of clinics for the individual post-holder will be subject to their experience and interests. Full-time consultants at this trust will generally undertake 3 clinics per week.

There are weekly regional and local MDTs which will be part of job planned activity. Acute inpatient admissions are managed at NPH. For malignant haematology, Northwick Park has a stand-alone MDT and a weekly meeting with Hammersmith Hospital to discuss complex cases and transplant referrals. There is an opportunity for the post-holder to undertake a clinic at the Ealing or CMH sites, but the post holder will predominantly be based at Northwick Park Hospital.

Within the department, there is good opportunity to significantly contribute to service development, particularly in the Thrombosis, Laboratory, ITP and Haemoglobinopathy services again dependent on experience and interest.

On-call attending occurs on a 1 in 6 basis.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.