Job summary
Employer heading
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.
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
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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