About this role
Job summary
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is recruiting to three substantive Consultant Oncologist posts (10 PAs) to join a large, dynamic and forward thinking oncology service.
The successful post holders will join an established and supportive consultant body delivering high quality systemic anti cancer therapy across multiple hospital sites. Tumour site subspecialty interests will be discussed at interview; however, experience in Breast, Lung, Urology or Hepatobiliary oncology is particularly welcomed. One of the three posts will be delivered predominantly at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust under an established service level agreement.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop a long term consultant career within a major cancer centre with strong MDT working, active clinical trials and close links to academic and research partners.
Main duties of the job
*Deliver specialist inpatient and outpatient oncology care, including independent consultant led clinics
*Prescribe and manage systemic anti cancer treatments in line with Trust protocols
*Participate fully in tumour site multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings across the Trust
*Contribute to Acute Oncology services and inpatient ward attending commitments
*Participate in the consultant on call rota (1 in 14)
*Support undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and clinical supervision
*Engage in clinical governance, audit and service development activity
*Contribute to and support clinical research and trial recruitment, with opportunities to act as Principal Investigator
*Develop subspecialty interests and, where appropriate, undertake additional leadership roles within the department
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description Job responsibilities
Broad experience and understanding of oncology
Specialist oncology and tumour site sub speciality experience
Demonstrates good interpersonal skills with patients, relatives and members of the clinical team
Ability to gain confidence and trust
Ability to cope with pressure
Ability to respond to change
Conscientious and hardworking
Positive contribution to MDTs
Flexibility in working pattern
Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients and their families
Duties of the post
The site specialist interests will be agreed on acceptance of the post but will require specialist oncology tumour site experience and delivery of systemic treatment.
Clinical
The appointees should be able to demonstrate experience and specific interest in the management of Breast, Lung, Urology and Hepatobilliary tumour sites. The successful candidates will be encouraged to develop disease specific areas of interest, working alongside the current Oncology team. In keeping with the departments ambition as a teaching hospital, the appointees will have the opportunity to engage in research and would be encouraged to utilise world class expertise based on Campus within the University of Birmingham (UoB), the Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit and the Institute for Translational Medicine to progress the research strategy under the umbrella of Birmingham Health Partners.
Inpatients
The appointees will participate in the on-call rota, supported by and working with clinical teams trust-wide. They will be responsible for managing a cohort of inpatients and providing specialist liaison advice.
Outpatients
The appointees will be expected to participate in a number of clinics per week, predominantly dealing with their respective sub-specialties as per job plans, but also consideration for other subspecialist workload could be considered, depending on applicants experience to date. The delivery of outpatient activity will include opportunities to support clinical trial recruitment and PI roles within the department.
There will be the integrated weekly multidisciplinary team meeting, plus monthly quality meetings, educational sessions, quarterly audit meetings and mortality and morbidity meetings.
For the ward attending commitments, the appointees will be expected to provide reciprocal cover for periods of leave.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
GMC Registration with licence to practice OR GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months of getting CCT) MRCP FRCR (Clinical Oncology)
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.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Employer's website https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)