Locum Consultant in Clinical Oncology Urological&Lower GI Malignancies

Locum Consultant in Clinical Oncology Urological & Lower GI Malignancies

The closing date is 01 March 2026

We are looking to appoint a Locum Consultant in Clinical Oncology with a special interest in urological and lower gastrointestinal malignancies. This is a 6 month fixed‑term locum appointment, based at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC) in Northwood and Northwick Park Hospital (NPH) in Harrow, part of the London North West University Hospitals Trust (LNWUHT). The post comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) and an on‑call commitment.

The post holder will contribute to the delivery of high‑quality, patient‑centred urological and GI oncology care across Northwick Park Hospital and MVCC. They will be responsible for specialist outpatient care, participation in MDT meetings and the safe delivery of both SACT and radiotherapy. They will also be expected to contribute to teaching and training across the multidisciplinary workforce, and will engage fully in directorate‑level clinical governance activities including audit, incident review, quality improvement, and adherence to Trust and national cancer standards.

• Maintenance of high‑quality patient centred care
• Shared responsibility for the day‑to‑day management of the service
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
• Delivery and development of SACT administration
• Active participation in continuing medical education
• Active participation in trial research activities

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

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. Any employee is entitled to seek 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.

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

• 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
• College Fellowship RCR or qualification of an equivalent level

• Broad range of experience in Clinical Oncology in particular specialist interest in thoracic malignancies.
• 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
• Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence based practice and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Demonstrable experience and participation in research

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
• Able to show situational…