Consultant Haematologist with an interest in malignant haematology: Sponsorship Available

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are seeking three substantive Consultant Haematologists to join our team at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals. Following completion of a service review and stabilisation of the consultant workforce, these posts offer an opportunity to develop malignant haematology services within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Successful candidates will provide general and malignant haematology care, with opportunities to develop specialist interests and contribute to clinical research, teaching and service improvement.

Main duties of the job

  • Deliver outpatient clinics, including malignant haematology, chemotherapy, general haematology and urgent suspected cancer referrals.

  • Participate in inpatient attending and consultant on-call rotas.

  • Contribute to cancer and departmental MDTs, providing advice and liaison across specialties.

  • Support laboratory haematology, including blood film reporting and transfusion advice.

  • Contribute to clinical trials, audit, governance and service development.

  • Provide teaching and educational supervision for medical students and junior doctors.

Person Specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential

  • Possession of MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists or equivalent
  • Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
  • CME accreditation e.g. FRCPath/ MRCP or show evidence of equivalent qualification
  • Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for registration within six months of interview

Desirable

  • Post-graduate medical degree e.g. MD/PhD

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of and commitment to multidisciplinary working
  • Wide clinical experience in Haematology
  • Experience of and an interest in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
  • Clinical audit experience

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

  • Proven clinical ability in Haematology
  • The ability to work as a member of a collaborative group
  • The authority, decision-making skills needed to lead a multi-disciplinary team in a complex environment
  • The ability to promote teamwork and motivate colleagues
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload, to delegate responsibility as appropriate and to supervise doctors in training and other staff
  • Willingness to be personally accountable for actions
  • Ability and commitment to teach in a clinical setting
  • Leadership skills and the ability to take forward service developments
  • Excellent communication skills/verbal and written. Good command of written and spoken English
  • Ability to relate to patients from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their concerns and needs
  • Willingness and skills to recognize and challenge unacceptable behaviour and if necessary to escalate
  • Proven ability to translate research activities into a clinical and organisational context
  • Proven ability and commitment to carry out high quality research in the field, leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of the Clinical Governance framework of the NHS and understanding of current changes in the organisation and management structures of the NHS. Ability to act within these parameters
  • Awareness and understanding of health, safety and security issues for self and others

Desirable

  • Knowledge and understanding of the principles of resource and budgetary management within the NHS

General

Essential

  • The highest ethical and professional standards in research, and education and clinical practice
  • Member of a medical defence organisation

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 8 November 2026

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