Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 6 months (fixed term for 6 months)
- Hours
- Part time - 6 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 120-MD003-0325
- Employer
- Welsh Blood Service
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Talbot Green
- Town
- Pontyclun
- Salary
- 拢116,600 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Haematologist with an interest in Donor Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.听听
As a division of Velindre University NHS Trust, the Welsh Blood Service (WBS) is an amazing place to work and develop your career.听 Our caring and motivated staff are designing, developing and delivering improvements, which will enable the WBS to strive towards its vision of working with our staff & the people of Wales to deliver an easy to use, safe and sustainable service for blood and stem cell donation.听
As a trusted healthcare provider, we work tirelessly to maintain the highest standards of quality, safety and donor experience.
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We are currently embarking an ambitious 5 year strategy called 鈥淲BS Futures鈥 where we have set out our vision for blood and transplant services in Wales for the next 5 years. It sets out where we are now, where we want to be in 2028 and the steps we will take to get there.
You can read more about our strategy here:
WBS is a committed equal opportunities employer.
Take a look at what we do. Our dedicated career pages can be found at 听
Applications may be submitted in Welsh.听 Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Job overview
The post holder will join a team of consultants, a specialist registrar, specialty doctors and advanced nurse practitioners and will contribute to donor care. We provide an essential service for NHS Wales in ensuring that it has access to blood to support the treatment of patients, in support of the transplant programmes and in the work of the Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry. The range of services we deliver are broad, multifaceted and highly specialised, underpinned by a clear commitment to continue to improve, to provide excellent services and to promote health and wellbeing for the people of Wales and beyond.
The post holder will participate in the consultant 24-hour on call rota (pro-rata, approximately 1 in 5 for a whole time equivalent).听
Medical posts within the Welsh Blood Service are accountable to the Medical Director.
This is a 6-month fixed term locum contract due to service needs.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
As a Donor Medicine Consultant working in close partnership with senior nursing colleagues and operational managers to ensure clinical standards are met and to develop improved national policies and procedures for collecting blood. Always being an advocate for donors by ensuring their best interests are considered as new policies evolve.
Making an active contribution to the safety of donors, patients and the continuing process of updating and improving donor selection methods and criteria. This includes research, systematic review and the production of guidelines by which practice is regulated. All of these activities are supported both within the WBS structure and by the UK wide machinery of JPAC.
Representing the Blood Donation Clinical Team on national committees, operational and project management teams and ad hoc working groups, as required by the Medical Director.
Leading the Clinical Nurse Specialist staff to provide assessment of donors.听
Maintaining appropriate records relevant to the clinical care and selection of donors.听
Investigating and responding to donor complaints and quality incidents; reporting donor adverse events and ensuring all donors are followed up appropriately
Participate actively in Clinical Governance and provide cross cover reciprocally with colleagues caring for donors and patients at the WBS.
Working for our organisation
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our听award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.听
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click 鈥淎pply now鈥 to view in Trac.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview
- 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
- MRCP and FRCPath or equivalents
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate thesis
- Management qualification
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Training and experience equivalent to that required for entry to the specialist register
- Broad knowledge of general medicine
- Experience of clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Ability to offer expert opinion on transfusion problems relating to donors and patients
Management and Administrative
Essential criteria
- Ability to offer expert opinion on transfusion problems relating to donors and patients
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of managing services 鈥 planning processes and managing people and resources
- Proven experience of managing and leading clinical teams
- Proven experience of change management
- Experience of improving services 鈥 critically evaluating and encouraging improvement and innovation
Desirable criteria
- Experience in setting direction 鈥 making decisions and evaluating impact, contributing to strategy and aspirations of the Organisation
- Experience of budget management
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to teach students, nurses, scientific staff and junior medical staff
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising medical trainees
Research Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad understanding of research governance
Desirable criteria
- Clinical trials and / or research experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Edwin Massey
- Job title
- Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 622121
- Additional information
Lisa George, Business Support Manager - Clinical Services
01443 622009
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