Consultant Haematologist
Closing date: 04 June 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a candidate interested in a consultant haematologist post at Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic haematologist to join our well‑established, dedicated and supportive team. The successful candidate will join a team of eight consultants supported by four registrars from the North East London rotation and five clinical fellows to serve a population of 750,000. Any consultant 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.
Main duties of the job
- Triage of electronic referrals from primary care including advice to GP colleagues, and acceptance of appropriate referrals on routine, urgent and suspected cancer pathways
- Undertake three outpatient clinics per week
- Attend and participate in an MDT relevant to your specialist area
- Support the diagnostic service and complete in‑house reporting of bone marrows; attend and participate in weekly morphology review
- Manage acutely unwell patients on the dedicated haematology and oncology ward as well as outlying wards and the day unit. Duties include a daily board round on Sky B and a ward round twice a week
- Participate in the on‑call rota 1:7.5
- Participate in the core medical trainee and specialist haematology trainee teaching programme in addition to being a clinical supervisor for junior doctors
- Where appropriate contribute to the existing clinical trials programme
- Comply with the structures and requirements for clinical governance within the Trust including but not exclusively attendance at local morbidity and mortality meetings, timely investigation and response to complaints and incidents, participation in collection and analysis of patient and carer feedback
Qualifications and Experience
- Full and specialist registration and a licence to practice
- MRCP / FRCPath or equivalent
- Fully competent in bone marrow aspirate and biopsy, lumbar puncture
- Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or CCT date is within six months of interview
- Understand and be competent at management of all aspects of general and malignant haematology
- Experience of teaching and supervision of medical students and trainees
- Formal training in management
- Evidence of having undertaken audit work that has brought about change
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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