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Job overview

The Gastrointestinal Unit sits within the division of Cancer Services and is in the Clinical Business Unit (CBU) which also encompasses Gynaecology, Urology and Gastrointestinal cancers.  The Clinical Director for this CBU is Ms Marielle Nobbenhuis.  The RM HPB surgical team manages patients with Malignant Hepatic, Biliary and Pancreatic disease and Neuro-endocrine Tumours (NET).  The HPB, Upper GI and NET units receive referrals from Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust (including West Middlesex Hospital), Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust, Croydon University Hospital NHS Trust, Kingston NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

This is a substantive Consultant HPB post to provide surgical services for patients with hepatobiliary and pancreatic (HPB) cancer. The HPB Unit would like to build on its strength in minimal access surgery for cancer care, including robotic surgery. The post is specifically aimed at an early phase career surgeon to support two existing senior surgeons within the department.

The appointee will work collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to provide surgical services for hepatobiliary & pancreatic cancers.  The post holder will undertake operating sessions, outpatient sessions and attend the weekly central MDT at the Chelsea site. 

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer research, treatment and education. Together with our academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), we are the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe and the only National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre specialising in cancer in the UK.

Our mission is to continue to make a national and international contribution to cancer research and treatment, so that more people are cured and quality of life is improved for those with cancer. The Royal Marsden therefore plays an important role in championing change and improvement in cancer care through research and innovation, education and leading-edge treatment.

The Trust’s annual budget is £360 million and we employ over 3,500 staff, including 335 medical staff, across two sites located in Chelsea and Sutton (Surrey). Over 50,000 patients attend The Royal Marsden each year. We provide community services across the Borough of Sutton. We have a Chemotherapy Medical Daycare Unit at Kingston Hospital.

We have a reputation for delivering high quality performance. We were ranked joint first in the CQC national inpatient survey results, above average in national cancer patient experience survey and ranked first amongst teaching hospitals in the UK for our staff survey results.