Clinical Oncology Consultant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time consultant clinical oncologist predominantly based at Queen's Hospital. The successful applicant will have specialist interest in the treatment of malignancies of the central nervous system plus another tumour site of their choice (preferably breast, lung, upper GI, head and neck or skin) and have full registration with the GMC with licence to practice. CCT in clinical oncology is expected to be achieved within 6 months of interview. Clinical oncology at Queen's Hospital is exciting and rapidly evolving. We have been awarded a joint contract to deliver intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery in collaboration with Barts Health. We are a 3 linac Varian site and were the first UK centre to go live with daily online adaptive radiotherapy using ETHOS which we recently upgraded to utilise Hypersight imaging. Surface guided radiotherapy went live at the end of 2024. We are members of Varian's adaptive intelligence consortium which facilitates global collaboration. We look forward to the successful applicant helping us to further develop our adaptive and stereotactic radiotherapy program as well as joining us in presenting abstracts at conferences in the UK and beyond. There are further opportunities to develop your interests in research, leadership and teaching., The post holder will be expected to provide to a high standard the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment and care to patients requiring oncology services as outlined in the proposed program, including the following:

• o Clinical oncology management of CNS malignancy (supported by the wider team including clinical nurse specialists, oncology middle grade doctor, specialty trainees in oncology and one other consultant medical oncologist)
• o Clinical oncology management of one other tumour site
• o To provide input into the Acute Oncology Service
• o To work with and support the established multi-disciplinary site-specific teams
• o Outpatient chemotherapy and inpatient clinical opinions
• o To participate in the out of hours on-call service (currently1:12)
• o To take an active role in research and clinical trials
• o To contribute actively to clinical governance within the department
• o Flexibility to undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions at the request of the Clinical Leads
• o To actively participate in the department's teaching programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies
• To participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD and ensure successful revalidation when required
  
  Under the leadership of our Acting Chair Mehboob Khan and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, we provide care for the residents of three of the most diverse London boroughs. More than half of our 7,500 strong workforce are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and most live in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. We also provide healthcare services to people in south west Essex, and specialist neurosciences services to the whole of the county.
Our services include all the major specialties of large acute hospitals, operating from two main sites - King George Hospital in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We also provide outpatient services at Brentwood Community Hospital, Barking Hospital, Loxford Polyclinic, and Harold Wood Polyclinic. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London. As we recover from Covid-19, we're proud to be leading the way nationally in reducing the time our patients wait to get the treatment they need. The pandemic provided the drive for our teams to innovate and change. We know we have more work to do to improve waiting times for urgent and emergency care, and our performance against the four-hour emergency access standard remains challenged, in comparison to many other London trusts. We are particularly proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre; Radiotherapy Centre; Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; and dedicated breast care service at King George Hospital. We're also pleased to be part of the NEL Cancer Alliance.