Consultant

Locum Breast Upper GI consultant

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

Stevenage

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

2 weeks ago

About the role

Locum Consultant in Medical Oncology with a special interest in breast and upper GI malignancies, based at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Lister Hospital, and the New QEII Hospital. This is a fixed-term post for 12 months for maternity cover and comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) and an on-call commitment. The post holder will also be part of the Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) MDT. Mount Vernon is a well-respected cancer centre, providing care to over 5,000 new patients a year, based in Northwood, Middlesex. It is currently run by East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (ENHT) and is in the process of merging with University College London Hospital (UCH), a leading tertiary cancer services provider. Mount Vernon will continue to provide high-quality care for cancer patients during the transition period across to UCLH, which is expected to complete by September 2025. The cancer centre will move to an established local acute hospital site, with access to intensive care facilities, whilst remaining a separate cancer centre. A networked satellite radiotherapy service will be developed to enhance the provision of cancer care to patients in the north of the area. We welcome applications from those who would relish the opportunity to be a part of the development of a new state of the art cancer centre.

Locum Breast Upper GI consultant

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

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At Mount Vernon, the post holder will be expected to work with members of the MDTs in supervising the oncology treatment of patients. At the Lister Hospital and QEII Hospital sites, the post holder will work closely with the breast and upper GI multidisciplinary teams to provide a safe and high-quality outpatient oncology service.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

Hertford County, Hertford

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Person specification

Essential

Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
FRCPath or equivalent
Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs
Broad range of experience in Haemato-oncology
Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation

Desirable

Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)
Royal College Fellowship
Fully competent in clinical and laboratory haematology