Consultant Clinical Oncologist - interest in GI, NET, & Rarer Cancers

To provide tertiary-level oncology care in a teaching hospital's cancer centre and peripheral clinics. There will be a commitment to providing general oncological care as part of a general oncology on call rota.

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team as a Consultant Clinical Oncologist. Applicants wishing to work full time or part time would be considered. This post is available for recruitment as soon as possible.

The Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) is the regional Cancer Centre delivering radiotherapy and chemotherapy services within the North of England Cancer Network (NECN). The Centre provides secondary and tertiary care for both in-patient and outpatient services for a population of 2.1 million, covering an area stretching from the Scottish borders to Cumbria and the River Tees. The centre is fully equipped to provide state of the art cancer care. Services are also provided by NCCC to 6 surrounding Trusts.

The current opportunity is for a Consultant Clinical Oncologist with an interest in GI, NET, and Rarer Cancers. You will provide care to patients served by the directorate.

In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee., Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.