Consultant Clinical Oncologist

Job Summary

University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust (UHB) is recruiting to a substantive 10PA Clinical Consultant Oncologist to join their dynamic team. The successful post holder will join an innovative team of Consultant Oncologists and specialist Oncology care. Tumour site sub-specialities can be discussed at interview, however experience in breast, lung and urology tumour site would be favoured. The successful post holder will have experience in clinical oncology, planning and delivery radiotherapy to the relevant tumour sites. The post holder will be responsible for independently running clinics, prescribing treatment using the Trusts PICS system, undertaking ward rounds and MDT.

Key Skills

Main duties, tasks & skills required

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

Proposed Job Plan - please see proposed job plan within detailed Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

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

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 radiotherapy delivery.

Clinical

The appointee should be able to demonstrate experience and specific interest in the management of breast, lung and urology, as well as experience in RT. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop disease specific areas of interest, working alongside the current Oncology team. In keeping with the department's ambition as a teaching hospital, the appointee 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 appointee will participate in the attending and on-call rota , supported by and working with clinical team's trust-wide. They will be responsible for managing a cohort of inpatients and providing specialist liaison advice.

Outpatients

The appointee will be expected to participate in 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 applicant's 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, journal clubs and mortality and morbidity meetings.

For the ward attending commitments, the appointee will be expected to provide reciprocal cover for periods of leave.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC Registration with licence to practice

MRCP

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.

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.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For Help With Your Application, Contact

Shivan Sivakumar

Shivan.Sivakumar@uhb.nhs.uk

01213713558

Pay scheme

Hospital Medical and Dental

Band

Consultant

Salary

£109725.00 to £145478.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time

Reference number

14428

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Attachments

Job Description

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