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Job summary

Main area
Breast Oncology
Grade
YM73
Contract
12 months (12 months fixed term contract)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
220-S&C-MED-014
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whittington Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£113,565 - £150,569 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/08/2026 23:59

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Locum Consultant Oncologist - Breast and GI Oncology

YM73

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Oncology Department at Whittington Health NHS Trust as a Consultant Medical Oncologist with specialist interests in Breast and Gastrointestinal cancers.

This 12-month fixed-term consultant post has been created to support the continued expansion of our oncology service and represents an excellent opportunity for an ambitious clinician seeking to combine high-quality clinical practice with leadership, education, service development and research.

Importantly, the Trust intends to develop this post into a substantive Consultant position within the next 12 months, subject to the successful completion of the required approval processes. Applicants seeking a long-term career within an innovative London cancer service are therefore strongly encouraged to apply.

The successful applicant will join a friendly and collaborative multidisciplinary oncology team delivering modern systemic anti-cancer therapy in partnership with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). The post offers opportunities to develop specialist interests, participate in clinical research, contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate education and take on departmental leadership responsibilities.


Main duties of the job

Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicant will provide specialist medical oncology care for patients with Breast and Gastrointestinal cancers, delivering systemic anti-cancer therapy through outpatient clinics, multidisciplinary team meetings and treatment planning.

The post holder will:

  • Lead specialist Breast and GI oncology clinics.
  • Participate in Breast and GI multidisciplinary team meetings.
  • Deliver systemic anti-cancer therapy.
  • Support the Acute Oncology Service when rostered.
  • Contribute to oncology service development and clinical leadership.
  • Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
  • Supervise resident doctors and contribute to educational supervision.
  • Participate in clinical governance, audit and quality improvement.
  • Contribute to the growing oncology research portfolio and clinical trials programme.
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues across Whittington Health and UCLH.

There will also be opportunities to develop leadership roles within the department according to the successful candidate's interests and experience

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview), CESR or European Community Rights

Special interest

Desirable criteria
  • Breast Oncology
  • GI Oncology
  • Acute Oncology

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Experience of teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
  • Ability and commitment to teach in a clinical setting

Research

Essential criteria
  • Proven ability in clinical research
  • The highest ethical and professional standards in research, education and clinical practice
Desirable criteria
  • Proven ability and commitment to carry out original research, leading to publications in peer-reviewed journals
  • Experience in clinical trials including early phase

Communication skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills/verbal and written. Good command of written and spoken English
  • Ability to work effectively within a team environment & on own initiative

Aware of national policies, quality initiatives

Essential criteria
  • Wide experience in managing treatment and follow-up of patients with cancer
  • Knowledge of the Clinical Governance framework of the NHS (including Research governance) and understanding of current changes in the organisation and management structures of the NHS. Ability to act within these parameters

Flexible thinking

Essential criteria
  • Experience of and commitment to multidisciplinary working

Management ability

Essential criteria
  • The ability to promote teamwork and motivate colleagues

Audit

Essential criteria
  • Clinical audit experience

Computer literate

Essential criteria
  • Possess necessary computer literacy skills to perform effectively

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerDisability confident committed

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Karen Desouza
Job title
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Dr Khurum Khan 
Clinical Associate Professor and Consultant Medical Oncologist

Email [email protected]

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Address
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
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