Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Paediatric Haematology and BMTNHS
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity in paediatric haematology and stem cell transplant and gene therapy as a Senior Resident Doctor at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.
These posts are one of a number of fellowship posts in our department of Haematology/Oncology and are specifically designed to give the successful candidate more exposure to paediatric haematologic oncology and BMT. Our BMT programme has specific expertise in stem cell and gene therapy of metabolic diseases, stem cell therapy of refractory leukaemia and CAR-T in ALL. This is an academic programme and the candidate will have the opportunity to prepare research for presentation at international meetings, and for publication. is designed to give the successful candidate a thorough grounding in paediatric oncology, general and malignant haematology, clinical stem cell transplantation and gene therapies, including CAR-T gene therapies.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to rotate through the specialties in their time at RMCH. There will be out-of-hours cover of all specialities.
Main duties of the job
This is a clinical paediatric haematology, and BMT position. The majority of time will be spent in the clinical leukaemia and BMT service. There will be opportunities to participate in teaching, research and quality improvement project. It is expected that this position will reflect the training ambition and needs of the locally employed doctor as well as clinical need/ balance within the department. On call cover of the wider department will be expected.
The successful candidate will be required to participate in 24-hour cover (including overnight resident on call). All paediatric junior/ middle grade staff are on this rota, and research fellows will also be contributing to out of hours cover. There are 12 Senior trainees/ fellows on this rota with a parallel junior trainee rota. All Rotas are EWTD Compliant.
Job description
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is a leading centre of clinical excellence, renowned for pioneering patient care, advanced medical research, and a collaborative multi-speciality environment. We are the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester is the largest health academic campus in Europe - a great place to progress your career.With over 30,000 employees, a turnover exceeding £3 billion, and 10 hospital and community services, join our team to help us deliver outstanding healthcare to our diverse communities.
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