Consultant Medical Oncologist

University Hospitals of Derby & Burton are seeking to recruit a Consultant Medical Oncologist, who together with 17 other Consultant Oncologists will provide a comprehensive service for the people of Southern Derbyshire and East Staffordshire.

We are looking for a Medical Oncologist that have particular interests in Lung, CRC and Germ Cell but are open to discussions around these, knowing flexibility is important.

The posts are based at the Royal Derby Hospital with work at Queens Hospital Burton which provide Cancer Services for the population of Southern Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire.

The Cancer Business Unit is proud to offer high quality clinical care within flexible and sustainable job plan structures. We positively encourage part time working and are happy to recruit less than full time candidates to complement our existing medical team. If your preference is for less than full time hours, we have a number of potential job plans including a one tumour site 6 PA post working either 4 days per week or 5 days per week. We are happy to discuss other options if these are of interest.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be responsible for:

- Provision of a comprehensive service in Oncology with consultant colleagues, including new patient and follow-up clinics at Derby and Burton. The Department also undertakes a variety of joint clinics with other specialties.

- Provision of emergency cover and reciprocal cover for your consultantcolleagues during reasonable periods of leave, on a shared basis. This willinclude care of patients and supervision of junior doctors.

- The care of patients in his/her charge and for the proper functioning of the Department

- Undertaking teaching/training duties as required and actively participating in the postgraduate and undergraduate teaching programmes

- Participating in clinical and medical audit and actively contributing in bothdepartmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

o Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership developmento On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.o A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

o We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.o We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.o An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.o Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.o Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.o We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.o We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.