Consultant Clinical Oncologist in Lung

4 days ago


Colchester, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to join our team at Colchester Hospital

We are inviting applications to join our friendly and dynamic teams within the Oncology department at our Colchester Hospital site, part of the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. There may be the opportunity in keeping with our Clinical Strategy for cross-site working at our other hospital site at Ipswich if service needs require.

The post being advertised is an additionalpost. With the appointment to the vacant post, there will be nine oncologists with their primary base at Colchester Hospital, and eight Oncologists based at Ipswich Hospital. The Departments of Oncology are within the 'Oncology & Haematology Clinical Delivery Group' of the 'Cancer and Diagnostics' Division

Applicants will have completed CCT or equivalent (CESR) and must be on the Specialist Register.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for patients with Lung and Skin (non melanoma) cancer.

Sample job plan included below.

CLINICAL

On call arrangements

1 in 8 Consultant rota On call is categorised as Class B. Out of hours cover is provided by the General Medical On Call team.

Board & Ward Rounds

Consultants support the daily board round and weekly MDT ward rounds.

Acute Oncology Service

There is an 8am-6pm Acute Oncology Service Monday to Friday, run by nurse specialists who are supported by an Oncologist every weekday.

8 PA's will be offered with the possible. A minimum of PA's will be for direct patient care and PA's for SPA

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Radiotherapy referrals are received predominately from central and east Suffolk, north and mid Essex. In addition some referrals are received from West Suffolk and bordering ICBs. Radiotherapy is delivered on both the Colchester and Ipswich Hospital sites. The service is part of the East of England Operational Delivery Network for external beam radiotherapy.

The two hospitals are equipped with a total of seven multi-modality Varian Truebeam linear accelerators. All are equipped with Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) and Volumetric Arc Therapy (VMAT) capability, On-board Imaging (OBI) systems for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) using planar imaging and cone beam CT (CBCT) and respiratory gating.They also have the capability to deliver Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR). Suitable cases are discussed in the weekly regional meeting.

The service has successfully completed the NHSE SABR credentialing process. SABR is routinely delivered to lung primary, bone, and node oligomatastatic disease on both hospital sites. In addition, Ipswich is taking referrals for spine SABR from within the radiotherapy network.

Person Specification

interview

Essential

FRCR or European equivalent if Clinical Oncologist MRCP or equivalent if Medical Oncologist

Desirable

Ability to develop and maintain a sub-specialty interest

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