Locum Consultant Haematologist | Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Position Overview

Applications are invited for the post of whole-time Consultant in Haematology at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust based at the Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals (2 separate sites). Applicants must also be on the General Medical Council Specialist Register (UK) with a Licence to Practise (or be eligible for full and Specialist registration within six months of interview). These are replacement posts.

The new post holders will join four other Haematology Consultants based at Barnet and Chase Farm sites of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL). Haematological malignant services for RFL are based at Barnet and Chase Farm hospital and caters for a population greater than 1 million. We are an outpatient-based service and provide support to other specialities regarding in-patients.

The person appointed will have broad haematology training and be capable of handling various medical problems with general and malignant haematology. The appointee must be an effective team player and will be flexible in approaching new ways of working. The post holder will join a Haematology Department that provides Malignant Haematology Services with a hub based at Barnet with day units in Finchley Memorial Hospital (remote management) and Chase Farm.

The post holders will be expected to deliver.

• Core haematology service at Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals, including inpatient attending, out-of-hour on-call and delivery of outpatient services as required. The post-holder will contribute to a 1:6 Consultant ward attending rota and 1:6 Consultant 2nd on-call rota at weekends and 1st on call during weekdays.
• 2WW clinic for haematological malignancies and participate in the cross-site cancer MDT, along with specialist clinics.
• Develop an area of special interest for clinical or academic research aligned with the department's aspirations.
• The post-holder will support activities within the department, including graduate and undergraduate teaching and educational supervision.
• Liaison services with other clinical services based at the Barnet and Chase Farm sites.
• Other clinical work, including supporting the Haematology laboratory (diagnostic/morphology).
• Support the enrolment in clinical trials and patient reviews.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICs, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an IC infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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