Consultant Clinical Oncologist in Sarcoma and Paediatrics

Job responsibilities

The appointee will be expected to develop a significant interest in both Sarcoma and Paediatric services delivering radiation therapy. The appointee will be a member of the GMOSS Sarcoma, RMCH Paediatric Oncology, and Paediatric Radiation Oncology (including PBT) MDTs. The appointee will also be expected to attend clinics and other MDT/Peer Review (RTQA) meetings as described in the Job Plan.

Sarcoma

The post holder will be joining Drs J Wylie, W Croxford and Dr K Abutaleb who share responsibility for the delivery of radiation therapy for bone and soft tissue sarcoma. There is a weekly multidisciplinary sarcoma clinic involving Consultant Onco-plastic surgeons (Mr D Mowatt and Mr Damir Kosutic). Approximately 100 cases per annum receive radical radiotherapy. Dr A Lee, Dr Hameed, and Dr M McCabe share responsibility for any chemotherapy delivered for sarcoma and they run a weekly parallel clinic. Approximately 150 new cases of sarcoma are currently seen at The Christie per year.

The Greater Manchester and Oswestry Sarcoma Service (GMOSS) is based primarily around three Hospitals, namely Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RJAH), and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. GMOSS provide specialist care for patients with all types and stages of soft tissue and bone sarcoma residing in the Greater Manchester, Cheshire, parts of Greater Midlands, and North Wales. Patients with bone sarcoma and teenage and young adult patients with sarcoma residing in the Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Network (LSCCN) are referred into GMOSS.

The core service comprises five sarcoma surgeons, two medical oncologists, four clinical oncologists, one dedicated TYA oncologist, three musculo-skeletal radiologists, two specialist sarcoma pathologists plus two clinical nurse specialists (CNS) at Christie as well as nurses at MFT and Oswestry all with a special interest in sarcoma. The sarcoma service screens and recruits patients to clinical trials and is assisted by a clinical trials nurse.

A core weekly multi-disciplinary team meeting (MDT) between the sites is held where all confirmed new, highly suspected or recurrent sarcoma cases are discussed to formulate a management plan. The MDT is video linked between the three sites

The team is also responsible for delivery of proton beam therapy (PBT) for TYA and adult patients fulfilling the NHS criteria for this treatment. Broadly this includes patients with para-spinal and spinal sarcomas, truncal and pelvic Ewings and complex head and neck sarcomas including rhabdomyosarcoma.

Paediatric

The post holder will be one of 6 Clinical Oncology consultants specialising in Paediatric Radiation Oncology (joining Prof Ed Smith, Dr Gillian Whitfield, Dr Nicky Thorp, Dr Shermaine Pan, and Dr Khalid Abutaleb) and will be an active member of the MDT. The paediatric radiation oncology service receives over 150 PBT referrals per year (from across the UK and the Republic of Ireland) and over 50 XRT (including TBI) referrals per year from Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital (RMCH) and Alder Hey (AH). The care of paediatric XRT patients from Merseyside, North Wales and the Isle of Man, to Manchester, took place in April 2023.

The post holder will take XRT referrals from RMCH and PBT referrals as part of the national service. All paediatric radiation therapy plans (XRT and PBT) are peer reviewed in weekly RTQA meetings. The post holder will be actively involved in the Proton Therapy Service at The Christie and the post holder will be an integral part of the paediatric radiation oncology multidisciplinary team. They will also be expected to be actively involved in the Childrens Cancer and Leukaemia Group as well as other national/international paediatric oncology groups.

The appointee will have office accommodation and access to secretarial support.

Qualifications

Essential

• MRCP or equivalent qualification

Desirable

• An appropriate higher degree

Research Publications

Essential

• Evidence of productive ethical research relevant to oncology

Desirable

• Recent publications in peer-reviewed journals

Professional Qualifications

Essential

• 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)
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) specialist register via one of the following: b.Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration

Training

Essential

• Experience of Oncology including Paediatric and Sarcoma Cancer

Desirable

• An appropriate higher degree

Experience

Essential

• Appropriate experience across all disease groups in Clinical Oncology

Desirable

• Research experience Proton therapy experience

Management/Audit

Essential

• Experience in teaching undergraduates
• Experience of clinical audit

Desirable

• Relevant experience

Teaching

Essential

• Evidence of contribution to teaching

Desirable

• Teaching experience /training

Circumstances Domicile

Essential

• Within 30 minutes travel time to the hospital.
• Occupational Health Clearance Enhanced CRB Clearance

Personal skills

Essential

• Is a team player prepared to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Evidence of clinical leadership skills
• Proven ability to lead a team
• Dynamic, decision-making motivator.
• Integrity, management and communication skills including teaching
• Confident in ability, but knowing own limitations.
• Demonstrates knowledge, logic and efficiency
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Flexibility, commitment and team work with colleagues and staff in the department
• Hardworking, enthusiastic achiever. Good attendance record. Patient friendly.
• Professional demeanour
• Must be resilient and well organised
• Ability to work under pressure
• Self-motivator and able to motivate team

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).