Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job plan and timetable
The following draft Job Plan reflects our best assessment of what the final plan will be, based on 10 PAs. Any consultant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post on a part-time basis; 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 service provided by paediatric haematology is across both campuses. However your primary base is Queens Medical Centre. The post holder will be expected to maintain and regularly update their practical skills in bone marrow biopsy and the administration of intrathecal cytotoxic chemotherapy as defined by NUH Trust Policy on the Administration of intrathecal Chemotherapy.
Duties
The appointee will be expected to fulfil the following duties with the agreed Job Plan.
Clinical
A full range of paediatric haematology emergency and elective patients are admitted to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the appointee will be responsible for the management of those patients admitted under their care.
The appointee will be expected to share provision of cover for children under the care of the other paediatric haematologists in their absence.
The appointee will be required to advise on the management of those children with haematological problems admitted under the care of other colleagues within the unit. We presently provide service week Consultant cover for the management of those children with Cancer and benign haematological problems admitted under the care of other colleagues within the unit. The post holder will be expected to provide service week cover. The roles of the service week consultant include being the first point of contact for the junior doctors regarding inpatients, doing a board round at least once daily, reviewing any sick patients on the ward requiring senior review, prioritising admissions, and accepting referrals of patients with a suspected diagnosis of cancer. The service week consultant also provides consultant support to the day care unit which includes providing support for the registrar doing the general anaesthetic list for bone marrow aspirates/trephines and lumbar punctures and covering the list when needed. The full-time consultants provide service week cover 1 week in 6.
The appointee will be expected to provide regional advice to general paediatricians, neonatologists and other paediatric specialists and advice and guidance to local GPs.
It is expected that the post holder will become a key member of the Multidisciplinary clinical and Psycho social teams.
The Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Centre and the Haemoglobinopathy Service are subject to Peer Review. It is expected that the post holder will play their role in enabling the service to meet national standards.
These duties are subject to review from time to time in the light of the changing requirements of the service. If alterations to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, their consultant colleagues, and the Trust. The appointee will provide reciprocal cover for annual, and study leave and short-term renumerated cover for sick leave.
The person appointed will be required to devote substantially the whole of their time to the duties of the post and always give them priority.
The successful applicant will become part of a friendly and collaborative team of 7 consultant haematologists and oncologists. We have strong links with the University of Nottingham, with two team members having academic appointments. There are currently 3 consultants covering the haematology service with one lead each for leukaemia, haemostasis and red cell disorders. Nottingham and the surrounding area is a beautiful place to live with outstanding nearby schools and excellent transport links to other major cities.