Consultant Oncologist

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust (UHB) is recruiting a 10 PA Consultant Clinical Oncologist, to join their dynamic team in a permanent position.

The successful post holder will join an innovative team of 42 Consultant Oncologists, to deliver an Oncology service. Our services are delivered in our purpose built cancer centre, which is one of the largest regional centres for non-surgical cancer treatment. It has established links with surrounding cancer units and we accept referrals from across the UK and abroad.

We are more than happy to arrange a call, or an informal visit, should you wish to discuss further.

Main duties of the job

Applicants are invited to apply for a substantive post of Consultant clinical Oncologist. The site specialist interests will be agreed on acceptance of the post. Provisionally, Urology, Sarcoma and neuroendocrine Oncology tumour sites will be covered, with outpatient clinics across UHB.

The successful candidate will have a commitment to high quality patient care & significant experience in the delivery of chemotherapy and managing side effects.

The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop disease specific areas of interest, working alongside the current Oncology team. In keeping with the department's ambition as a teaching hospital, the appointee will have the opportunity to engage in research and would be encouraged to utilise world class expertise based on Campus within the University of Birmingham (UoB), the Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit and the Institute for Translational Medicine to progress the research strategy under the umbrella of Birmingham Health Partners.

The appointee will participate in the attending and on-call rota for in-patient management of Oncology patients (1 in 14) based at QEH site.

The appointee will be expected to provide outpatient care through a set number of clinics per week. They will also contribute to speciality MDTs and participate in monthly mortality and morbidity meetings, quality meetings and educational sessions.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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