Clinical Oncology Specialist
1 month ago
This position is part of the Kent Oncology Centre, based in Maidstone, serving patients from East and West Kent.
The successful candidate will join our team of medical and clinical oncologists to take a major interest in H&N, providing Oncology services from a West Kent base. As a member of the Kent Oncology Centre, there will be a commitment to participate fully in a Kent-wide approach to the delivery of cancer care. This includes attendance at governance meetings, multi-disciplinary team meetings, and the practice of cross-referral with other site specialists.
Responsibilities include:
- Providing high-quality care to patients for whom you have clinical responsibility, including those referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team, and patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.
- Participating in clinical and other service activities and developments to ensure a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
- Working closely with other medical, professional, and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high-quality healthcare to the Trust's patients and contribute to future thinking about the Trust's strategic direction.
- Participating fully in and sharing leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. Attending clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trust's Guide to job planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
- Actively participating in departmental audits, sharing coordination of audit activities within the department, and implementation of change.
- Taking an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training, and supervision.
- Assuming responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff, being involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.
- Encouraging the inclusion of research in normal clinical work and supporting developing research activities for interested applicants.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was formed in 2000. It consists of two District General Hospitals based at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells, providing services to approximately 450,000 people living in Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex, and the surrounding areas. Its major hospitals are The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury near Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone Hospital. The Kent Oncology Centre in West Kent is based at Maidstone Hospital. The Trust manages the Oncology centre based at Maidstone and Canterbury. These services form an integral part of Kent's Cancer Services.
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