Consultant Haematology

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Haematologist to join a growing and forward-looking haematology service in the East of England. This is a replacement consultant post within an established department providing a comprehensive clinical and laboratory haematology service across the region, including West Norfolk and Wisbech. The successful candidate will join an existing consultant team and play a key role in shaping the service's future direction, while also having the opportunity to develop a chosen subspecialist interest through a dedicated weekly session at a major tertiary haematology centre.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive consultant haematology service across the region, covering both clinical and laboratory haematology.
• Hold continuing responsibility for the management of inpatients, outpatients and chemotherapy/day unit patients.
• Run and support new patient clinics, follow-up clinics, ward rounds and specialist haematology reviews.
• Provide expert advice on laboratory results, blood product administration, blood films, bone marrow interpretation, and the management of bleeding and clotting disorders.
• Participate in the haematology on-call rota, currently 1:4 weekdays and 1:4 weekends
• Deliver weekly and monthly clinic commitments, including Macmillan clinic activity, telephone follow-up clinics, coagulation clinics and MDT participation.
• Spend one day per week in a tertiary haematology subspecialty clinic, supporting the development of a specialist interest and strengthening regional pathways.
• Contribute to service improvement programmes, including GIRFT, cost-improvement work, and the implementation of evidence-based new ways of working.
• Support clinical governance, audit, protocol development, teaching, training and service leadership.
• Act as a clinical/educational supervisor where appropriate and support the development of junior doctors and other healthcare professionals.

About the Role

This post sits within a friendly and enthusiastic haematology department that forms an integral part of the wider Division of Medicine. The successful candidate will join a service currently supported by consultant haematologists, a consultant haematology nurse, clinical nurse specialists, speciality registrars and junior doctors. The service delivers a broad haematology offer, with strong links into pathology, transfusion, haemato-oncology diagnostics and regional MDT infrastructure.

The department's haematology laboratory services are part of a wider regional pathology alliance, and the post offers a good mix of clinical haematology, haemato-oncology, transfusion support, anticoagulation and laboratory leadership. The appointee will also be linked into tertiary haemato-oncology pathways, with access to specialist MDTs and subspecialty development opportunities.

Specialist Interest / Tertiary Centre Session

Role

A major attraction of this role is the opportunity to develop a subspecialty interest within haematology through a weekly session at a tertiary centre. This could include exposure to and development in areas such as:

• Myeloma
• Acute leukaemia
• Myeloproliferative neoplasms
• Aplastic anaemia/myelodysplasia
• Lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
• Post-allogeneic stem cell transplant follow-up

Depending on experience and interests, there may also be scope to contribute to subspecialty MDT leadership and wider regional pathway development.

Clinical Duties

The consultant will be expected to deliver a broad and hands-on clinical service, including:

• Weekly Macmillan clinic activity for new patients and patients receiving intensive/intravenous chemotherapy
• Weekly telephone follow-up clinics
• Monthly joint telephone follow-up clinics
• Monthly myeloproliferative telephone clinics
• Coagulation clinic participation on a rota basis
• Daily ward rounds during working hours
• Weekend ward rounds when on call
• Participation in local and specialist MDT meetings, including haematology / haemato-oncology case discussions and video-conferenced specialist MDTs

Service Development & Leadership

The appointed consultant will be expected to contribute actively to the department's ongoing improvement programme, including:

• Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)
• Skill development across the service where required
• Cost Improvement Programme (CIP)
• Implementation of evidence-based service redesign and new ways of working

There is a clear expectation that the incoming consultant will help carry the department forward by contributing to innovation, governance, pathway development, and long-term service sustainability.

Teaching, Training & Governance

The Post Holder Will Be Expected To

• Teach and train junior doctors, medical students and other healthcare professionals
• Act as a clinical/educational supervisor for doctors in training and locally employed doctors, where appropriate
• Participate fully in clinical governance, audit, appraisal and CPD
• Support development of clinical protocols, guidelines and care bundles
• Contribute to quality improvement and wider organisational objectives within the division and trust structure

Person Specification Requirements Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCP Part 1 and Part 2
• Full GMC registration and licence to practise
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register, or eligibility for entry / within 6 months of CCT or CESR at interview
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for UK CCT in General Internal Medicine or Haematology
• Ability to meet the Specialist Generic Capabilities Framework criteria
• Strong clinical judgement and the ability to manage complex haematology patients independently
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams
• Commitment to patient safety, quality improvement, governance, teaching and service development

Desirable

• Other professional qualification or higher degree, for example, in:
• Medical education
• Clinical research
• Management