Consultant in Acute Oncology

This post is for 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week to work within Acute Oncology at The Christie Withington site, and a medical oncology subspeciality: breast, lung, or HPB dependent upon the applicants interest and experience.

The appointee will be based at The Christie Withington site.They will provide senior input to the following areas of delivery:o Outpatient clinics, Inpatient Services, Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings The role will be responsible for: Daily consultant ward round and management of all non-surgical admissions to the acute assessment unit. Liaising with parent oncology teams to provide optimal patient careo Participating in all relevant aspects of clinical governance, including maintaining up to dateo Protocols, guidelines and clinical audit, under the supervision of the other consultants in in the unit.o Contribute to current research projects and establish new opportunities to expand and develop research within the team. o Revision and development of evidence-based protocols for patients and undertaking the administrative duties associated with the care of their patients. o Maintaining a level of continuing professional development consistent the recommendations of the Royal College and Physicians. o Contributing to the undergraduate teaching of medical students on oncology topics. o Providing lectures for the busy postgraduate teaching programme. o Actively contributing to the training of juniors doctors and other multi-disciplinary team o members in both in-patient and outpatient departments.