Job overview
Applications are invited for a Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist.
This is a replacement position funded by the NHS.
The postholder will join an existing team of NHS gynaecologists/ Gynae-oncologists and University of Oxford Clinical Academics. The Gynaecological Oncology service is based in the Cancer Hospital at the Churchill site of the Oxford University Hospitals, Level Surgery and Diagnostics Building, Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX LJ
The service is the Regional Service for the Thames Valley, covering a population of million. The successful candidate will lead a team of subspecialty-trained Gynaecological Oncologists and will benefit from access to state-of-the art theatre facilities on site. The department is part of a strong multidisciplinary team who together provide this regional service.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
The postholder’s duties will be primarily at theChurchill Hospitalbut it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations. The post will expected to undertake Gynae-oncology clinics, regular theatre lists and weekly MDT. Depending on the interests of the successful candidate they may also undertake some colposcopy/ hysteroscopy. We are particulary interested in candidates who have an ambition to drive improvement in the whole clinical pathway in gynae-oncology.
Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder’s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.
There is a strong translational research programme in Gynaecological Oncology in Oxford, with a main focus on ovarian cancer within an established Ovarian Cancer Cell laboratory at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine. The research includes work on understanding the initiation of ovarian cancer, its genomic evolution and metastasis and the mechanistic basis of chemotherapy resistance with particular emphasis on minimal residual disease.
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. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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