Consultant Haematologist

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, as it has recently become one of the first vertically integrated health and care organisations in the country.

The current acquisition of the community health and social care provider (Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust) allows us to radically re-think and re-shape the way we deliver care, free from traditional organisational constraints.

The post will offer an opportunity to be part of designing and delivering innovative new services in Torbay and South Devon, including more integrated and streamlined care pathways for patients.

Torbay Hospital is a medium sized progressive and innovative District General Hospital providing acute services to South Devon.

We are situated about 2 miles from the centre of Torquay and virtually all facilities, including 2 new linear accelerators, are concentrated on the one site.

There are excellent opportunities for a variety of lifestyles and interests being close to both the Coast and Moorland.

Torquay offers excellent state schools, with academic success at the highest levels for both A Levels and the international Baccalaureate.

The haematology service requires a full time consultant haematologist. The appointee will join a team of 5 consultants who provide a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient service to Torbay and South Devon.

 

The team also comprises of 1 specialist registrar, 4 junior doctors (shared with Oncology) and a specialist nurse team. There is a dedicated haematology/oncology ward with 19 beds (4 HEPA filtered rooms) and a combined day unit for the delivery of SACT and emergency assessment of patients providing BCSH level 2B services.

There is collaboration with Derriford Hospital, Plymouth as part of the South West peninsula transplant service for autologous transplants (delivered locally) and allogeneic transplants.

Applicants are required to be on the GMCs Specialist Register with a licence to practice or within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT at the time of interview.

For an information discussion or to arrange a visit please contact Dr Deborah Turner, Consultant Haematologist & Clinical Director for Cancer Services on 01803655244 or [email protected].

Company Description

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation providing acute health care services from Torbay Hospital, community health services and adult social care.

The Trust runs nine community hospitals and provides health and social care in Dawlish, Teignmouth, Totnes, Dartmouth, Torbay, Newton Abbot, Ashburton, Bovey Tracey and the surrounding area.

We have around 500,000 face-to-face contacts with patients in their homes and communities each year and see over 78,000 people in our A&E department annually. We serve a resident population of approximately 375,000 people, plus about 100,000 visitors at any one time during the summer holiday season.

We are proud to be part of a healthcare community that works in partnership to provide the best possible health and care for its population. Our partner organisations include, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Torbay Council, Devon County Council and Rowcroft Hospice. Along with the South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group, we are all members of the local JoinedUp Board, which makes decisions about how to develop services to achieve the best outcomes for patients.