Locum Consultant Medical Oncologist - Breast

Locum Consultant Medical Oncologist - Breast

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is looking to appoint an enthusiastic locum consultant in medical oncology (breast) to join our multidisciplinary teams for four sessions (16 hours) per week in a substantive role.

The successful candidate will join the multidisciplinary team consultants across Medical Oncology, clinical fellows, a specialist registrar, nurse clinicians, a pharmacist, clinical nurse specialists, research nurses, project managers and clinical trial administrators.

The role will involve two clinics per week and attendance at the Wednesday MDT. Suitable SPA and admin time is provided.

Main duties of the job

• Attendance and review of patients in the weekly breast Medical Oncology clinics - new and follow up patients on treatment.
• Completion of patient administration tasks.
• Completion of and maintenance of Good Clinical Practice certification (regulatory requirement for clinical trial participation, if appropriate).
• Become familiar with ongoing clinical trials, as appropriate (for context when seeing outpatients in clinic).
• Maintain knowledge of local, national and international developments in diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer through attendance at conferences, as appropriate.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over patients a year. Based in Manchester and serving a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, we also receive around 15 % of referrals from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the world's largest radiotherapy departments, chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals, highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancers, and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. As an international leader in research, we run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year and our research has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Job responsibilities

See attached job description for a detailed description of main responsibilities.

Job plan and timetable

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 SPA within their job plan to support Trust appraisal and supervision requirements. This can either be as appraiser or a supervisor for medical staff or advanced clinical practitioners (ACP).

• Monday: NWD; NWD; Admin; MDT; Clinic (Ribociclib); NWD.
• Tuesday: NWD; NWD; Admin; MDT; Clinic (Ribociclib); NWD.
• Wednesday: NWD; NWD; Admin; MDT; Clinic (Ribociclib); NWD.
• Thursday: NWD; NWD; Admin; MDT; Clinic (Ribociclib); NWD.
• Friday: NWD; NWD; Admin; MDT; Clinic (Ribociclib); SPA; NWD.

NB: This timetable is indicative.

Job plan PA summary

Total PAs: Direct Clinical Care (DCC) - 2.75, Outpatient clinics - 1.5, MDT - 0.5, Admin - 0.75.

Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) - 1.25 (including 1.5 core SPA). Supervision role - 0.25 minimum allocated.

Total Programmed Activities (PAs): 4.

This role does not require participation in the on call rota.

Person specification

• GMC registration with a licence to practice.
• Evidence of productive ethical research relevant to oncology.
• Wide experience of oncology.
• Recent publications in peer reviewed journals.

Experience

• Appropriate experience across disease groups in medical oncology.
• Evidence of wide experience and training in general and oncological medicine at specialist registrar or similar level.
• Experience in teaching undergraduates.
• Experience of clinical audit.
• Evidence of contribution to teaching.

Personal skills

• Evidence of communication skills training in advanced techniques for communicating significant news to patients.
• Knowledge of General Medical Council requirements for revalidation and the UK National Health Service process of appraisal.
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances within a team.
• Evidence of clinical leadership skills.
• Proven ability to lead a team.
• Integrity, management and communication skills including teaching.
• Confident in own limitations.
• Demonstrates knowledge, logic and efficiency.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Flexibility, commitment and teamwork with colleagues and staff in the department.
• Hardworking, enthusiastic achiever. Good attendance record. Patient friendly.
• Must be resilient and well organised.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Self motivation and ability to motivate team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 per annum, pro rata.