About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a full-time locum consultant post, offered on a fixed term basis for 6 months.
Working with the Breast team at The Christie to provide a comprehensive service for patients. This includes patients in the outpatient, inpatient, and ambulatory settings, along with radiotherapy and providing input into the Breast MDT.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will be expected to develop a significant interest in Breast oncology delivering radiotherapy and systemic therapy. The post holder will be actively involved in delivering all aspects of radiotherapy and systemic therapy. The well supported team structure and ethos facilitates cross-cover of clinical work.
There is collaborative working within the breast clinical oncology research teams which the successful applicant will be expected to participate in.
There are opportunities in breast for involvement in advanced technical radiotherapy including SABR, breast VMAT, protons and MR Linac. The team has a strong commitment to research and trial activity in which the appointee would be expected to be involved in.
About us
The postholder will contribute to the delivery of high-quality consultant-led care across 7 days. This includes participation in planned weekend and weekday clinical activity to support safe, timely decision-making and continuity of care for patients.
The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
Job description Job responsibilities
The appointee will be expected to develop a significant interest in Breast oncology deliveringradiotherapy.The post holder will be actively involved in delivering all aspects of radiotherapy and systemic therapy. The well supported team structure and ethos facilitates cross-cover of clinical work.
There is collaborative working within both the breast and lymphoma clinical oncology research teams which the successful applicant will be expected to participate in. There are opportunities in breast for involvement in advanced technical radiotherapy including SABR,breast VMAT, protons and MR Linac. The team has a strong commitment to research and trial activity inwhich the appointee would be expected to be involved in.New patients are expected to be in the region of 280 per annum with approximately 150 FUappointments per year.All appointees will have access to appropriate secretarial support and an office, including IT and clinicalequipment provision. Flexible working requests are reviewed in line with the trusts flexible workingpolicy.
Job Plan TimetableThe job plan outlines the requirements of the post and may be altered by joint agreement with theDivisional Clinical Director and Service Manager and in response to service needs. Job Plans areprospectively agreed subject to an annual individual job plan review (May September). It is expectedthat the initial Job Plan discussion will take place within the first six months of employment at the Trustand then be aligned to the Trusts annual Job Planning review cycle.The annual review will examine all aspects of the job plan (including any educational and supervisioncomponents) and will also include an assessment of professional development with defined goals forthe future. For more information refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this Job Description andalso the Trusts Job Planning PolicyThe consultant job plan will include a combination of Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and SupportingProfessional Activities (SPA) delivered across the 7day week.
The timetable below is indicative and will be confirmed on commencement in post.It is the requirement of the Trust that all new consultant colleagues must have 0.25 SPAs within theirjob plan to support Trust appraisal and supervision requirements. This can either be as appraiser or asupervisor for medical staff or Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP).
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
AM
Travel (0.25PA)
Breast Clinic (1PA)
Admin (0.5PA)
VSIM (1PA)
MDT (1PA)
Core SPA (1SPA)
PM
Breast clinic (1PA)
Travel (0.25PA)
Radiotherapy planning/technical (1PA)
Core SPA (1SPA)
Breast Peer Review meeting (0.5PA/0.5SPA)
Breast clinic (1PA)
NB This timetable is indicative
Job Plan PA Summary
Total PAs Direct Clinical Care (DCC) 7.5
Outpatient clinics
3
Radiotherapy planning
2
MDT/peer review
1.5
Administration
0.5
Travel
0.5
Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) (including 1.5 core SPA)
2.5
Supervision role (minimum 0.25 must be allocated)
0.25
Core SPA
2.25
Total Programmed Activities (PAs)
10
On call CommitmentsThis role does require participation in the on-call rota.
This role does require participation in the on-call rota. Consultants in the department share in an on-call rota that involves a commitment to a full week in every twenty weeks. This covers the Specialist Registrar who is second on-call. The on-call consultant provides a post-take ward round each morning to review all newly admitted patients and any sick patients escalated by the team. This takes place seven days per week. Given the low frequency of on-call (1:20) the PAs associated with the predictable element of weekend on-call work form part of the job plan rather than time in lieu. This may be reviewed in the future if requirements for on-call change.
Contacts
Arrangements to visit the hospital or to discuss the role further, may be made direct with:
Name &
Role Title
Number
Jordan Protano Byrne
Dr Rohan Iype
Leadership Team
Name
Role Title
Jordan Protano-Byrne
Service/Operational Manager
David Woolf
Clinical Director
Robert Metcalf
Divisional Medical Director
Person Specification
Attainments Essential
MRCR(UK) or equivalent qualification An appropriate higher degree GMC registration with a license to practice Evidence of productive ethical research related to oncology
Desirable
Recent publications in peer-reviewed journals
Experience Essential
Wide experience of Oncology, including Breast Appropriate experience across disease groups in clinical oncology as well as clinical trials experience Experience in teaching undergraduates Experience of clinical audit Evidence of contribution to teaching
Desirable
An appropriate higher degree Breast clinical experience Relevant experience
Personal Skills Essential
Team player Evidence of clinical leadership skills Proven ability to lead a team Confident in own ability but knows limitations Excellent written and oral communication skills Flexibility, commitment and team work Hardworking, enthusiastic achiever Professional demeanor Self motivated and able to motivate team
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 The Christie NHS FT
Address Clinical Oncology - E00084
Manchester
M20 4BX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.christie.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)