Urology, Advanced Breast and CUP Consultant

Urology, Advanced Breast and CUP Consultant

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated full‑time Locum Consultant Oncologist with responsibility in Urology, Advanced Breast and CUP for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. This post is fixed‑term for 10 months.

A full range of oncology emergency and elective patients are admitted to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and the appointee will be responsible for the management of those patients admitted under his/her care.

Provision, with consultant colleagues, of a comprehensive elective and emergency oncology service, reciprocal cover during periods of leave, continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of the department.

These duties are subject to review from time to time in light of changing requirements. If alterations to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, his/her consultant colleagues, and the Trust.

The person appointed will be required to devote substantially the whole of his/her time to the duties of the post and give them priority at all times.

The specialty serves a resident population of 1.1 million and currently sees approximately 5,000 new patients each year (at City Hospital and Kings Mill Hospital). The oncology service has four dedicated inpatient wards with 66 beds, including a dedicated Teenage and Young Adult Unit and its own outpatient department. There are two outpatient systemic therapy wards with 35 chairs and six beds, and satellite clinics at Kings Mill Hospital with an additional 11 chairs dedicated to outpatient systemic anticancer therapy delivery.

Oncology at NUH runs its own 24‑hour admission service with a əldər Specialist Receiving Unit (20 beds) shared 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 උacute care of cancer patients admitted to City Hospital campus and providing outreach support at Queens Medical Centre.

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

Please see attached job description for further details.

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior
• Employment type:
  
  Contract
• Job function:
  Sales and Business Development
• Industry: Medical Practices