Consultant Haematologist

Job summary

This is a full-time (10 programmed activities per week) Consultant in Haematology as a member of the NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) cellular, apheresis and gene therapies team and the haematology team at Kings College Hospital (KCH) focussing on malignant haematology and stem cell transplantation. Within NHSBT, the post-holder will focus on medical support to the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry (SCDR) and NHS Cord Blood Bank (CBB), being NHSBTs representative at the Joint Medical Advisory Committee (JMAC).

The post holder will also be a member of NHSBTs Therapeutic Apheresis Service (TAS) team who work flexibly to support patients at Great Ormond Street and other London Hospitals, providing cross cover by phone to other sites nationally. They will sit within a team providing medical support to a broad range of cellular and medicinal therapy services provided by NHSBT also including Cellular and Molecular Therapies (CMT) laboratories, and the Clinical Biotechnology Centre (CBC).

The adult transplant service at KCH provides care for patients from London and other parts of the country requiring both sibling and alternative donor transplants. There will be a weekly stem cell transplant clinic based at KCH and shared attending duties.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to work in clinical and academic departments where there is a JACIE accredited adult and paediatric stem cell transplantation program and busy haemato-oncology service, working in partnership with NHSBT CAGT.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you'll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too.

Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.