Consultant in Clinical Haematology | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 (per annum) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK42 9DJ |
| Company: | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7289023/416-GM-H-242 |
Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated individual who will be able to help further develop our clinical and laboratory haematology service. The post holder will work with an inspiring team of colleagues across the whole range of Clinical and Laboratory Haematology, in outpatient and inpatient settings.
This is a full-time 10 PA consultant post to join a team of 1 other Consultant Haematologist at Bedford Hospital which is part of the Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will work one day per week at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, in a sub-specialty of their choice. The post holder will participate within the Clinical Haematology on-call at Bedford Hospital on a 1:4 basis. Bedford inpatients are managed by the Acute Medical team with input from the Clinical Haematology team. The on-call consultant has access to view patients’ blood films, medical notes and results through the use of digital technology.
The post holder will be on call (9-5) in rotation with the other Consultant at Bedford Hospital providing support to Acute Medical teams/other clinical services on-call caring for inpatients with Haematology concerns, provide support to the Clinical Haematology nursing team and deliver a mixture of face-to-face and virtual clinics.
The clinical commitments of this post will include responsibility for inpatient and outpatient care of Bedford patients with haematological disorders. The duties also involve provision of laboratory haematology services.
The allocation of programmed activities will be based on 8.5 for direct clinical care and 1.5 for supporting professional activities. The detailed job plan will be agreed in consultation with the Clinical Lead and the Consultants in the Department, with the approval of the Medical Director and Chief Executive or their representative.
The post-holder will be expected to ensure their practice is in accordance with the principles of Clinical Governance, which must include appropriate clinical audit, evidence based practice, continued personal educational and professional development.
Clinics are 4 hours/1PA to include additional administration time which may be taken outside of the clinic environment.
The post holder will provide specialist advice and expertise to Acute Medical teams caring for patients with haematological disorders, and provide speciality Haematology advice.
The post holder will attend the weekly multi-disciplinary departmental meetings.
The post holder will also be encouraged to take on appropriate clinical managerial or additional similar posts within the Trust.
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.
Our Values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Job Plan for 10 Programmed Activities (PAs)
A 10 PA week divides into a minimum of 8.5 PAs for clinical activity and a minimum 1.5 PAs for Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) in agreement with the Clinical and General Managers.The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges estimates that 1.5 SPAs per week is the minimum time required for a consultant to meet the needs for CPD for revalidation purposes. CPD activities encompass clinical, personal, professional and academic activities. If required and agreed additional SPA time above 1.5 should be linked to organisational objectives, such as, research, clinical management or medical education roles. The Job plan allocation for Clinical Activity and SPA will be reviewed three months after appointment. A diary exercise will provide evidence of activities. Thereafter review will be annual.
In addition to the fixed clinical sessions necessary to provide continuous cover in the clinical area, flexible sessions that include time for teaching, administration, management and clinical governance will be discussed and agreed.
The Trust may wish to contract for up to a further 2 PAs to support the provision of extended clinical cover and other supporting professional activities. This will be discussed with the appointees.
A job plan will be agreed by the Clinical Lead and General Manager in the first instance, with the approval of the Medical Director and Chief Executive or their representative. This plan will be reviewed annually. The annual review will be used to check that the record of fixed and flexible sessions is accurate and compliant with the EWTD; covers acute commitments and is compatible with the agreed template for the speciality and that any problems arising can be resolved. This also provides an opportunity for constructive debate about the individual’s personal development plan including CPD and any evolving special interests which the appointee may wish to pursue.
Job Plan Summary
The provisional Job Plan takes into account activity over 42 weeks per year. The Trust runs an annualised job plan for all consultants, with job planning assisted by the online L2P Tool.
A specific weekly timetable will be agreed on appointment to distribute the clinical and laboratory work of the department between the consultants and recognise the time commitment required to support lead roles for specific elements of the service.
An indicative timetable and job plan is shown below. The exact allocation of PAs and duties may vary to reflect service demands and total numbers of whole time equivalent consultants in the team. Regular job plan reviews will be undertaken to reflect changing requirements. The tables below shows the proposed job plan for this post which is subject to negotiation with the successful candidate.
The on-call commitment is currently a 1 in 4 rota based at Bedford Hospital site.
This advert closes on Sunday 6 Jul 2025