A 12-month locum consultant post in medical oncology, focused on sarcoma and urological cancers, based mainly at the Churchill and Horton hospitals. The work centres on multidisciplinary care across these tumour sites, alongside a share of on-call cover and oncology ward duties, and developing telemedicine clinics. Clinics also run at several outreach hospitals, and accepting work at any Trust location is a condition of appointment. Fit depends on a CCT or CESR in medical oncology, or being within six months of it at interview.
What the job involves
- Deliver medical oncology care for sarcoma and urological malignancies within multidisciplinary teams
- Work with medical and clinical oncology colleagues, clinical nurse specialists, and nurse and pharmacist prescribers
- Run outpatient clinics at Churchill and Horton hospitals and outreach clinics at Stoke Mandeville, Wycombe and Milton Keynes hospitals
- Hold 4-hour clinics of 2 new and 8 follow-up patients, seeing around 250 to 300 new patients a year if full-time over a 42-week year
- Cover the consultant of the week on-call rota, approximately one in 25
- Cover the acute oncology service for the oncology ward and triage at Churchill Hospital
- Support the development of telemedicine clinics
- Contribute to telemedicine service improvement projects
Qualifications
- MB ChB or equivalent
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent
- CCT or CESR in medical oncology, or within six months of CCT at interview
- ICH GCP training within the last 12 months
Registration & licences
- GMC registration
Experience
- General training in medical oncology to specialist level or equivalent
- General training in all aspects of medical oncology and tumour sites
- Evidence of making decisions at consultant level
Skills & knowledge
- Leadership, organisational, communication and professional skills to act as a consultant in a large teaching hospital
- Good personal and interpersonal skills
- Good English with highly developed communication skills
- Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
- Evidence of effective participation in clinical audit and risk management
- Evidence of active involvement in clinical research trials
Nice to have
- Higher medical or research degree
- Research, clinical trial experience or publications
- Uro-oncology experience
- Management training and experience
- Knowledge of NHS organisation and the government's modernisation agenda
- Computing skills: word processor, spreadsheet and web browser use
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
