Consultant Medical Oncologist - Lung & Acute Oncology

Job Summary
An new and exciting opportunity to join the Lung and Acute team at The Christie NHS foundation Trust. The appointee 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 case units where Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Treatments are delivered, as well as inpatient care on the main adult oncology wards.

Main Duties of the Job
This role also rotates into an Acute Oncology consultant post providing an inpatient service for selected non-elective admissions where the reason for admission is primarily related to the patient's underlying malignant diagnosis or its treatment. All admissions are already in receipt of oncology care at the Trust. Normal route of admission is via our 24hr hotline which triages patients and diverts patients to their Acute Trust A&E if appropriate. This is, therefore, not an unselected intake. Those who are admitted usually spend the first 24 - 72 hours on an acute assessment ward (staffed during the day by a consultant in Acute Medicine or General Medicine) & are then transferred to one of the base wards if their admission requires a longer stay. In addition, patients are admitted electively for treatment or procedures. The role of the consultant is to provide senior support, leadership & co-ordination of the junior doctors on the wards, to liaise with the patient's oncology team, ensure the patients are appropriately assessed & managed regarding their in-patient episode, progressed without delay on their management plan and appropriately prepared for discharge to avoid unnecessary delay. The consultant will provide board rounds with attendance and contributions from the multi-disciplinary team & direct reviews as required and within the time available. Another key role of this post is to provide junior doctor supervision, education and support for their inpatient work.

About Us
The postholder will contribute to the delivery of high-quality consultant-led care across 7 days. This includes participation in planned weekend and weekday clinical activity to support safe, timely decision-making and continuity of care for patients. The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Job Responsibilities

• 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.

Indicative Timetable
Monday
AM: Lung Outpatient Clinic 1DCC
PM: SPA/Admin
Tuesday
AM: Lung New Patient/Research Clinic 1DCC
PM: SPA/Admin
Wednesday
AM: Acute Oncology 1DCC
PM: Acute Oncology 1DCC
Thursday
AM: Acute Oncology 1DCC
PM: Acute Oncology 1DCC
Friday
AM: Acute Oncology 1DCC
PM: Ward Round/SPA 0.5DCC 0.5
Job Plan PA Summary
Total PAs Direct Clinical Care (DCC): 7.5
Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) (including 1.5 core SPA): 2.5
Supervision role (minimum 0.25 must be allocated): 0.25
Total Programmed Activities (PAs): 10

Person Specification
Attainments
Essential

• MRCP or equivalent qualification
• GMC registration with a license to practice
• Only for substantive consultants, NOT applicable for locum consultants Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) specialist register via one of the following: a.Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) b.Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR).
• Wide experience of Medical Oncology, as well as clinical trials experience, with demonstrated interest in improving outcomes of patients with malignancies

Desirable

• Evidence of productive ethical research relevant to oncology.
• Demonstrable publication potential (e.g. first-author original article publication/s).
• Lung Cancer

Experience
Essential

• Experience of independently managing patients with an oncological diagnosis
• Experience in contributing to supporting junior colleagues

Personal Skills
Essential

• Dynamic, decision-making motivator.
• Is a team player, prepared to adapt to changing
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Flexibility, commitment and team work with colleagues and staff in the department.
• Confident in ability, but knows own limitations. Professional demeanor. Must be resilient and well Organised
• Evidence that sees tasks through to completion.
• Ability to work under pressure

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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