An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Locum Consultant Haematologist to join our Clinical Haematology department at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for a period of 12 months.

The candidate will have the opportunity to be based at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (CWH) and join the existing CWH consultant group and broader teams. The candidate will work with the well-established team to deliver general laboratory, general inpatient, outpatient, advice & guidance, and haemato-oncology services. The candidate will uphold the Trust values to ensure the delivery of the highest quality care to patients with Haematological conditions.

The post-holder will contribute to the general work of the Clinical Haematology department. The post will also support Laboratory Haematology (Pathology) at the Trust as well as providing a Haematology consultation service to other departments whose patients have haematological disorders or haematological aspects to their primary disorder e.g. patients from the Women’s and Children’s Services.

Due to service demands and needs for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date.

**Please note the job description is pending Royal College approval**

Deliver the highest quality care to patients with haematological conditions.

Deliver general laboratory, general inpatient, outpatient, advice & guidance, and haemato-oncology services

Contribute to the research, teaching and training agenda of the clinical haematology department

Contribute to the delivery of relevant departmental, divisional, trust and national targets relevant to clinical haematology

Participate in clinical governance and audit

Provide commitment and leadership within the clinical haematology department and trust

We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have nearly 6,000 members of staff that care for nearly one million people locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We are one of the best performing FTs in London for A&E waiting times, and mortality rates are better than average. Since the Care Quality Commission last inspected our hospitals we have taken on responsibility for a range of new services. Our new services include:

Cardiac catheter service and a paediatric assessment unit on the West Middlesex site

Surgical assessment unit on the Chelsea site

New sexual health clinic at 10 Hammersmith Broadway

Virtual fracture clinics

Learning disabilities passports

There has been a recent £20 million expansion to critical care facilities and refurbishment of the children’s unit at West Middlesex, both in partnership with the Trust’s dedicated charity CW+.

The candidate will have the opportunity to be based at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (CWH) and join the existing CW consultant group and broader teams. The candidate will work with the well-established team to deliver general laboratory, general inpatient, outpatient, advice & guidance, and haemato-oncology services. The candidate will uphold the Trust values to ensure the delivery of the highest quality care to patients with Haematological conditions.

The post-holder will contribute to the general work of the Clinical Haematology department. The post will also support Laboratory Haematology (Pathology) at the Trust as well as providing a Haematology consultation service to other departments whose patients have haematological disorders or haematological aspects to their primary disorder e.g. patients from the Women’s and Children’s Services.

This post will help the team continue to meet key performance targets such as referral to treatment (RTT), two week wait (2WW), faster diagnosis standard (FDS) and other cancer pathway waiting times, length of in-patient stay, and patient experience.

For full details, please see job description attached.