Employer Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Churchill Hospital Town Oxford Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/06/2025 23:59
Medical Oncology Consultant - Urological Malignancies
Consultant
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
We are keen to appoint a dynamic Consultant Medical Oncologist to join our team of 54 Consultant Oncologists working whole-time or part-time in Oxford and the regional units. This 10 PA post is based at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at the Churchill and visiting the Horton hospital.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder’s duties will be primarily at Churchill Hospital, Oxford, and the Horton Hospital, Banbury but it is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations or outreach district general hospital clinics. The post specialises in Urological malignancies. Each 4-hour clinic has 2 new and 7 follow up patients; for a 42 week year, this post holder is likely to see 240 - 300 new patients.
The oncology department in Oxford moved into a £110M comprehensive diagnostic and treatment cancer centre in 2009. Chemotherapy is prescribed using a pan cancer network e-prescribing system (Aria). The department works closely with the University Department of Oncology providing excellent opportunities for collaborative cancer research.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post specialises in Urological malignancies, and will work with existing Medical and Clinical Oncology colleagues, clinical nurse specialists, nurse and pharmacist prescribers, as well as other members of the multidisciplinary teams across these tumour sites. The post-holder will also participate in a rota for Consultant of the week, AOS for the oncology ward and triage at the Churchill Hospital. We are keen that the post holder undertakes and supports the development of our telemedicine clinics, and there will be the opportunity to contribute to service improvement projects in this field.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
* MB ChB or equivalent. MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
* GMC
* CCT or CESR in Medical Oncology; OR within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview.
* Higher Medical / Research degree
Experience
* General training in Medical Oncology to specialist level or equivalent
* General training in all aspects of medical oncology and tumour sites
* Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level
* Research / Clinical trial experience / Publications
Skills and Knowledge
* Excellent leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills sufficient to undertake effectively the role of consultant in Medical Oncology in a large teaching hospital.
* Good personal and interpersonal skills
* Good English. Communication skills should be highly developed.
* Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
* Evidence of effective participation in clinical audit and risk management.
* ICH GCP training within last 12 months. Evidence of active involvement in clinical research trials.
* Publication of research
* Management training and experience
* Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government’s agenda for Its modernisation.
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Mark Tuthill Job title Clinical Lead for Oncology Email address mark.tuthill@ouh.nhs.uk Additional information
Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact Mark Tuthill Clinical Lead for Oncology and Uro-Oncology Consultant, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (Tel: 01865 223663 )
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