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Job summary

Main area
Oncology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract
Permanent: Substantive
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
359-MSD6876002
Employer
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Maidstone Hospital
Town
Maidstone, Kent
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum / pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust logo

Consultant in Medical Oncologist – Breast & Other Tumour Site

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Job overview

We are looking for a suitable candidate to work alongside our team of medical and clinical oncologists.

The post holder will join our team of medical and clinical oncologists providing Oncology services from an West Kent base. We have a well-established oncology research department, providing the opportunity for the post holder to run and develop clinical trials.

JD pending Royal College ApprovalÌý

Main duties of the job

Medical Oncologist,Ìý to provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.

To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.

To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.

Working for our organisation

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was formed in April 2000.Ìý It consists of two District General Hospitals based at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells providing services to approximately 450,000 people living in Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex and the surrounding areas.Ìý

Its major hospitals are The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury near Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone Hospital. The Kent Oncology Centre in West Kent is based at Maidstone Hospital.Ìý The Trust manages the Oncology centre based at Maidstone and Canterbury.Ìý These services form an integral part of Kent’s Cancer Services.

The Trust provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 460,000 in West Kent and North East Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population.ÌýÌýÌý

The Trust’s Chairman is Annette Doherty , the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director is Dr Sara Mumford.ÌýÌý Clinical services are organised into nine clinical directorates.Ìý The Clinical Director's of the Kent Oncology Centre is Dr Kannon Nathan & Dr Timothy Sevitt.Ìý The Director of Operations for the Division is Alice Farrell, and the General Manager for Oncology is Grace O'Driscoll.Ìý

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties of this post will be to support the consultant service across a range of tumour types:

Attending Consultant led out-patient clinics (both in the Centre and Peripheral Clinics), and undertaking related admin and chemotherapy prescribing..

Supervision of SHOs and ward patients.

Review of patients attending for chemotherapy and radiotherapy if required by nursing or radiography staff.

Teaching of SHOs and medical students.

Involvement in clinical governance and audit activities.

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Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • Entry on the Specialist Register as a clinical oncologist or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the advisory appointments committee
Desirable criteria
  • Higher Qualification in Medicine or Surgery
  • Research degree (MD/PhD)
  • Clinical Experience in relevant tumour sites

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Clinical Training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in specialty
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in Clinical Audit and Research.
  • Experience in medical education

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiasm for developing tumour site specialisation and Cancer Services in Kent
  • Ability to organise and manage
Desirable criteria
  • An interest and a capacity to teach and learn from members of the multidisciplinary team
  • Research degree (MD/PhD)
  • Staff management: delegating, appraisal of performance, dealing with poor performance, coaching and motivating.

Personal

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work in a team.
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Commitment to continuing medical education
  • An awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Kent and Medway Work Place Wellbeing AwardNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverRoyal College of Anaesthetists Accredited

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tim Sevitt
Job title
Clinical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
06122 729000