Consultant in Clinical Oncology with Interest in Breast & Haematology

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; London Borough of Hillingdon; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Clinical Oncologist specializing in Breast & Haematology. The successful candidate will join dynamic teams, ensuring high-quality patient care, participating in education, and contributing to clinical research while working at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre and Luton Hospital.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Support for continuing medical education

Qualifications

• Broad experience in Clinical Oncology with a focus on breast and haematology.
• Experience supervising trainees and leading patient safety initiatives.
• Understanding of audit and evidence-based practice principles.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality patient-centered care and manage day-to-day service.
• Involve in multidisciplinary team meetings and clinical governance.
• Participate in education and trial research activities.

Skills

Clinical Governance

Teaching Skills

Critical Appraisal

Education

Entry on GMC Specialist Register

College Membership RCP

Royal College of Radiology FRCR

Job description

We are looking to appoint a Clinical Oncologist with Special Interest in Breast & Haematology. This is a substantive appointment, based predominantly at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in Northwood, Middlesex with commitments at Luton Hospital. The post comprises 9 programmed activities (PAs) and an on-call commitment.

This post is available immediately to provide site specific services to the local population and surrounding areas. Out-patient duties and SACT delivery will be at both sites. The post holder will also contribute to the AOS service at Luton. The post holder will be joining dynamic teams of surgeons and oncologists with a significant national research reputation in both tumour sites.

Main duties of the job

• Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care
• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
• Delivery and development of SACT and Radiotherapy administration
• Active participation in continuing medical education
• Active participation in trial research activities

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
• College Membership RCP or qualification of an equivalent level
• Royal College of Radiology FRCR

Desirable

• Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)

Previous Experience

Essential

• Broad range of experience in Clinical Oncology in particular specialist interests in breast and haematology
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
• Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence based practice and clinical quality improvement initiatives

Desirable

• Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
• Demonstrable experience and participation in research

Skills

Essential

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
• Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
• Ability to effectively teach clinical skills
• Ability to critically appraise published evidence

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Comprehensive knowledge and insight regarding all the domains within the GMC standards of Good Medical Practice

Other requirements

Essential

• Demonstrates an interest and commitment to the specialty
• Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
• Role model our Trust values every day
• Understands and can demonstrate the values of the NHS constitution
• Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs

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