Consultant Haematologist - Gen haematology, Transfusion, Laboratory

We are seeking a dynamic individual committed to excellence in service delivery to join our first class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.

The role will be cross sites but based mainly at the Harefield Hospital site and the post holder will:

1. Support the laboratory service at the Harefield Hospital site including laboratory management

2. Support the transfusion service

a. Participate in the site, GSTT wide and KHP transfusion meetings (e.g. transfusion team, hospital transfusion team, hospital transfusion committee service delivery, KHP transfusion team.)

b. Work with the transfusion team and Apollo programme to implement the Blood Transfusion IT solution

3. Support morphology reporting and review at the Harefield Hospital site

4. Support the general haematology service including consultative reviews

5. Support fulfilment of CQUIN requirements for electronic referrals and GP advice and guidance

6. Cover of offsite Royal Brompton haematology colleagues

7. Participate in the out of hours rota covering the Harefield and Brompton sites out of hours

8. Join the gen haem -sickle attending rota at GSTT

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be accountable to Dr Nita Prasannan, clinical lead for sickle, general haematology and transfusion.

This post will be covering the general haematology consultative service on the Harefield Hospital site, have laboratory management responsibilities and also be active in the transfusion team. This new post will cross cover their colleague haematologist based at Brompton who leads for haemastasis and thrombosis and will enable the 1:4 off site out of hours cover for the Harefield and Brompton sites.

This post will also provide laboratory support reviewing blood films and abnormal blood results and providing appropriate advice. They will also work with the other general haematology consultants to vet referrals and will share the provision of the 'Advice and Guidance' service for GPs (20-30 queries per week) and electronic referral systems (EVS, ERS) in line with the mandatory CQUIN targets. They will participate in two outpatient clinic per week at the Guys site.

The post holder will work within the transfusion team to deliver the Trust transfusion service and further integration of the KHP Transfusion Team alongside existing transfusion consultants Anicee Danaee, Patrick Harrington and Susan Robinson.

The Trust consists of St Thomas' Hospital at Waterloo, including the Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's Hospital at London Bridge, as well as The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals. We are one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country with around 22,700 staff, we are also one of the biggest employers locally. GSTT is among the UK's busiest, and most successful foundation trusts, providing specialist care for patients across a breadth of specialities from birth and throughout their lifespan.

Our hospitals have a long and proud history, dating back almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. We continue to build on these traditions and have a reputation for clinical, teaching and research excellence.We provide a full range of hospital services for our local communities, as well as community health services for people living in Lambeth and Southwark.

We also provide specialist services for patients from further afield, including cancer, cardiac, kidney, women's and orthopaedic services, and we are home to the Evelina Children's Hospital. We have one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest A&E departments in London. See www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk for further details.

£113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum excl. London Zone (Pro rata)