Consultant Clinical Oncologist - Breast & Skin Oncologist

Freeman Hospital; Carthage (MO); On-site; USD 119,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Clinical Oncologist with an interest in Breast and Skin Cancer to join our directorate, serving patients across the region. The post is available for recruitment as soon as possible.

You will provide tertiary-level oncology care in a teaching hospital cancer centre and peripheral clinics, with a commitment to general oncological care as part of an on-call rota.

Responsibilities

• Provide tertiary-level oncology care in a teaching hospital’s cancer centre and peripheral clinics.
• There will be a commitment to providing general oncological care as part of a general oncology on call rota.
• Prescribing of and supervision of prescribing of systemic anticancer therapy and radiotherapy.

Job description

Education, Qualifications And Specialist Skills

Essential criteria

Employer heading

Consultant Clinical Oncologist - Breast & Skin Oncologist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team as a Consultant Clinical Oncologist. This post is available for recruitment as soon as possible.

The current opportunity is for a Consultant Clinical Oncologist with an interest in Breast and Skin Cancer to patients served by the directorate. This may include providing services at NCCC-Carlisle.

Main duties of the job

To provide tertiary-level oncology care in a teaching hospital’s cancer centre and peripheral clinics. There will be a commitment to providing general oncological care as part of a general oncology on call rota.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Rachel Pearson via email at [e-mail].

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Clinical

• Provide oncology advice to the relevant MDT and to patients with these cancers
• Prescribing of and supervision of prescribing of systemic anticancer therapy and radiotherapy
• On call cover for