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Job summary

Main area
Oncology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
10 sessions per week
Job ref
321-CON-MS-6279417-S5
Employer
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Churchill Hospital
Town
Oxford
Salary
£99,532 - £131,964 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/07/2024 23:59

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Consultant in Clinical Oncology - Breast and Gynae

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS 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 of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton 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.

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.

For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit  http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx

 


 

Job overview

Consultant in Clinical Oncology - Breast and Gynae

Location: Churchill Hospital, Oxford

We are looking to appoint a consultant in Clinical Oncology with a special interest in the medical management of Breast and Gynaecological malignancies. The successful candidate will work with existing Medical and Clinical Oncology colleagues, clinical nurse specialists, nurse and pharmacist prescribers, as well as other members of the multidisciplinary teams across these tumour sites. 

Please get in touch with us to discuss this post and what we could offer you. We will work with you to create a suitable job plan

Main duties of the job

·         To provide a cancer service to patients with breast and gynaecological malignancies throughout the trust and referral region.

·         Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of oncology

·         To work with colleagues at Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation

·         To provide a cancer service to patients with Breast and Gynaecological malignancies throughout the trust and referral region

·         To share with colleagues the responsibility of day-to-day management of oncology

·         To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning clinical governance and audit

·         To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education

·         Teaching and training of junior staff, allied health professions and medical students

 

Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is a world renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK. We believe that this will enable us to work more effectively in partnership with our patients and our local community to provide high quality healthcare. 

Working for our organisation

The oncology department in Oxford moved into a £110M comprehensive diagnostic and treatment cancer centre in 2009. Chemotherapy is prescribed using a pan cancer network e-prescribing system (Aria). Radiotherapy facilities: Pre- treatment; 2 new state of the art CT simulators with auto-contouring and metal artefact reduction software are being installed in the next few months to replace the existing equipment. There are six bunkers containing state of the art multi-mode, multi-energy, linear accelerators with cone beam CT, 6 DoF couches, respiratory gating real time position management (RPM). Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT), SRS, the full range of SABR indications commissioned by NHSE. Image guidance is in routine use, including 4D CBCT. Auto contouring and auto planning tools are available to support and enhance treatment planning tasks. OUH recently opened a satellite service in Swindon and is now working in partnership with Milton Keynes Hospital to build and operate a radiotherapy satellite on their site, due to open in late 2024. There is a brachytherapy suite within the department. Patients have access to a comprehensive range of support services. There is a team of fully trained Advanced Practice and Consultant nurses and Therapeutic Radiographers who undertake most of the patient on-treatment review and care, several of whom are non-medical prescribers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

The post-holder’s duties will be primarily at Churchill Hospital, in Oxford. It is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of 
the Trust’s locations or outreach district general hospital clinics, including the Horton Hospital in Banbury, Great Western Hospital in Swindon, Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wycombe Hospital part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust and Milton Keynes Hospital. Each 4-hour clinic has 2 new and 7 follow up patients; for a 42-week year, a full-time post holder is likely to see 250 - 300 new patients. 
 

Teaching/Research

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post-holder will be required 
to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The potholder's contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review. This post includes a requirement to undertake a role as Educational Supervisor within the department. We welcome applications from those who wish to combine NHS work with clinical research.

Funding from the Biomedical Research Centre and University may be available for suitably qualified applicants, and can be discussed with Professor Mark Middleton, Head of the University Department of Oncology

Clinical Governance

The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.

Personal and Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave 
will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other 
appropriate personal development needs.

All newly appointed consultants will have access to mentoring 
opportunities. 

Management

The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes 
in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical department under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair. In addition, the post-holder will be allocated a Deputy Leadership role to gain additional insight into departmental and Trust management and governance processes. All new 
appointees are assigned a mentor within the department, in additional to their formal line manager. 

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential criteria
  • MB ChB or equivalent. FRCR or equivalent.
  • CCT or CESR in Clinical Oncology; OR within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview
  • Full GMC registration
Desirable criteria
  • Higher Medical / Research degree

Experience

Essential criteria
  • General training in Clinical Oncology to specialist level or equivalent
  • General training in all aspects of clinical oncology and tumour sites
  • Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level
Desirable criteria
  • Research / Clinical trial experience / Publications /Presentations
  • Breast and Gynae experience

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills sufficient to effectively undertake the role of consultant in Clinical Oncology in a large teaching hospital
  • Good personal and interpersonal skills
  • Good written English. Communication skills should be highly developed.
  • Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
  • Evidence of effective participation in clinical audit and risk management.
  • ICH GCP training within last 12 months. Evidence of active involvement in clinical research trial
Desirable criteria
  • Management training and experience
  • Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government’s agenda for Its modernisation
  • Computing skills: ability to use word processor, spreadsheet programme and web browser.
  • Publication of research.

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Transport : Driving licence

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mark Tuthill
Job title
Clinical Lead for Oncology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01865 235272
Additional information

Candidates are highly recommended to get in contact and visit the department (where possible). You are invited to contact:

Dr Mark Tuthill, Oncology Clinical Lead (Tel: 01865 235272)

Dr Ketan Shah, Head of Radiotherapy,  (Tel: 01865 235197).

Professor Bass Hassan, Clinical Director Oncology and Haematology, (Tel: 01865 235891).

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