Consultant Medical Oncologist (Breast)
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Romford
Salary
£113,565 – £150,569
Posted
5 days ago
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a candidate interested in a permanent medical oncology consultant post at Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic medical oncologist to join our well-established, dedicated and supportive team.
The successful candidate will join a team of 13 consultant oncologists supported by three specialty doctors and five clinical oncology SpRs to serve a population of 750,000. The department treats the full spectrum of malignant disease including breast, lung, lower and upper GI, haematology, gynaecology, urology, neuro-oncology, skin, and head and neck.
The post will cover breast and one other tumour subsite depending on your interests. Acute oncology, renal, neuroendocrine or cancer of unknown primary would be strongly encouraged. You will be primarily located at Queen's Hospital, Romford, Essex where the Oncology department is based.
To provide, to a high standard, the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment and care to patients requiring oncology services, as outlined in the proposed program which includes the following: Medical oncology management of breast malignancy. New patient numbers approx. 170-200 per annum. This will be four to five patients per week on a 42-week year. Input into the Acute Oncology Service; this service is led by a team of three acute oncology nurses who field calls and review patients. The acute oncology ward round/consultant supports the AOS nurses in this role and undertakes ward reviews and offers oncology advice as necessary. This will be reviewed in at the initial job planning meeting and level of input will be based on any tumour subsite specialty in addition to breast, taking into account the overall workload. Clinic reviews. To work with and support the established multi-disciplinary site-specific teams. Outpatient chemotherapy and inpatient clinical opinions. Participate in the out of hours on-call service: (Please see attached JD for full details of the main duties)