Haematology Clinical Fellow

Applications are invited for a Clinical Fellow to join a friendly and dynamic team at a large University Teaching Hospital in the West Midlands. This is the perfect opportunity for an overseas doctor looking for their first role in the NHS. The contract is for an initial 12-month fixed term period.

The successful appointee will participate in the management of patients on the wards, day unit and the Teenage Young Adult (TYA) Cancer Unit.

The Department

The department delivers high-quality tertiary specialised services to the West Midlands region including Level 3 & 4 stem cell transplantation, CAR-T cell therapy, teenage and young adult (TYA) cancer care, apheresis, Comprehensive Haemophilia Centre, specialist integrated haematological malignancy diagnostic service (siHMDS) and a nationally recognised active academic programme. The main site boasts 60 inpatient beds and there is an additional dedicated Young Persons Unit for TYA care.

There are well developed chemotherapy day-case, outpatient and laboratory Haematology services across the four acute hospital sites that make up the Trust, with ACP and AOS provision at all sites, and Consultant led care. 

Clinical Haematology provides expert treatment for patients with a wide variety of blood diseases including acute and chronic leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and patients with specialist disorders of haemostasis and thrombosis. There is a well-developed secondary and tertiary referral practice and the department is a regional centre for allogeneic, autologous blood and marrow transplant and CAR-T in adults. 

The Trust is a designated Principle Treatment Centre (PTC) for Teenage Young Adult Cancers (TYACs) for the West Midlands region and the main hospital has a state of the art Young Person’s Unit (YPU). The department also supports a supra-regional skin lymphoma service in conjunction with dermatology. It is also the regional comprehensive care centre for Haemophilia and bleeding disorders

The job:

You will be supporting the management of patients with haematological malignancies and non-malignant haematology patients across the Trust. 

This will include rotational experience in: 

• Inpatient care 
• Day-case reviews, 
• Outpatient clinics 

The appointee will have the opportunity to participate in the rota for middle grade Haematology speciality cover. 

You will also be expected to attend and participate in the integrated Haemato-oncology Clinical MDT and the BMT/transplant MDT weekly, plus monthly quality meetings, weekly educational sessions and mortality and morbidity meetings.

As a middle grade at the Trust, you will be encouraged to participate in teaching for junior doctors and nurses in the department in speciality aspects of care.

There are also a wide variety of research opportunities available for employees of the Trust, specific to the department of Haematology. You will be expected to engage with and help develop an active programme of clinical and translational research and trials. 

Requirements

In order to apply for this role you will need:

• GMC Registration complete
• Prior Haematology experience
• Ability to interview late April
• MRCP is desired.

How BDI Resourcing can support

When choosing to apply for your next role with BDI Resourcing, you’ll have the full support of an expert recruitment team who will assist, as standard, with:

• CV Preparation using our recognised bespoke guidance
• Application support with expert knowledge of specialisms, NHS and local support
• Video based Interview Preparation using specific example questions according to job role
• Contract and offer negotiations for salary, relocation packages, tenure and more

Once you have accepted your new role, you’ll then be met by one of our dedicated relocation executives who will guide you through all the way to starting to your new role including:

• Document gathering and checking 
• COS and Visa Application support if applicable
• Short- and long-term accommodation sourcing
• Travel Arrangements
• Family support for finding schools and any other aspects of pastoral care