Consultant Haematologist (Interest in Immune Haematology)

at  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive vacancy which has been created for a full time (10 PA) Consultant Haematologist with a specialist interest in immune haematology to join the Red Cell team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT). The postholder will join two existing immune haematology consultants covering the immune haematology service led by Professor Nichola Cooper and five consultants covering the haemoglobinopathy and elderly haematology services.
The post holder will join an expanding area of haematology covering patients with primary and secondary causes of immune haematology including ITP, AIHA, AIN, HLH including post immunotherapy cytopenias.
The post is primarily based at the Hammersmith Hospital (HH) but encompasses cover for Charing Cross (CXH), Queen Charlotte’s (QCCH), and St Mary’s (SMH) Hospitals .
There is a dedicated non-malignant haematology research unit which supports an extensive portfolio of clinical trials and observational studies.
The consultant will run 2 immune haematology clinics and one general haematology clinic per week. The immune haematology clinics are supported by all 3 consultants, two clinical nurse specialists (CNS), and clinical fellows and include patients with primary ITP, AIHA and AIN, as well as secondary causes such as lupus, campath and chemotherapy induced autoimmune cytopenias. Imperial is the largest renal transplant centre in the UK, resulting in a large cohort of post campath haematological conditions. In addition, the large cancer centre, and CART centre means that there are many patients with complex immune conditions. This provides an exciting opportunity to direct care for these patients. The immune haematology service at ICHT is also a referral centre for more complex patients, including patients with immunodeficiency related ITP and AIHA.
The post holder will undertake ward attending for inpatients on a weekly 1 in 7 rota, providing care for patients with complex immune problems, haemoglobinopathies and other non-malignant blood disorders on dedicated haematology wards with specialist CNS support. They will also provide a consultative service for other clinical specialties across the Trust on a 1 in 7 rota supported by an SpR.
They will run the regional haematology MDT for immune haematology which occurs once a month.
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The key area of responsibility for this role will be to provide high quality care to Clinical Haematology patients. The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.

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