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Main area
Consultant clinical Oncologist
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
164-6154629
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
City
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£93,666 - £126,281 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/05/2024 23:59
Interview date
29/07/2024

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Consultant clinical Oncologist - Lung, Skin and AOS

Consultant

Job overview

This 10 PA per week Consultant Clinical Oncologist post with the following responsibilities in the radiotherapy and systemic therapy treatments in:

 

  • Lung cancer - radiotherapy and systemic therapy
  • Skin cancer - non-melanoma skin cancer (melanoma radiotherapy support only)
  • Acute Oncology Service (AOS)

 

The post is based at Nottingham University Hospital, City Campus (NCH) with all the radiotherapy facilities based at this site. It does outreach work to Queens Medical Centre (QMC) for AOS and skin cancer.

Main duties of the job

You will be joining an multidisciplinary team treating skin cancers at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. You be part of Nottingham’s specialist skin cancer MDT, which is a regional centre for management of complex skin cancers within the East Midlands, and will work closely with dermatologists, plastic surgeons, ophthalmologists and medical oncologists. You will work alongside an existing clinical oncology consultant treating skin cancers with radiotherapy and patients with advanced non-melanoma skin cancer with systemic treatments:

Acute Oncology Service (including CUP MDT)

You will be joining NUH’s expanding acute oncology team and supporting their work at Queen’s Medical Centre. The team is currently made up of 5 acute oncology specialist nurses, 1 consultant clinical oncologist and 1 consultant palliative care physician. The consultant oncologist you will work with is:

 

 

Working for our organisation

The speciality serves a resident population of 1.1 million and currently sees approximately 5,000 new patients each year (at City Hospital and Kingsmill); providing a comprehensive range of non-surgical oncology services to the East Midlands. 

Oncology has invested in a high calibre acute oncology nursing team supporting the acute care of cancer patients admitted to city hospital campus as well as providing outreach support at Queen’s medical centre.

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see detailed Job Description and Person Specification attached that details the role in more depth. 

Person specification

Training and Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration and Licence to Practice
  • MRCP
  • CCT expected within 6 months of interview date

clininical skills/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience and special interest in lung cancer and skin cancer
  • Evidence of training in complex radiotherapy planning techniques
  • Experience in prescribing and managing patients with systemic anti-cancer therapy for lung and skin cancers
  • Independent practitioner in the radiotherapy treatment of primary lung and skin cancers
  • Previous experience in Acute Oncology and in managing Cancers of Unknown Primary
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with a complex multi-disciplinary team

Teaching, Audit & Research

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of audit and the subsequent ability to reflect on own practice
  • Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development and delivery

Practical Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Ability to travel between City Hospital campus and Queen’s Medical Centre. Public transport available.

Management Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to develop, present and put into operation coherent ideas for service development/delivery
  • Able to work within a team

Personal Skills/Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
  • Excellent communication skills both oral and written
  • Ability to convey highly complex, sensitive information to patients, carers and staff utilizing advanced interpersonal skills in both written and verbal formats.
  • Ability to work and take the lead within a multidisciplinary team.

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Judith Christian
Job title
consultant Clinical Oncologist
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Emma Beeton - Joint Head of Service [email protected]

Lucy Gossage - Joint Head of Service [email protected]

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