Consultant in Clinical Oncology - Urology & Skin cancers

Job description

Job overview

This post supports the urology and skin MDT's at New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton and Russell's Hall Hospital, Dudley

The post holder will see approximately 100 new urology/renal and 100 skin patients a year. Secretarial support, designated office space and appropriate IT equipment will be provided.

The post will be based at the New Cross Hospital and the patients will be seen in clinics at New Cross Hospital and will be treated at New Cross Hospital for radiotherapy and systemic treatments.

The successful candidate will be expected to work with professional colleagues and local managers to provide an Oncology service to Wolverhampton and Russells Hall hospitals. The principal duties of the post will include:

Provision of a Clinical Oncology service for urology/renal and skin (with an interest in melanoma) cancers for Wolverhampton and Russells Hall Hospital;

• Participation departmental meetings
• Participation in the multidisciplinary team meetings relevant to the post

Main duties of the job

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to provide a service in Clinical Oncology with responsibility for urology/renal and skin (with an interest in melanoma) cancers.

• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to play a full part in the out-of-hours On-Call service for the department. This includes being on-call for telephone advice and major incidents.
• To provide cover for Consultant and Senior colleagues in respect of periods of leave.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.
• To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust are one of the largest acute and community providers in the West Midlands having more than 850 beds on the New Cross site.

The Trust also has rehabilitation beds at West Park Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospital.

We are the largest employer in Wolverhampton, the Trust employs over 11,000 staff - with more than 1,000 in medical and dental roles.

Our locations, and examples of services, include:
• New Cross Hospital - Maternity, Emergency, Critical Care and Outpatients.
• West Park Hospital - Neuro Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Hospital at Home, Outpatient, Care of the Elderly, Hearing Services.
• Cannock Chase Hospital - Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Endoscopy, Rheumatology and Dermatology.
• More than 20 community sites offering services for children and adults.
• Primary Care - eight GP practices.
• Urgent Treatment Centres at New Cross Hospital and Phoenix Health Centre.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Post

The post supports urology/renal and skin (with an interest in melanoma) cancers and will be primarily based at New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton.

Secretarial support, designated office space and appropriate IT equipment will be provided.

The oncology consultants do not participate in the acute medical take.

The successful candidate will be expected to work with professional colleagues and local managers to provide an Oncology service to Wolverhampton. The principal duties of the post will include:-

i. Provision of a Clinical Oncology service for urology/renal and skin (with an interest in melanoma) cancers.

ii. Participation departmental meetings
• Governance and Directorate meeting/ Academic meeting /RT QA forum
• Audit/Chemotherapy QA meeting/ RT QA forum
• Radiotherapy Planning Forum (Consultants meeting/ RT QA forum)
• Directorate meeting/M+M meeting/RT QA forum)
• Week Academic meeting/ Chemotherapy QA meeting/ RT QA forum

iii. Participation in the multidisciplinary team meetings relevant to the post

iv. Take joint responsibility for the professional supervision and development of training and non-training grade posts in the department.

v. Consultants will be on call one week in 12 (Monday to Sunday). There is Middle Grade (oncology registrar) cover until 7pm Mondays to Fridays and 9am to 4pm Saturdays and Sundays. At times outside this the consultants are second on call to the medical SHO covering the wards.

7. In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to play a full part in the professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.

8. In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take responsibility for and devote time to teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required for junior medical staff.

Management & Service Development

9. In conjunction with Divisional Manager, Consultant and Senior Colleagues, to take an active role in the management of the Division.

10. In conjunction with the Divisional Manager, Consultant & Senior colleagues, to play a full part in developing & implementing new ways of working in line with modernisation principles and fit for the future.

11. In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take responsibility for the best use of departmental staffing and other resources to ensure the maximum efficiency of the department.

12. To observe the Trust's agreed policies and procedures, in particular in relation to managing staff, and to follow the Trust's Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions. These policies and procedures have been drawn up in consultation with the profession on clinical matters.

Clinical Governance

13. In conjunction with consultant colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.

Health & Safety

14. To take responsibility for your own Health & Safety complying with any safe working arrangements, policies and procedures which are in place.

15. To accept a duty to other staff and patients to ensure that any hazards are reported and managed appropriately.

Any Other Duties

Person specification

Educational Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC
• On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT from the date of interview

Desirable criteria

• Higher Medical Degree

Experience

Essential criteria

• State any specific experience required over and above that they could reasonably have gained via training to CCT level.

Desirable criteria

• Subspecialty training or equivalent

Ability/skills

Essential criteria

• Specific skills required to undertake the role above those required to achieve CCT.
• Subspecialty training or equivalent

Research and Audit

Essential criteria

• Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit

Desirable criteria

• Relevant research published in peer review journal

Management Skills

Essential criteria

• Time management/organisational ability. An example may be they have developed and run training programmes
• Proven knowledge of systems and process of NHS or equivalent

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond".

To support these visions, we are actively looking at new models of care which:

• Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement
• Consider optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and
• Seeks to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked service solution' approach across the four sites

Against this context, although this post is hosted by The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.

Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant's qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants' qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.

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