Main area: Haematology
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent: on-call
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (On-call arrangements will consist of a 1:5 on call rota for non-malignant and laboratory haematology and a 1:8 on call rota for Haemato-Oncology unit cover.)
Job ref: 411-MED-24-6671867-A
Employer: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Hospital
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/12/2024 23:59
Consultant Paediatric Haematologist
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, where our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trust's values and behaviours. We appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
* Great flexible working opportunities
* Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
This is a substantive 10 PA post, based at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust to join a highly specialist team of Consultant Paediatric Haematologists and Consultant Paediatric Oncologists. The successful applicant would join a team of 4 Consultant Paediatric Haematologists and a Consultant Paediatric Oncologist with a Special Interest in Leukaemia as well as 4 Consultant Paediatric Oncologists.
Any applicant who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust, in consultation with Consultant colleagues.
The post holder will report through the Clinical Lead to the Chief Executive with professional support from the Divisional Director.
There is a recruitment and retention premium for this post.
Main duties of the job
It is envisaged that this post will attract 10 programmed activities (PA’s) per week (8.5 PA direct clinical care (DCC) and 1.5 SPA – (supporting professional activities). As per Trust Policy for new consultants, increases beyond 1.5 SPA, in respect of appropriate activities can be negotiated by mutual agreement following annual job planning reviews.
This post holder will be involved in delivering clinical and laboratory haematology. The specific leads for each area will be negotiated among the consultants depending on their specialist interests. There will also be a joint responsibility to ensure consultant medical input to the clinical laboratory service. On-call arrangements will consist of a 1:5 on call rota for non-malignant and laboratory haematology and a 1:8 on call rota for Haemato-Oncology unit cover.
Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognized as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The appointee will be expected to attend:
* Haematology MDT weekly
* Haemato-Oncology Unit communication meeting weekly
* Chemotherapy planning meeting weekly
* Risk & Governance meetings for Laboratory Medicine and clinical specialties as appropriate
* Laboratory Medicine Interdepartmental meetings which take place each month
* Pathology Users’ Group quarterly
The post holder will report through the Specialty Clinical Director for Medicine to the Chief Executive with professional support from the Director of Division of Medicine. Clinical appraisal will be undertaken by a suitably senior consultant.
Person specification
Qualifications
* GMC
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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