YCLocum Consultant

Locum Consultant Medical Oncologist

This is a Locum Consultant Medical Oncologist post for 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week to provide oncology management and treatment within the Lung Cancer Disease Group and Acute Oncology offering a 3 week rotating cover at Consultant level to support the Medical Oncology Lung outpatient service at both The Christie and Wythenshawe Hospital and a 1 week in 3 Acute Oncology inpatient service based at The Christie.

The appointee will be based at The Christie and will provide services both at the Withington site as well as at Wythenshawe Hospital, which is part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. They will provide senior input to the following areas of delivery:

• Outpatient clinics at The Christie and Wythenshawe Hospital.
• Chemotherapy Services – Oak Road Treatment Centre, Christie @ Home, Outreach, Cecilia Centre (Wythenshawe).
• Inpatient Services – primarily Wards and the Oncology Assessment Unit and on the Pulmonary Oncology Ward at Wythenshawe.
• Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings.
• Management of patients with Lung Cancer receiving standard therapy and in phase II/III trials including treatment decisions and ongoing care.
• Participating in all relevant aspects of clinical governance, including maintaining up-to-date protocols, guidelines and clinical audit, under the supervision of the other consultants in the unit.
• Contribute to current research projects and establish new opportunities to expand and develop research within the team.
• Revision and development of evidence‑based protocols for patients and undertaking the administrative duties associated with the care of their patients.
• Maintaining a level of continuing professional development consistent with the recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians.
• Contributing to the undergraduate teaching of medical students on oncology topics.
• Providing lectures for the busy postgraduate teaching programme.
• Actively contributing to the training of junior doctors and other multi‑disciplinary team members in both in‑patient and outpatient departments including acting as clinical supervisor.
• Undertake clinical audit as a member of The Christie Medical Staff Committee.

The closing date for this post may be extended if there are insufficient applicants or brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.

If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, I regret that on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.

We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

• Identity verification.
• Disclosure and Barring service (DBS) / Criminal record check (dependent on role; payment of this will be the applicant's responsibility).
• Professional registration and/or qualification check.
• Occupational health assessment.
• Employment history and reference validation. All applicants external to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years of employment. This information will be used to validate employment history and references.

All applicants external to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will be used to validate employment history and references. If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.

The successful applicant will be based at The Christie and will provide consultant level care for patients with Lung cancer from both The Christie Withington site and the Wythenshawe Hospital site of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. This includes providing outpatient care through the outpatient clinics and day…