Consultant Oncologist - Urology + 2nd tumour site

Job overview

We provide Clinical and Medical Oncology inpatient and outpatient services, as well as radiotherapy and systemic anti-cancer therapy to all common tumour sites. The Beacon Centre and St Margaret's Hospice provide cancer care to the population of Somerset of approximately 560,000. They have received a number of accolades since opening in 2009 for the high-quality care delivered. Including CHKS ISO 9001 accreditation, Macmillan Quality Environment Mark score of 5 on all principles, Investors in People Gold and Customer Service Excellence A+++ award.

Somerset Foundation Trust and Yeovil District Hospital merged in April 2023.

Yeovil District Hospital received a 15 million investment from the government to develop part of the Hospital and reduce waiting times. The first part the development plans will see Yeovil's main theatre receive a significant refurbishment, including increasing space in the recovery area, and an extension that will add a fifth theatre. This is coupled with the 5 million investment into an additional new Day Surgery Unit and modular Outpatient Unit.

A new Surgical Centre will also be opening at Musgrove Park Hospital in the Spring of 2025. The county also has a well-established programme of improvement work supporting the effective and efficient management of outpatient services (Somerset Transformation of Outpatient Care). This includes expanding opportunities for running outpatient clinics in a range of community hospitals across the county.

Main duties of the job

The role will incorporate the management of uro-oncology patients and one other tumour site. This second site can be discussed in pre-interview conversations with one of the Clinical Service Leads.

The successful applicant would join a professional but friendly uro-oncology team of 3 Clinical Oncologists, 1 Medical Oncologist, 2 Specialty Doctors, 1 Consultant Radiographer, 1 Consultant Pharmacist, 1 Chemotherapy Nurse Prescriber and 2 Immunotherapy Advanced Nurse Practitioners. We work with a team of supportive and collaborative urologists and enjoy training a group of motivated trainees and Specialty Doctors.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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