Locum Consultant Paediatric Oncologist

NHS; Oxford; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Oxford is seeking a Locum Consultant Paediatric Oncologist to manage patients with solid tumours and leukaemia. The role includes participation in multidisciplinary team meetings and providing specialist advice. Candidates should hold a GMC license and have solid experience in NHS. Competitive salary from £109,725 to £145,478 per annum, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience working in NHS.
• Evidence of participation in clinical audit/QI project.
• Specific training in communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage patients with solid and CNS tumours, leukaemia and lymphoma.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Provide advice to other paediatric specialists.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Ability to manage time effectively

Critical appraisal of evidence

Caring attitude to patients

Leadership attributes

Education

Full GMC with licence to practice

MBBS or equivalent

MRCPCH or equivalent

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Job description

Locum Consultant Paediatric Oncologist

The closing date is 18 November 2025

A whole‑time post as locum Consultant in Paediatric Oncology is available now at the John Radcliffe Hospital/Children's Hospital of Oxford.

The post is for 10.0 programmed activities (PAs).

The postholder will work alongside the current permanent staff, three Paediatric Oncologists and three Paediatric Haematologists.

Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact Dr Amrana Qureshi ( 01865 234 205) Shaun Wilson (tel: [phone]), Clinical Lead for Paediatric Haematology/Oncology service, and Mr Alex Lee Clinical Director of Children's Services, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, The John Radcliffe Hospital.

Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full‑time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues. Suitably qualified job‑share candidates will receive serious consideration.

Main duties of the job

The Children's Hospital Oxford (CHOX) at the John Radcliffe Hospital (JRH) Campus is the Principal Treatment Centre (PTC) providing tertiary haematology/oncology services for designated Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Units (POSCUs) in Swindon, Reading, Milton Keynes, High Wycombe/Stoke Mandeville and Slough (Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospital). The unit has excellent relationships with paediatricians in the POSCUs. Outreach clinics for Paediatric Oncology and Haematology are held at each of the POSCUs.

Inpatient facilities are based on Kamran's Ward at the Children's Hospital Oxford. This dedicated 9‑beded ward provides care for patients requiring chemotherapy or for the management of treatment‑ or disease‑related complications. Other wards within the hospital are used to accommodate outliers when required. All surgical, laboratory and radiological services are co‑located in the JRH site. All Paediatric Haematology and Paediatric Oncology services are based at the JRH, with integrated oncology and surgical services. The delivery of radiotherapy for patients under 16 years of age is in transition to the UCLH clinical oncology service.

There are approximately 115 new referrals per year of children with malignant disease. The number of referrals has been increasing year on year.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Job responsibilities

Main duties of consultant:

The successful candidate will be responsible for the management of patients with solid and CNS tumours, and leukaemia and lymphoma aged 0‑19 years. The post holder will participate in the 1 in 6 consultant of the week system, providing cross cover for in‑patient activity, dealing with new referrals, initial diagnostic work‑up, planning and delivery of treatment and care.

The post‑holder will work as an integral member of the team, attending and contributing to the established Oxford multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings. The post‑holder will share responsibilities to review patients on the day unit, supporting the fellows and staff grades, and independently lead outpatient clinics.

The postholder will provide advice and support to the other paediatric specialists within CHOX Children’s Services and paediatricians within the Thames Valley Cancer Alliance. Haemophilia support and advice is provided by separate on‑call rota.

The on‑call weekend ward round is delivered by consultants, who will review all haematology and oncology inpatients and provide telephone advice for patients in POSCUs.

Cross‑cover of consultant colleagues is expected for periods of annual/study leave and sickness.

On‑treatment outpatient care is delivered on Kamran's Day Care, a separate area for the administration of chemotherapy, blood products and assessment of patients. The successful candidate will be expected to see patients and support the Fellows/Staff Grade doctors in Day Care.

Tumour surveillance and follow‑up clinics for patients not on active treatment occur in the dedicated Children’s Outpatients. Children’s Outpatients is also the site for haematology follow‑up and benign haematology clinics, e.g. haemoglobinopathy. A large and active Paediatric Haemophilia service is based in the outpatients clinic at CHOX.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC with licence to practice
• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) and be on the specialist register, or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. This should be in paediatric haematology or oncology
• Ability to communicate effectively through good verbal and written skills
• Higher medical degree
• FRCPath

Experience

• Is able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the Highest Specialist Paediatric Training
• CSAC can advise here. As the attached Representative you will be a member of the relevant subspecialty
• Valid APLS and NLS
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
• Experience working in NHS
• Wider experience, research, and training, in providing subspecialty service (if applicable.)

Skills

• Willing to work unsupervised and make decisions
• Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively
• Meets the requirements of the GMC's 'Good Medical Practice'
• Evidence of participation in clinical audit/QI project, understanding the role of these in improving the medical practice
• Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence, so as to improve clinical outcomes
• Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff
• Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
• Understanding of management issues including medical management, clinical governance, service planning, and quality improvement
• Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, their relatives, colleagues, managers, other agencies, and staff at all levels
• Energy and enthusiasm
• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexible approach
• Caring attitude to patients, carers, and colleagues
• Peer reviewed publications Research grants
• Driving licence
• Specific training in communication skills
• Evidence of motivational skills
• Evidence of leadership attributes and experience
• Training the Trainers' certification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year Per Annum/Pro Rata