Specialty Doctor in Paediatric BMT and Immunology

Job overview

One year fixed term contract for a Specialty Doctor in Paediatric BMT and Immunology at Great Ormond Street Hospital London

The post is for 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) and is an NHS salaried position.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic trained paediatrician with experience in paediatric BMT, CAR-T cell therapy and Immunology who will join and support the existing teams to provide ward based care across the International and Private Care Directorate and the BMT & CAR-T Unit and the Immunology and Gene Therapy Department. The post will rotate across the NHS and private wards and the appointee will join a team of four existing Specialty Doctors. We have a very active BMT unit, which is the largest in the UK and one of the largest in Europe, performing 70-80 allogeneic procedures, and 10-15 CAR-T cell procedures each year. The Immunology service is similarly busy and sees patients with severe immunodeficiencies or requiring gene therapy or thymus transplant.

The post will rotate though the dedicated wards across the NHS and fee-paying wards. Specific time is also allocated for research.

It is intended that interviews will be in late August 2025.

For further information, please contact Dr Robert Chiesa for BMT (Robert.chiesa@gosh.nhs.uk) or Dr Winnie Ip for Immunology (Winnie.ip@gosh.nhs.uk) or Dr Melanie Hiorns for International and Private Care (melanie.hiorns@gosh.nhs.uk)

Main duties of the job

Main duties and responsibilities:

Daytime responsibility for BMT in-patients

This is the principal duty associated with this appointment. There are currently two consultant-led ward rounds each week. This post holder will lead a weekly ward round, and attend the multi-disciplinary discussions held on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Additionally, the post holder will be available throughout the day for queries regarding inpatients/ caterpillar day case from SpR’s.

Out-patient BMT Care

The post holder will see outpatients in the weekly BMT clinic, as well as urgent attendances to Safari during the rest of the week. The role also involves liaison with local hospitals involved in shared care of BMT patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachments.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification:

Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
  • Ability to work under pressure in a multi-disciplinary environment
  • Ability to prioritise clinical needs
  • Involvement in audit process
  • Teaching nursing and medical staff
  • Organisation of clinical meetings & courses

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

  • Considerable experience in BMT
  • Experience of teaching and presenting to large audience
  • Experience of audit activities
  • Understanding of principles of clinical governance

Desirable

  • Clinical experience in BMT/CART Research
  • Evidence of BMT published research in peer reviewed journals

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

  • Always welcoming
  • Always helpful
  • Always expert
  • Always one team
  • Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
  • Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
  • Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

  • Primary medical qualification - MBBS or equivalent
  • Full GMC registration (obtained by designated start date)
  • MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent
  • At least 2 years of training in paediatric stem cell transplantation and CAR-T cell therapy
  • Minimum of 4 years at registrar / staff grade, at least 2 years of which have been in BMT or equivalent service
  • 10 years medical work since obtaining a primary medical qualification (which would have accepted for full, limited or temporary registration)

Desirable

  • Medical Management course
  • Presentation skills course
  • Higher degree – MSc, MPhil related discipline
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