Consultant Medical Oncologist - Oxford, United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

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Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site University Hospitals North Midlands Town Stoke on Trent Salary £93,666 - £126,281 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/06/2024 23:59

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This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a highly regarded team, working in collaboration with existing Consultants and within a wider multi-professional team.

As part of an enthusiastic and well trained team you will work alongside the Consultants, Specialist Registrars, Speciality doctors and Clinical Nurse Specialists. Post holder will rotate to between RSUH and County hospital.

You will be expected to share duties and responsibilities with other middle grade doctors. In addition you will be required to participate in audit, teaching, training and research in this field. A job plan will be discussed and reviewed with the successful candidate .

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be a member of a team of 13WTE Consultant Oncologists, 2WTE Consultant Medical Oncologists and 11WTE Consultant Haematologists delivering a comprehensive Oncology and Haematology service to the population of North and South Staffordshire and South Cheshire.

There will be service commitments in the Cancer Centre at both Royal Stoke University Hospital and the County Hospital site. The Oncology Department has some commitment to Undergraduate teaching, and you will be expected to participate in this, as well as Postgraduate teaching and training.

Working for our organisation

UHNM Cancer Centre at Royal Stoke Hospital provides world class, patient centred, specialised cancer services to the population of Staffordshire, South Cheshire and part of Shropshire.

All inpatient, day case, the majority of the outpatient clinics and Radiotherapy are delivered within a purpose-built centre which opened in July 2009. We see approximately 2000 new patients per year with a geographical catchment area of approximately 800,000 population.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a highly regarded team, working in collaboration with existing Consultants and within a wider multi-professional team.

You will be part of a team of 13 Consultant Oncologists which include 10 Clinical Oncologists and 3 Medical Oncologists together with 14 Consultant Clinical Haematologists.

The post is based at the University Hospital of North Midlands Cancer Centre. Clinical duties will be across both the Royal Stoke Hospital site and at County Hospital site.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A detailed job description and main responsibilities are within the attached job description attached under supporting documents.

Person specification Clinical Experience & Training:

• Experience of conducting clinical audit.
• Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making
• Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration
• Possession of MRCP or equivalent qualification in medical oncology
• • Eligibility to be on specialist register within 6 months of interview date
• MD or PhD

Academic Achievements, Research, Publications

• Evidence of training in research methodology.
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• An awareness of current speciality specific developments, initiatives and issues.
• Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
• Evidence of having undertaken original research.

Professional and Multidisciplinary Team Working

• Ability to work effectively with colleagues and within a team

Ability to work effectively with colleagues and within a team

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
• Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives

Personal Attributes

• Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
• An enquiring and critical approach to work
• Caring attitude to patients
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies.
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development
• Appropriate Immigration Status (where appropriate)
• An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues
• Ability and means to travel residence within 10 miles or 30 minutes of base.
• To be accessible by as required for on call duties

Important information about your application

• All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
• References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
• We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
• Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
• New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community .

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At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Dr Muthiah Sivaramalingam Job title Clinical Lead & Consultant Oncologist Email address Telephone number Additional information

Dr Rajanee Bhana

Clinical Director for Oncology, Haematology, Immunology & Palliative Care

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Address 2nd Floor, Springfield Building
Royal Stoke University Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 6QG
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