Consultant Medical Oncologist (Breast)

BHR Hospitals; Romford; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a permanent medical oncology consultant to join a well-established team at Queen’s Hospital, Romford. The role covers breast malignancy and another tumour subsite of choice, with strong emphasis on clinical trials, education, and digital improvements.

You will work with 13 consultants, three specialty doctors and five SpRs to serve a population of 750,000, contributing to acute oncology, clinic reviews, and multidisciplinary

Qualifications

• Full and Specialist registration and a license to practice
• Holder of CCT/CCST or CCT date within six months of interview
• MD, PhD or equivalent and leadership qualities in oncology
• Experience in teaching and training of junior medical staff
• Involvement in clinical trials and audit processes

Responsibilities

• Provide full range of oncology diagnostic, treatment and care
• Manage breast malignancy and ~170–200 new patients per year
• Support Acute Oncology Service and ward rounds with specialist team
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary site-specific teams
• Deliver outpatient chemotherapy and inpatient oncologic opinions
• Participate in out-of-hours on-call service

Skills

Leadership

Teaching

Communication

IT skills

Audit & research

Education

CCT/CCST

MD/PhD or equivalent

UK GMC registration

Teaching experience

Job description

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a candidate interested in a permanent medical oncology consultant post at Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

We are looking for an enthusiastic medical oncologist to join our well-established, dedicated and supportive team.

The successful candidate will join a team of 13 consultant oncologists supported by three specialty doctors and five clinical oncology SpRs to serve a population of 750,000. The department treats the full spectrum of malignant disease including breast, lung, lower and upper GI, haematology, gynaecology, urology, neuro-oncology, skin, and head and neck.

The post will cover breast and one other tumour subsite depending on your interests. Acute oncology, renal, neuroendocrine or cancer of unknown primary would be strongly encouraged. You will be primarily located at Queen’s Hospital, Romford, Essex where the Oncology department is based.

Main duties of the job

To provide, to a high standard, the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment and care to patients requiring oncology services, as outlined in the proposed program which includes the following:

• Medical oncology management of breast malignancy.
• New patient numbers approx. 170-200 per annum. This will be four to five patients per week on a 42-week year.
• Input into the Acute Oncology Service; this service is led by a team of three acute oncology nurses who field calls and review patients. The acute oncology ward round/consultant supports the AOS nurses in this role and undertakes ward reviews and offers oncology advice as necessary.
• This will be reviewed in at the initial job planning meeting and level of input will be based on any tumour subsite specialty in addition to breast, taking into account the overall workload.
• Clinic reviews.
• To work with and support the established multi-disciplinary site-specific teams.
• Outpatient chemotherapy and inpatient clinical opinions.
• Participate in the out of hours on-call service:
• (Please see attached JD for full details of the main duties)

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them is on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across northeast London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Qualifications

• Full and Specialist registration and a license to practice
• Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or CCT date is within six months of interview
• Understand and be competent at management of all stages of Oncology to CCST or higher
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of treatment regimens and research developments
• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions
• Experience of teaching and training of undergraduates and junior medical staff
• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level
• Involvement in clinical trials
• Understanding the principles of clinical audit
• A real team player
• IT skills and computer literacy
• Excellent written and spoken communications
• Ability to respond and cope with setbacks and pressure
• Appreciation of ethical dilemmas
• MD, PhD or equivalent
• Leadership Qualities Management Course
• Formal training in teaching techniques
• Published Audit
• Publications

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Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working or job sharing where service needs allow.

Pre-employment checks
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We have a wide range of flexible, temporary and part-time opportunities.