Locum Consultant Medical Oncologist - Melanoma, Colorectal and CUP

Job summary

This is a replacement post. The post supports the Lung and Lower GI MDTs at New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton and Russell's Hall Hospital, Dudley.

The post holder will see approximately 100 new Lung and 100 Lower GI patients. Secretarial support, designated office space and appropriate IT equipment will be provided.

The successful candidate will work with two clinical oncology colleagues and one medical oncology colleague managing UGI and Lung cancers.

The successful candidate will be expected to work with professional colleagues and local managers to provide an Oncology service to Wolverhampton and Russells Hall hospitals.

Main duties of the job

This is a replacement post. The post supports the Lung and Lower GI MDTs at New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton and Russell's Hall Hospital, Dudley.

The post holder will see approximately 100 new Lung and 100 Lower GI patients. Secretarial support, designated office space and appropriate IT equipment will be provided.

The successful candidate will work with two clinical oncology colleagues and one medical oncology colleague managing UGI and Lung cancers.

The successful candidate will be expected to work with professional colleagues and local managers to provide an Oncology service to Wolverhampton and Russells Hall hospitals.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust are one of the largest acute and community providers in the West Midlands having more than 850 beds on the New Cross site.The Trust also has 56 rehabilitation beds at West Park Hospital and 54 beds at Cannock Chase Hospital.

We are the largest employer in Wolverhampton, the Trust employs over 10,000 staff, covering more than 350 different roles. We provide services from the following locations;

• New Cross Hospital - secondary and tertiary services, maternity, Accident and Emergency, critical care and outpatients;
• West Park Hospital - rehabilitation inpatient and day care services, therapy services and outpatients;
• Cannock Chase Hospital - general surgery, orthopaedics, breast surgery, urology, dermatology and medical day case investigations and treatment (including endoscopy) ;
• More than 20 community sites - community services for children and adults, walk-in centres and therapy and rehabilitation services ;
• Primary care - Ten GP practices have now joined us and offer extended opening hours to patients.