Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a highly regarded team, working in collaboration with existing Consultants and within a wider multi-professional team.
As part of an enthusiastic and well trained team you will work alongside the Consultants, Specialist Registrars, Speciality doctors and Clinical Nurse Specialists. Post holder will rotate to between RSUH and County hospital.
You will be expected to share duties and responsibilities with other middle grade doctors. In addition you will be required to participate in audit, teaching, training and research in this field. A job plan will be discussed and reviewed with the successful candidate.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will be a member of a team of 13WTE Consultant Oncologists, 2WTE Consultant Medical Oncologists and 11WTE Consultant Haematologists delivering a comprehensive Oncology and Haematology service to the population of North and South Staffordshire and South Cheshire.
There will be service commitments in the Cancer Centre at both Royal Stoke University Hospital and the County Hospital site. The Oncology Department has some commitment to Undergraduate teaching, and you will be expected to participate in this, as well as Postgraduate teaching and training.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A detailed job description and main responsibilities are within the attached job description attached under supporting documents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A detailed job description and main responsibilities are within the attached job description attached under supporting documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oFull registration with the GMC
- oPossession of MRCP or equivalent qualification in medical oncology
- oEligibility to be on specialist register currently or within 6 months of interview date
Desirable
Clinical experience & training
Essential
- oExperience of conducting clinical audit.
- oAbility to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making.
- oExperience of conducting clinical audit.
- oAbility to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making.
Professional and Multidisciplinary Team Working:
Essential
- Ability to work effectively with colleagues and within a team
Academic Achievements, Research, Publications:
Essential
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
- An awareness of current speciality specific developments, initiatives and issues.
- Evidence of training in research methodology
Desirable
- Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
- Evidence of having undertaken original research
Management and Administrative Experience:
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
- Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives.
Personal Attributes:
Essential
- Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure.
- Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure.
- Caring attitude to patients.
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies.
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development
- Appropriate Immigration Status (where appropriate).
- An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.
- Ability and means to travel residence within 10 miles or 30 minutes of base.
- To be accessible by as required for on call duties
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oFull registration with the GMC
- oPossession of MRCP or equivalent qualification in medical oncology
- oEligibility to be on specialist register currently or within 6 months of interview date
Desirable
Clinical experience & training
Essential
- oExperience of conducting clinical audit.
- oAbility to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making.
- oExperience of conducting clinical audit.
- oAbility to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making.
Professional and Multidisciplinary Team Working:
Essential
- Ability to work effectively with colleagues and within a team
Academic Achievements, Research, Publications:
Essential
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
- An awareness of current speciality specific developments, initiatives and issues.
- Evidence of training in research methodology
Desirable
- Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
- Evidence of having undertaken original research
Management and Administrative Experience:
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
- Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives.
Personal Attributes:
Essential
- Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure.
- Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure.
- Caring attitude to patients.
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies.
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development
- Appropriate Immigration Status (where appropriate).
- An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.
- Ability and means to travel residence within 10 miles or 30 minutes of base.
- To be accessible by as required for on call duties
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
