We have an exciting opportunity to join the North Middlesex University Hospital Haematology Team. We have a 10 PA Consultant post available with a special interested in Red Cell. This post is joint with UCLH, which provides an exciting opportunity for 2 large network haemoglobinopathy centres to develop and share expertise.
The post-holder’s primary focus at NMUH will be to lead, develop, and promote a comprehensive red cell service both at the NMUH site and within the community. With a thorough background in haematology, the post-holder will be equipped to address a wide range of clinical and laboratory haematology issues commonly encountered in a district general hospital setting. Additionally, the post-holder will collaborate closely with colleagues in the Red Cell Network (RCN) and the HCC to ensure the delivery of exceptional red cell care at NMUH. The role includes running at least one weekly red cell outpatient clinic and providing clinical leadership and oversight for patients attending the Sickle and Thalassaemia Day Unit, as well as the ED Bypass service.
The post holder will hold 3.5 regular clinics per week, including:
- A weekly red cell clinic at NMUH
- A weekly red cell clinic at UCLH
- A weekly clinic based on the applicant’s other interest (subject to approval) at NMUH
- An alternate week diagnostic clinic at UCLH
At NMUH The Consultants operate an ‘attending’ system for all Haematology in-patients for one calendar month at a time, on a rotating basis: 1:4 for this post. There are 10 – 20 in-patients at any one time, comprising of a variety of haematology-oncology patients, sickle cell patients, and a small number of general haematology patients. It is agreed that the post-holder will reduce their clinic activity when attending on the ward where this clashes with their ward round (Monday am and Thu am)
On-call at NMUH is currently on a weekly non-resident basis in a 1 in 5 week frequencyand attracts 0.5PA DCC.The on call consultant is supported by a non-resident haematology SpR on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.There is anon-site specialities SHO between 17:00-21:00 and the medical team provide on the ground support from 21:00 to 09:00 for all haematology inpatients.
At UCLH,attending for red cell inpatients will be 6 weeks per year, and they would also be on-call during that time. Ward attending is in 2-weekly blocks, to be allocated as per discussion with team based around leave etc. It is expected that consultants will do at least 2 ward rounds a week of all in patients (e.g.,Mondays and Fridays) but should be available every day for in person and telephone reviews. There is a dedicated red cell registrar allocated to the team. Clinic attendance is expected when on call at either of the sites unless by highly specific arrangements.
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust in North London, with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas.
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’s, 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 ICS 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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The post holder should have a broad training in clinical and laboratory haematology and must hold full and specialist registration with a licence to practise with General Medical Council. Additionally, they should be holder of Certificate of Completion of Training or be within six months of award of CCT or equivalent by the date of interview. Development of an area of special interest will be encouraged and the post holder will be expected to participate in the on-call rota, providing advice and clinical help across hospital and community.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Apr 2025