Job Title: Locum Consultant Haematologist
Agency: Hywel Dda University Health Board
Location: Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, Wales
Salary/Rate: 125,509 £ / Year

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Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Locum Consultant Haematologist to join the team at Hywel Dda UHB. We are offering a dynamic and rewarding role located in a beautiful part of Wales. We are looking for a highly committed and motivated individual to join our Haematology team who will be able to bring some subspecialisation into the wider team. The health board operates over four sites in West Wales. This post will be covering Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth while also supporting the wider team.

Our team of 7 consultants provides a comprehensive haematology service in the four hospitals in an area of outstanding beauty. This post will provide support for a wide range of patient groups. This hospital is our smallest of the four, and the team is spread between the four sites. Support for the post includes Specialty Doctor, Haematology CNS team, and Specialist Haematology pharmacists.

Our staff are at the heart of the quality of our service and are looking to add to our numbers. We are looking for someone to bring additional expertise and a passion to provide excellence.

Main duties of the job

Clinical – The appointee should be able to demonstrate experience in the management of all Haematological conditions. The successful candidate will be able to develop a subspecialty across the health board, working alongside the other consultants to contribute to subspecialisation teams.

Inpatients – The appointee will be expected to consult on all inpatients with the local medical team looking after them. Additional teaching on the management of haematology patients will be essential. Liaising with the Acute Oncology Service, which covers haematology in-patients

Outpatients – The appointee will be expected to participate in 3-4 clinics per week. Consideration for other subspecialist workload could be considered, depending on the applicant’s experience to date. There an increasing number of patients returning from the tertiary centres following treatments who return home between treatment cycles that need additional input from the local haematology team. BMA’s are currently done weekly. Phone clinics are encouraged, given the rural area and the inability to travel for our patients.

Laboratory – The appointee will be expected to help out with advice and input on blood films and reporting bone marrow reports

There is a weekly health board-wide MDT and opportunities to join other MDTs from all Wales MDTs (Lymphoma, Myeloma, Myeloid).

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

• Full registration and a License to Practice with the General Medical Council.
• Valid Certified Advanced Life Support.
• Completion of relevant Royal College Examinations (or equivalent).

Desirable

• Additional Higher qualification(s).

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Broad-based experience within the specialty area.
• Able to demonstrate core competencies and clinical skills relevant to the post.
• Experience of leading a team.

Desirable

• Previous experience working in the UK or the NHS.

Teaching

Essential

• Ability to critically assess learning requirements for self and others.
• Evidence of organising programmes and teaching all staff groups.
• Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff.

Desirable

• Teaching qualification.

Research and Scholarship

Essential

• Demonstrates knowledge of current research and best practice in the specialty area.
• Evidence of keeping up to date with current research and best practice.
• Evidence of locating and using clinical guidelines appropriately.
• Evidence of communicating and interpreting research evidence in a meaningful way.

Desirable

• Active participation in research.

Clinical Governance

Essential

• Understanding of the role of Clinical Governance.
• Participation in clinical audit (or quality improvement project) and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice.
• Knowledge of the annual job planning/appraisal review process.

Desirable

• Knowledge of risk management.

Safeguarding

Essential

• Demonstrates knowledge of safeguarding requirements and takes appropriate responsibility.
• Evidence of applying appropriate equality and diversity legislation.

Other

Desirable

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

Closing Date: 12 July 2026

How to Apply;

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