Renal, Melanoma and CUP Consultant | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 82,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the UK is looking for a full-time Consultant Medical Oncologist specializing in renal, melanoma, and CUP cancers. The role involves outpatient and inpatient care, managing treatment protocols, and training junior medical staff. Join a dedicated team that serves a population of 1.1 million, providing comprehensive oncology services. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in immunotherapy and targeted therapies. Opportunities for training and development are abundant, with an established specialist training program.

Responsibilities

• Provide outpatient clinics for melanoma and renal cancer patients.
• Conduct inpatient ward rounds and attend multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Support Clinical Nurse Specialists with ad hoc queries.

Skills

Confident prescribing of immunotherapy, targeted therapy and chemotherapy

Training and support for SPRs

Experience managing treatment and cancer complications

Job description

Job Title

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated full-time Consultant Medical Oncologist with a responsibility in Renal, Melanoma and CUP cancers for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

About Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Join Our Growing Team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. We are excited to announce the creation of this NEW Consultant post in Oncology, reflecting our commitment to expanding and enhancing our exceptional services. This expansion is part of a strategic investment to meet the growing needs of our patients and further develop our outstanding team.

Key Responsibilities

• Outpatient clinics seeing new, on‑treatment and follow‑up patients with melanoma and renal cancer.
• Inpatient ward rounds and skin and urology MDT attendance.
• Providing support to the CNS team for ad hoc queries and their clinic patients.
• Training and support for SPRs and ward resident doctors.
• Confident prescribing of immunotherapy, targeted therapy and chemotherapy for melanoma and renal cancer, and investigating and managing treatment and cancer complications.

Team Composition

The appointee will join a team of 2 Medical Oncology Consultants (renal) and 3 Medical Oncology Consultants (melanoma) providing outpatient and inpatient care. The team also includes two prescribing Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) who cover melanoma and renal patients, two Clinical Oncology Consultants who provide radiotherapy cover and rotational specialist registrars (SPRs).

Service Overview

The speciality serves a resident population of 1.1 million and currently sees approximately 5,000 new patients each year (at City Hospital and King’s Mill Hospital), providing a comprehensive range of non‑surgical oncology services to the East Midlands. The Oncology Service has four dedicated oncology inpatient wards with 66 beds, a dedicated Teenage and Young Adult Unit, its own oncology outpatient department, two outpatient systemic therapy wards with 35 chairs and six beds, and satellite clinics at King’s Mill Hospital with 11 chairs dedicated to outpatient systemic anticancer therapy delivery. Oncology at NUH runs its own 24‑hour admission service with a 20 bed Specialist Receiving Unit shared with Haematology and a Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC). A rapid response triage emergency line is manned by our nurse‑led Cancer Admission Triage Team (CATT) using the UKONS telephone triage system. Oncology has invested in a high calibre acute oncology nursing team supporting the acute care of cancer patients admitted to city hospital campus as well as providing outreach support at Queen’s Medical Centre.

Training & Development

The current Oncology consultant team of 12 medical oncologists and 27 clinical oncologists provide site specialist care in multi‑disciplinary teams. There is an established Medical Oncology Higher Specialist Training programme (9 posts), a highly successful Academic training programme (ACFs & ACLs).

Please see attached Job Description for further details.

Application Deadline

This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Jan 2026.