Consultant Haematologist

The post holder will be expected to undertake clinical work

in conjunction with their colleagues and other professional staff in order to

maintain and develop haematology services and develop specialist skills in

accordance with the needs of the department. Andwill be responsible in conjunction with colleagues for planning

future development of these services.

The post holder will be expected to work with appropriate

stakeholders in primary care and tertiary centres to continue to develop

integrated services.

The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the

care of patients in their charge and will be expected to provide a

comprehensive clinical service to consultant colleagues in other clinical

disciplines in the hospital and to general practitioners within the locality.

The post holder will participate in a weekday

and weekends on-call rota for haematology services. Youwill be expected to cover colleagues

in their absence and ensure continuous patient care. The post holder will be

expected to deputise in the absence of colleagues in cases of annual leave,

study leave and sickness as far as is practicable.

Inpatients are admitted under the care of the physicians,

either on ward 42 in Darlington Memorial Hospital (where there is generally a

mix of haematology, oncology, specialty and general medical patients) or other

medical wards. Inpatient management of haematological aspects of patient care

is undertaken by the haematologists in a joint liaison role with the

physicians.

The bulk of the haematology caseload is outpatient and day

cases; there are regular busy clinical sessions for these cases in each of

Darlington, Bishop Auckland, Durham and Shotley Bridge Hospitals. Each day unit provides facilities for bone

marrow biopsy, intravenous chemotherapy, venesections etc. Chemotherapy trained

nurses assist on the day units at all sites. The day units facilities are

shared with visiting oncologists.

The Trust works in partnership with the Northern Cancer

Alliance and delivers level 2a care.Level 2b care upwards (approximately 15 cases per year) is delivered by

the neighbouring trusts (South Tees and Newcastle Hospitals). Level 3 and 4 care is provided at the Freeman

Hospital in Newcastle. The clinical team attend the weekly lymphoma and

leukaemia/myeloma MDTs at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle (either in person or

via Teams).

We use the chemocare chemotherapy prescribing system in line

with most other haematology services in the region.

Paediatric haematology and haemophilia services are

organised on a regional basis via RVI Newcastle, but there are instances where

the post holder will be involved e.g. new cases.

The anticoagulant service is managed by nurse-led clinics

via near patient testing. These clinics are held in 4 sites (UHND, DMH,

Richardson Hospital and BAH). The clinic

nurses also carry out face to face consultations in various GP practices across

county Durham. We also have almost 500 patients who self-test; they submit

their results and receive dosing instructions

using a digital solution (either via telephone or e mailing system).

This clinical care group contains the pathology specialties

haematology and blood transfusion, microbiology, cellular pathology,

biochemistry and immunology.The consultant haematologists provide liaison and

advisory services for the other clinical services within the Trust and Primary

Care, including non-haematological bone marrow examinations, outpatient

transfusion and support for antenatal services.

CDDFT have a lead for haemostasis and thrombosis

and for Blood Transfusion and is supported by a full time Transfusion

Practitioner and two Associate Transfusion Practitioners. All new diagnoses of

malignant haematology conditions are reviewed through NEHODS (North East

Haemato-oncology Diagnostic Service) where bone marrow biopsies and material

for cell markers and molecular biology studies are sent. This links in with the

weekly MDT .

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We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

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