Consultant Oncologist in Urology and Colorectal Cancer

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Consultant Oncologist with a responsibility in Urology and Colorectal Cancer for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

This 10 PA per week is designed as a Consultant Clinical Oncologist post with the following responsibilities in the radiotherapy and systemic therapy treatments in:

Urological cancer (urothelial / prostate)

Colorectal cancer

This post is also open to applicants from a medical oncology background and alterations can be made to the 10 PA job description by converting radiotherapy work to additional colorectal cancer work to suit a medical oncology applicant.

The post is based at Nottingham University Hospital, City Campus (NCH) with all the radiotherapy facilities based at this site.

Main duties of the job

You will work with advanced practice/consultant radiographers to deliver optimal techniques in urological radiotherapy planning and treatment delivery. NUH is a SABR centre and we also administer radium 223 treatment, in our nuclear medicine department. Currently we are participating in a wide variety of clinical trials including PACE C, PIVOTAL BOOST and PACE-NODES and we are in the process of setting up for PEARLS. We have PSMA PET imaging at NUH and we are aiming to set up a lutetium-177 service for advanced prostate cancer, in the future.

The role will be supported by two Uro-oncology nurse specialists, who have their own clinics and telephone support for patients with all stages of prostate and urothelial malignancies.

A consultant urology radiographer also supports the service with a separate patient list, and there is also support from Advanced pharmacy practitioners in reviewing patients on systemic treatment.

You will be joining an enthusiastic multidisciplinary team treating colorectal cancers at Nottingham City Hospital. NUH has an excellent colorectal cancer service, is a tertiary referral centre within the region for early and advanced disease, with an active programme in clinical research supported by tumour site specific research nurses. The colorectal cancer service at NUH continues to expand with specialised multi-professional meetings covering the full spectrum of colorectal cancer from early to advanced presentations.

About us

The speciality 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 in Mansfield); providing a comprehensive range of non-surgical oncology services to the Nottingham City and County and tertiary non-surgical oncology services to the East Midlands.Supra-regional networks, including the sarcoma and germ cell service, serve a resident population of over 4 million.

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 2 outpatient systemic therapy wards with 35 chairs and beds as well as a clinic at KMH with a further 11 chairs.

The Oncology consultant team of 15 medical oncologists and 24 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 a Clinical Oncology programme (13 posts). There are 11 F1-IMT3 trainees and 6 Oncology Clinical Fellows. We have an active Oncology Digital Technology Team, which is a national leader in developing ePROMS for patients on treatment with chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiotherapy.