Renal, Melanoma and CUP Consultant

Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site city Town Nottingham Salary £109,725 - £145,478 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/01/2026 23:59

Renal, Melanoma and CUP Consultant NHS Medical & Dental consultant Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated full-time Consultant Medical Oncologist with a responsibility in Renal, Melanoma and CUP cancers for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Join Our Growing Team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
We are excited to announce the creation of this NEW Consultant post
in Oncology, reflecting our commitment to expanding and enhancing our exceptional services. This expansion is part of a strategic investment to meet the growing needs of our patients and further develop our outstanding team.

At NUH, we take pride in delivering exceptional, holistic care through multiprofessional collaboration, supporting patients every step of the way on their cancer journey. As part of our team, you will play a pivotal role in providing high-quality clinical care both at NUH and our satellite service ond clinical duties, you will have opportunities to contribute to
education and supervision
,
leadership
, and
innovative research
, helping to shape the future of oncology care.

Join us in making a real difference in patients’ lives while advancing your own career in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

Main duties of the job

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The appointee will join a team of 2 Medical Oncology Consultants (renal) and 3 Medical Oncology Consultants (melanoma) providing outpatient and inpatient care. The team also includes two prescribing Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) who cover melanoma and renal patients, two Clinical Oncology Consultants who provide radiotherapy cover and rotational specialist registrars (SPRs). Responsibilities will include outpatient clinics seeing new, on-treatment and follow-up patients with melanoma and renal cancer, inpatient ward rounds, skin and urology MDT attendance and providing support to the CNS team for ad hoc queries and their clinic patients as well as training and support for SPRs and ward resident doctors.

The appointee will be confident in prescribing immunotherapy, targeted therapy and chemotherapy for melanoma and renal cancer as well as investigating and managing treatment and cancer complications.

Working for our organisation

The speciality serves a resident population of 1.1 million and currently sees approximately 5,000 new patients each year (at City Hospital and King’s Mill Hospital); providing a comprehensive range of non- surgical oncology services to the East Midlands.

The Oncology Service has four dedicated oncology inpatient wards with 66 beds, which includes a dedicated Teenage and Young Adult Unit and its own oncology outpatient department. There are two outpatient systemic therapy wards with 35 chairs and six beds as well as satellite clinics at King’s Mill Hospital with a further 11 chairs dedicated to outpatient systemic anticancer therapy delivery.

Oncology at NUH runs its own 24hr admission service with a 20 bed Specialist Receiving Unit which it shares with Haematology and a Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC). A rapid response triage emergency line is manned by our nurse led Cancer Admission Triage Team (CATT) using the UKONS telephone triage system. Oncology has invested in a high calibre acute oncology nursing team supporting the acute care of cancer patients admitted to city hospital campus as well as providing outreach support at Queen’s Medical Centre.

The current Oncology consultant team of 12 medical oncologists and 27 clinical oncologists provide site specialist care in multi-disciplinary teams. There is an established Medical Oncology Higher Specialist Training programme (9 posts), a highly successful Academic training programme (ACFs & ACLs) and

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further details.

Person specification Professional Registration

• Full GMC registration Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register CCT expected within 6 months of interview date

Professional Qualifications/Development

• MRCP or…