Consultant Medical Oncologist

Job overview

University Hospitals of Derby & Burton are seeking to recruit a Consultant Medical Oncologist, who together with 17 other Consultant Oncologists will provide a comprehensive service for the people of Southern Derbyshire and East Staffordshire.

We are looking for a Medical Oncologist that have particular interests in Lung, CRC and Germ Cell but are open to discussions around these, knowing flexibility is important.

The posts are based at the Royal Derby Hospital with work at Queens Hospital Burton which provide Cancer Services for the population of Southern Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire.

The Cancer Business Unit is proud to offer high quality clinical care within flexible and sustainable job plan structures. We positively encourage part time working and are happy to recruit less than full time candidates to complement our existing medical team. If your preference is for less than full time hours, we have a number of potential job plans including a one tumour site 6 PA post working either 4 days per week or 5 days per week. We are happy to discuss other options if these are of interest.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be responsible for:

- Provision of a comprehensive service in Oncology with consultant colleagues, including new patient and follow-up clinics at Derby and Burton. The Department also undertakes a variety of joint clinics with other specialties.

- Provision of emergency cover and reciprocal cover for your consultant colleagues during reasonable periods of leave, on a shared basis. This will include care of patients and supervision of junior doctors.

- The care of patients in his/her charge and for the proper functioning of the Department

- Undertaking teaching/training duties as required and actively participating in the postgraduate and undergraduate teaching programmes

- Participating in clinical and medical audit and actively contributing in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance

- Actively participating in continuing medical education (CME)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the detailed job description and personal specification document that is attached to this advert