Locum Consultant Medical Oncologist in Acute Oncology and GI in City of London

This is a 6-month fixed-term post for a consultant in Acute Oncology and the GI service. The post holder will play a pivotal role in managing acutely unwell patients, leading service coordination, and acting as Clinical Lead for the Acute Oncology Service at ESTH, including oversight of national data submission, governance, and service development. They will participate in the RMH out-of-hours oncology on-call rota, supervise and teach doctors in training, contribute to multidisciplinary care, and support clinical research within the GI Unit. The role includes engagement in departmental meetings, audits, risk management, service improvement, and collaboration with oncology services across South-West London and RM Partners. The post holder will also support professional development, training programmes, and research leadership, with opportunities for academic recognition through ICR honorary faculty appointments, while fulfilling GMC revalidation and Continuing Medical Education requirements.

Main duties of the job include:

• Leading inpatient board rounds, clinical reviews, and the delivery of multidisciplinary team care, ensuring high standards of patient management.
• Coordinating patient care integration with surrounding Trusts, overseeing service governance, compulsory national data submission (COSD), and contributing to ongoing service development.
• Supervising and teaching doctors in training, visiting trainees, and other clinical staff, delivering bedside teaching, lectures, appraisals, and contributing to educational programme development.
• Engaging in clinical and translational research, developing personal research interests, leading or contributing to national and international research projects, and supporting early-career researchers.
• Participating in audits, peer review, departmental risk management, and service improvement initiatives.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That’s why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Person specification includes:

• Full GMC Registration and licence to practice.
• Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent qualifications.
• CCT in Medical Oncology or equivalent or within 6 months’ of obtaining it.
• Higher degree MD or PHD.
• Broad based experience in oncology, including systemic therapies.
• Significant experience in clinical and translational research.
• Significant interest and experience in the management of acute oncology patients.
• Undergraduate and postgraduate training experience.
• Management and leadership skills.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• A patient centred approach to delivering care.
• Commitment to personal and professional development.

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff: At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease. The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the utmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.