Consultant in Haematology | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust


Company:	Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 per annum, pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Maidstone, ME16 9QQ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	22 Oct 2026
Closing date:	22 Nov 2026

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Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells as a Consultant Haematologist. The appointee will be employed by the Trust and will be based at Maidstone Hospital with some potential scope for clinics at Tunbridge Wells.Clinical Haematology is within the Cancer & Haematology Directorate, forming an integral part of the Kent and Medway Cancer Network. All tumour sites across the Network have been peer-reviewed and are compliant with national standards.

To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for you personally or by members of your team and. in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering oncall or annual leave.

The role will include participation in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim to ensuring a high standard of patient care. Also working in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the speciality, to provide high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust's strategic direction.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

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Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check atEnhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).If a role involves regulated activity and requires a DBS check with a barred list check, you cannot apply if you are on the barred list.

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date has been agreed.

As part of your induction, you will be required to attend face-to-face training sessions and/or complete e-learning modules relevant to your role. If you have previously worked for another NHS organisation before joining Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW), we can transfer eligible mandatory training records where appropriate, helping to avoid unnecessary duplication of learning.

This advert closes on Thursday 12 Nov 2026

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