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Consultant Colorectal Oncologist 8 PAs

Freeman Hospital · Carthage, MO · 1 wk ago
Full-time

Job Overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well-integrated team as a Consultant Medical Oncologist. Applicants wishing to work part time would be considered. This post is available for recruitment as soon as possible. The current opportunity is for a Consultant Medical Oncologist with an interest in Colorectal Cancer will provide care to patients served by the directorate. This may include providing services at NCCC-Carlisle.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide tertiary-level oncology care in a teaching hospital's cancer centre and peripheral clinics.
  • There will be a commitment to providing general oncological care as part of a general oncology on call rota.

Clinical responsibilities

  • Provide oncology advice to the relevant MDT and to patients with these cancers.
  • Prescribing of and supervision of prescribing of chemotherapy.
  • On call cover for general oncological emergencies and provision of advice in and out of hours, to non-specialist teams managing patients with cancer.
  • Out-patient clinic, day unit and ward management.

Administrative responsibilities

  • Participation in the directorate clinical governance processes including reporting into the Trust mortality database.
  • Engagement with all the administrative electronic systems needed to deliver patient care.

Research

There is an active research programme within the directorate with links to the Sir Bobby Robson Unit at Freeman Hospital, the late phase research team within the research and development directorate and to Newcastle University. Contribution to the research programme or further developments and collaborations will be actively encouraged.

Teaching

  • There will be opportunity to develop teaching skills within the directorate and within the wider trust environment.
  • Bedside and clinical teaching of undergraduate students will form part of the responsibilities of the consultant.
  • Clinical training and supervision of Trust junior doctors and Deanery trainees and AHCPs will be expected.

Flexibility

In line with the Trust's core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications And Specialist Skills

Essential: Primary Medical Qualification. Full GMC Registration. Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).

Desirable: Higher Degree. Special skills training in the specialty.

Clinical Experience

Essential: Evidence of experience in the specialty. Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty. Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality. Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.

Management and Administration Experience

Essential: Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty. Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines. An understanding of Clinical Governance.

Desirable: Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals. Evidence of leadership / project management. Evidence of having implemented change. Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.

Teaching

Essential: Experience of supervising junior medical staff. Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.

Desirable: Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills. Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

Essential: Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings. Research/critical review of literature. Publications in the last five years.

Desirable: Higher degree.

Audit

Essential: Evidence of participation in audit.

Desirable: Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit. Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

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