Speciality Doctor - Oncology

The Speciality medical oncology doctor posts are part of the cancer services directorate, (oncology department) where the post holder will be required to provide a high-quality oncology service that aims to provide excellent patient care.

The post holder will be expected to manage his/her own work programme within the broad parameters of departmental policies and procedures, and will be responsible for determining the associated work activities using their initiative.

Main duties of the job

To see patients in review oncology clinics, with the potential to expand to new patients for an experienced candidate

To provide routine prescribing of protocol based chemotherapy regimes

To deal with both routine and emergency attenders

To work as a core member of the hospital acute oncology team including review of patients on our Medical Assessment Units, and patients admitted to outlying wards

To undertake procedures as required for which procedure training will be provided if required medical assessment for chemotherapy patients during their treatment as part of review clinics and on an 'as required basis'

To be involved in complex clinical, patient management problems and multi-disciplinary planning treatment - attending cancer MDTs if required

To ensure all dictation of clinic letters is performed within 24 hours (mandatory)

To use the Trust's Cancer Clinical Database to record all oncology annotations (iQemo)

To contribute to service developments

To participate in continuing medical education and clinical audits

To participate in the consenting and follow up of patients in clinical trials (with the appropriate Consultant supervision)

To provide support to the complaints process (this may include attending complaint meetings with patients, families and their relatives)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in 2003 from the merger of Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley NHS Trust and the Burnley Hospitals NHS Trust. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides a caring service to a population of approximately 550,000.

Services are provided from two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital.The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Phase V at Burnley General Teaching Hospital are significant PFI developments.

In 2006 a service reconfiguration, 'meeting patients needs' was implemented which resulted in the Blackburn site becoming the centre for all acute services in East Lancashire. The ED at Blackburn is the only ED for East Lancashire and since 2012 has become a Trauma Unit in the Lancashire Trauma network with the trauma centre at the Royal Preston Hospital. The ED is supported by Urgent Care Centres at Blackburn and Burnley and a Minor Injuries Unit at Accrington.

Burnley is the site for the East Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre with an in-patient obstetric unit. There is a midwife led birthing unit off the Hospital site in Blackburn

In 2012 the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital was designated as one of the Lancashire Vascular Centres.

The Trust has close links with a number of Tertiary Centres in Lancashire, Manchester and Liverpool.