WE ARE HIRING A CONSULTANT IN HAEMATOLOGY FOR CORK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Description: Care is delivered in a variety of settings. New approaches and models of care to follow the care demands of the health service are being advanced within the context of overall healthcare reform, to include Sláintecare. Cork University Hospital is the major teaching hospital in the HSE South with a complement of 815 beds. The hospital is the only Level 1 trauma centre in the Republic of Ireland – a status conferred because of the wide range of on-site medical and surgical specialties including Orthopaedic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Cardio Thoracic Surgery and Plastic Surgery along with acute medical, surgical and psychiatry services. The hospital has a state of the art Emergency Department that is designated as the National Maritime Advice Centre. Cork University Hospital is the principal teaching hospital attached to the School of Medicine, University College Cork. The university dental school, which is one of the two undergraduate dental schools in the Republic of Ireland, is located on the hospital site. The hospital is designated by the Health Research Board as a Clinical Trials Centre. Cork University Hospital has a long tradition as a centre for nurse training. In addition, there are now new training programmes in Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language Therapy and Pharmacy in association with University College Cork. Cork University Hospital is the main hospital of an associated group of hospitals together with Mallow General Hospital, Mercy University Hospital, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. Geriatric rehabilitation is provided at St. Finbarr’s Hospital. Currently the range of services provided at the Cork University Hospital include: Emergency Medicine, Allergy and Immunology Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, General Medicine, General & Vascular Surgery, Geriatric Medicine Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Haematology – Clinical & Laboratory, Histopathology, Infectious Diseases, Renal Medicine, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Medical Oncology, Microbiology, Ophthalmology, Oral & Maxillo Facial Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Paediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology. Current services at Cork University Maternity Hospital include: Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Neonatology. Cork University Hospital provides a full range of surgical specialties many at tertiary levels, including Cardiac Surgery, Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Colorectal Surgery to a catchment population of 1.2 million. The hospital has also been designated under the National Cancer Control Strategy as one of eight Cancer Centres sites in this country on which services are to be centralised. The Department of Clinical and Laboratory Haematology in Cork University Hospital is one of the busiest in the country, serving a regional population of >600,000 (or 1.73 million for tertiary referrals). As well as providing a large general clinical haematology service, the department is a tertiary referral centre for acute leukaemia, and other complex acute adult haematology. It is a designated Level 1 Comprehensive Care Centre for hereditary disorders of coagulation. The laboratory provides services for C.U.H, G.P.s in Cork and Kerry and is a reference centre for a number of specialised tests. Haematology Laboratory & Transfusion Laboratory C.U.H. The Haematology Laboratory in C.U.H. is the busiest in the country processing almost 3.5 million samples annually. These include a large number of routine tests in addition to a number of specialised coagulation tests, bone marrow aspirates, molecular testing and immunophenotyping for cancer diagnosis. The laboratory is INAB accredited. >50% of the current workload is generated by G.P. services. The Transfusion Laboratory provides approximately 15,000 blood components for transfusion annually and analyses >12,000 anti-natal samples. The laboratory operates under a strict quality system. It is accredited by the INAB and reports to the HPRA. As part of its legal requirement, it has an active Haemovigilance Programme. It leads the regional blood optimisation programme receiving 10% of its red cell requirement through the re-routing scheme. Governance for transfusion in Bantry General Hospital and Mallow General Hospital are provided from C.U.H. Currently deputy governance for both transfusion and the general haematology laboratory in Kerry General Hospital are provided from C.U.H. This governance includes clinical advice in addition to reporting of abnormal blood films and following up on any transfusion related clinical and laboratory issues. Clinical Haematology There are several Outpatient clinics run each week including General and Malignant clinics, Haemostasis and thrombosis clinic, a Combined Obstetric / Haem clinic an Adult Bleeding disorder clinic and daily virtual clinic. In addition Nurse led general/ malignant clinics and bleeding disorder and anticoagulant clinics are in progress. In addition to the above, the service provides a large consult service to inpatients in C.U.H. and C.U.M.H, to G.P.s and to other hospitals. MDT meeting for both myeloma and lymphoma run every 2 weeks attended by consultants with specialist expertise in the area in addition to histopathology, radiology and radiation oncology specialist as indicated. Day Ward Services: Day cases are seen in both the Dunmanway Day Unit and the Haematology Day Unit, on average there are more than 3,500 patient episodes annually. These include patients attending for chemotherapy, blood transfusion, platelet transfusion, plasma exchange, bone marrows and other day case procedures. Inpatient Services: There were over 500 inpatient admissions under the Haematology Service in annually. More than 90% of these patients have a malignant diagnosis including acute leukaemia, high grade lymphoma and autologous stem cell transplantation. Research and Clinical Trials: The department is actively involved in research- chiefly clinical trials. The unit was among the top recruiter in the ROI to the German CLL study group trial CLL13 which closed in 2019. We are part of the HRB funded Clinical Research Facility which promotes research excellence in the UCC affiliated hospitals. We are a major stakeholder in the currently active HRB clinical trials funding application – spearheaded by Prof Roisin Connolly, recently appointed Gerry O’Sullivan Chair of Cancer Research in UCC. There are active clinical trials ongoing and planned in Lymphoma, CLL, ALL, Myeloma and Myelofibrosis. The department is an active member of the Blood Cancer Network Ireland (BCNI)-an nationwide initiative funded by the Science Foundation of Ireland (SFI) and the Irish Cancer Society (ICS). We participate in collecting and have access to the BCNI Biobank with over 300 samples in Myeloma and AML. BCNI Biobanking in Lymphoma is commencing in CUH in Summer 2021 in collaboration with BCNI partners in St Jamses and elsewhere. The department currently has a full time biobank scientist. There are currently 2 PhD students working under the supervision of haematology consultants with co-supervisors in a variety of departments in UCC- (Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Pharmacology. The department has integral links with the scientists in CancerResearch@UCC as the immediate past UCC cancer research lead – Prof Mary Cahill headed this group and haematology medical and scientific HSE staff are active collaborators with our university colleagues on a variery of projects. Haematology in CUH has an active interest in extended cancer registration – initially supporting the National Cancer Registry (NCRI) in a project on Blood Cancer registration and now turning this expertise to the benefit of a European collaboration. The Department – via the BCNI – is a member of the EU Harmony project, bringing the power of big data to bear on blood cancers and allowing us access to the data of our European colleagues in 10 other EU countries. Consultants in CUH are engaged with the School of Public Health in UCC where experts on PROMS studies are engaged with an SFI funded lymphoma project currently. Opportunities to supervise Masters, MD and PhD students in both bench science projects, clinical studies and population health studies will be available to the successful candidate. There are always medical students attached to the department and opportunities for teaching are plentiful. Staffing: The Haematology consultant service is staffed by 5.5 WTES with each of the appointees having sessions in other hospitals to provide laboratory governance. Four of the WTE work in malignant haematology with the other 1.5 having a specialist interest in haemostasis and thrombosis. Benign haematology is managed by all consultants. A citywide on call service is provided in conjunction with two consultants in the Mercy University Hospital, together we participate currently in a 1 in 7.5 on call rota. Current post in haematology: The new post will work within the existing haematology department in CUH and particularly within the area of Hodgkin and Non Hodgkin lymphoma where there has been a significant increase in workload in the past 2 years due to migration of lymphoma services away from medical oncology in CUH due to transfer of specialist expertise. The post holder will also be required to contribute to the department in the wider remit of both malignant and benign haematology management. In addition, the post holder will