Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Oncology

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Job summary

Applications are warmly invited for a locum consultant paediatric oncologist in Leeds Childrens Hospital. This is a replacement 6 PA post introduced to join the well-established paediatric solid tumour team in Leeds. We are also looking for a dynamic individual to lead the Late Effects service for children and teenagers up to the age of 18 year. The one year locum post is an opportunity for review and development of this essential and ever expanding service. Leeds provides a comprehensive haematology and oncology service for children, teenagers and young adults, including a JACIE and HTA accredited stem cell transplant service. As a childrens hospital aligned with comprehensive adult services there are significant advantages in providing seamless transition and the benefits of collaboration with adult oncology and haematology.

The successful applicant will join our dynamic team of 5 paediatric oncologists, 2 haemato-oncologist and 3 paediatric haematologists. The service is also supported by 4 specialty doctor/fellow posts and 3 advanced nurse practitioners as well as our trainees in paediatric oncology and haematology.

The team has a strong track record in clinical trial recruitment with a clinical research facility and a large team of research nurses available to support clinical trials. There are close links with laboratory research in the Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, the Leeds School of Medicine and the University of York.

Main duties of the job

OBJECTIVES OF THE POST

To provide, with consultant and multi-disciplinary colleagues in the paediatric haematology and oncology team, an emergency and elective regional service for children with cancer and malignant haematological disorders.

To lead and develop the Long Term Follow-up service for children with cancer

To share on-call responsibility with 7 other consultants in the paediatric haematology and oncology team.

To provide advice and support to the other paediatric specialists in the Childrens Hospital, and to paediatricians caring for children in other hospitals who refer to Leeds.

To participate in the multi-professional paediatric clinical governance programmes, and clinical management meetings.

To participate in education, supervision and training of junior medical staff.

To participate in the active departmental research programme and/or develop appropriate research interests that will benefit the service.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1 billion. Our 15,000 staff ensures that every year we see and treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 200,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.

Our vision is based on The Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, founded on values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:

Patient-centred

Fair

Collaborative

Accountable

Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Details

Date posted

11 March 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£93,666 to £126,281 a year +OOH

Contract

Locum

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C9298-MED-445

Job locations

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX


Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will join Dr Sue Picton, Dr Michael Richards, Dr Beki James, Dr Martin Elliott, Dr Bob Phillips, Dr Simone Wilkins, Dr Danielle Ingham, Dr Chris Lethaby, Dr Jacob Grinfeld, Dr Hemalatha Doss and Dr Amy Ruffle in providing tertiary paediatric oncology and haematology service for Leeds and the majority of Yorkshire.

The Leeds Paediatric Oncology and Haematology clinical team also comprises of three specialty doctors, one senior trust doctor, three advanced nurse practitioners and junior doctors on rotation: two paediatric ST 5-8/equivalent, three ST 2-3. In addition, there is a haematology trainee on rotation and a paediatric haematology trainee too.

The team is highly motivated and committed to developing excellent services for patients, and the expectations of all members of the multi-disciplinary team are high.

OBJECTIVES OF THE POST

To provide, with consultant and multi-disciplinary colleagues in the paediatric haematology and oncology team, an emergency and elective regional service for children with cancer and malignant haematological disorders.

To lead and develop the Long Term Follow-up service for children with cancer

To share on-call responsibility with 7 other consultants in the paediatric haematology and oncology team.

To provide advice and support to the other paediatric specialists in the Childrens Hospital, and to paediatricians caring for children in other hospitals who refer to Leeds.

To participate in the multi-professional paediatric clinical governance programmes, and clinical management meetings.

To participate in education, supervision and training of junior medical staff.

To participate in the active departmental research programme and/or develop appropriate research interests that will benefit the service.

3. REQUIREMENTS OF THE POST

Service Delivery

General

The Trust expects consultants to deliver clinical service as agreed with commissioners and other stakeholders. This will include:

meeting the objectives of the post (see above)

continuously improving the quality and efficiency of personal and team practice

working with other staff and teams to ensure that the various criteria for service delivery are met, such as

o achieving the best clinical outcomes within the resources available

o waiting times

o infection control standards

Consultants in LTHT are line managed by their specialty Lead Clinician working in conjunction with a Business Manager. This specialty team is then managed alongside a number of other specialties in a Clinical Service (or Support) Unit (CSU) led by a Clinical Director as the responsible person, and supported by a full time General Manager and a full time Head of Nursing.

The Clinical Director and their team report operationally to the Chief Operating Officers (COO) team consisting of the Chief Operating Officer, the Medical Director for Operations and the Nurse Director for Operations. In addition, the COO team contains five assistant directors of operations (ADOps) and a Performance Team. The ADOps are each aligned to specific CSUs to facilitate two-way interaction.

Professionally, consultants report to Dr Magnus Harrison, Chief Medical Officer and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer / Medical Director (Operations).

The Leeds Childrens Hospital has a triumvirate management team consisting of the Clinical Director Mr Colin Holton , General Manager, Mrs Suzanne Abrahams and Head of Nursing Ms Laura Whelan. The Childrens Haematology-Oncology service has a triumvirate management team of Lead Clinician, Dr Susan Picton, Matron, Ms Michelle Kite and Service Manager, Ms Ruth Kirby

The role of consultant Paediatric Oncologist with leadership of Long Term Follow-up will be expected to;

Work with the LTFU lead nurse and the admin team, in collaboration with the consultants in paediatric oncology and the adult LTFU service, to develop innovative models of care for survivors of childhood cancer.

To lead the clinical LTFU service, providing a face to face weekly clinic and MDT alongside a specialty doctor and the lead nurse

To provide a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care, with consultant and multi-disciplinary colleagues in the paediatric haematology and oncology team, including an emergency and elective regional service for children with cancer and malignant haematological disorders.

To share on-call responsibility with 7 other consultants in the paediatric haematology and oncology team.

In order to deliver the service the appointee will have access to the necessary IT infrastructure, office space and secretarial / admin support.

Quality

The Trust has a programme of activities that are designed to help consultants improve the quality of the service they offer. This includes a range of activities shown below as examples not all activities can be undertaken every year! Consultants are expected to routinely engage in relevant activities in their specialty that are focussed on quality improvement. This participation should be reflected at annual appraisal and job planning and will be discussed in specialties as part of clinical governance programmes and meetings.

Clinical Audit and standard setting

Clinical audit projects

Development and application of agreed clinical guidelines

Ensuring compliance against relevant national specifications, e.g. NICE guidelines

External Peer review and relevant national audits.

Clinical outcome review

Mortality and morbidity review

Monitoring of outcomes reflected in routinely collected data

Participation in clinical coding review and improvement

Improving patient safety

Participation in Trust-wide programmes

Implementation of local improvements as defined in e.g. mortality review

Improving service effectiveness and efficiency

Service or system improvement projects, including small scale change, lean or other recognised improvement methods

Conducting or considering reviews of the evidence to plan better service delivery

Where agreed, working with commissioners to match service delivery with requirements of relevant populations

Improving the patient experience

Implementing service improvements on the basis of individual or service feedback from patients or carers

Raising the profile and impact of patient participation in decisions about their own care

Involvement in understanding and improving the ethical basis of care provided

Research

The Trusts Research Strategy encourages all clinicians to participate in high quality, nationally-recognised clinical research trials and other well-designed studies, with a particular emphasis on work supported by the National Institute for Health Research. The Trust has a number of major programmes in experimental medicine and applied health research, developed in partnership with the University of Leeds, which reflect particular strengths described in the Strategy and clinicians are encouraged to participate in these programmes.

The Trust also supports bespoke academic development and participation programmes linked to the Research Strategy, including academic mentoring and embedding of clinicians within the major research programmes.

Sessional time required for any participation in research activity will be agreed on commencement and kept under review, but not all consultants will require such sessional time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will join Dr Sue Picton, Dr Michael Richards, Dr Beki James, Dr Martin Elliott, Dr Bob Phillips, Dr Simone Wilkins, Dr Danielle Ingham, Dr Chris Lethaby, Dr Jacob Grinfeld, Dr Hemalatha Doss and Dr Amy Ruffle in providing tertiary paediatric oncology and haematology service for Leeds and the majority of Yorkshire.

The Leeds Paediatric Oncology and Haematology clinical team also comprises of three specialty doctors, one senior trust doctor, three advanced nurse practitioners and junior doctors on rotation: two paediatric ST 5-8/equivalent, three ST 2-3. In addition, there is a haematology trainee on rotation and a paediatric haematology trainee too.

The team is highly motivated and committed to developing excellent services for patients, and the expectations of all members of the multi-disciplinary team are high.

OBJECTIVES OF THE POST

To provide, with consultant and multi-disciplinary colleagues in the paediatric haematology and oncology team, an emergency and elective regional service for children with cancer and malignant haematological disorders.

To lead and develop the Long Term Follow-up service for children with cancer

To share on-call responsibility with 7 other consultants in the paediatric haematology and oncology team.

To provide advice and support to the other paediatric specialists in the Childrens Hospital, and to paediatricians caring for children in other hospitals who refer to Leeds.

To participate in the multi-professional paediatric clinical governance programmes, and clinical management meetings.

To participate in education, supervision and training of junior medical staff.

To participate in the active departmental research programme and/or develop appropriate research interests that will benefit the service.

3. REQUIREMENTS OF THE POST

Service Delivery

General

The Trust expects consultants to deliver clinical service as agreed with commissioners and other stakeholders. This will include:

meeting the objectives of the post (see above)

continuously improving the quality and efficiency of personal and team practice

working with other staff and teams to ensure that the various criteria for service delivery are met, such as

o achieving the best clinical outcomes within the resources available

o waiting times

o infection control standards

Consultants in LTHT are line managed by their specialty Lead Clinician working in conjunction with a Business Manager. This specialty team is then managed alongside a number of other specialties in a Clinical Service (or Support) Unit (CSU) led by a Clinical Director as the responsible person, and supported by a full time General Manager and a full time Head of Nursing.

The Clinical Director and their team report operationally to the Chief Operating Officers (COO) team consisting of the Chief Operating Officer, the Medical Director for Operations and the Nurse Director for Operations. In addition, the COO team contains five assistant directors of operations (ADOps) and a Performance Team. The ADOps are each aligned to specific CSUs to facilitate two-way interaction.

Professionally, consultants report to Dr Magnus Harrison, Chief Medical Officer and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer / Medical Director (Operations).

The Leeds Childrens Hospital has a triumvirate management team consisting of the Clinical Director Mr Colin Holton , General Manager, Mrs Suzanne Abrahams and Head of Nursing Ms Laura Whelan. The Childrens Haematology-Oncology service has a triumvirate management team of Lead Clinician, Dr Susan Picton, Matron, Ms Michelle Kite and Service Manager, Ms Ruth Kirby

The role of consultant Paediatric Oncologist with leadership of Long Term Follow-up will be expected to;

Work with the LTFU lead nurse and the admin team, in collaboration with the consultants in paediatric oncology and the adult LTFU service, to develop innovative models of care for survivors of childhood cancer.

To lead the clinical LTFU service, providing a face to face weekly clinic and MDT alongside a specialty doctor and the lead nurse

To provide a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care, with consultant and multi-disciplinary colleagues in the paediatric haematology and oncology team, including an emergency and elective regional service for children with cancer and malignant haematological disorders.

To share on-call responsibility with 7 other consultants in the paediatric haematology and oncology team.

In order to deliver the service the appointee will have access to the necessary IT infrastructure, office space and secretarial / admin support.

Quality

The Trust has a programme of activities that are designed to help consultants improve the quality of the service they offer. This includes a range of activities shown below as examples not all activities can be undertaken every year! Consultants are expected to routinely engage in relevant activities in their specialty that are focussed on quality improvement. This participation should be reflected at annual appraisal and job planning and will be discussed in specialties as part of clinical governance programmes and meetings.

Clinical Audit and standard setting

Clinical audit projects

Development and application of agreed clinical guidelines

Ensuring compliance against relevant national specifications, e.g. NICE guidelines

External Peer review and relevant national audits.

Clinical outcome review

Mortality and morbidity review

Monitoring of outcomes reflected in routinely collected data

Participation in clinical coding review and improvement

Improving patient safety

Participation in Trust-wide programmes

Implementation of local improvements as defined in e.g. mortality review

Improving service effectiveness and efficiency

Service or system improvement projects, including small scale change, lean or other recognised improvement methods

Conducting or considering reviews of the evidence to plan better service delivery

Where agreed, working with commissioners to match service delivery with requirements of relevant populations

Improving the patient experience

Implementing service improvements on the basis of individual or service feedback from patients or carers

Raising the profile and impact of patient participation in decisions about their own care

Involvement in understanding and improving the ethical basis of care provided

Research

The Trusts Research Strategy encourages all clinicians to participate in high quality, nationally-recognised clinical research trials and other well-designed studies, with a particular emphasis on work supported by the National Institute for Health Research. The Trust has a number of major programmes in experimental medicine and applied health research, developed in partnership with the University of Leeds, which reflect particular strengths described in the Strategy and clinicians are encouraged to participate in these programmes.

The Trust also supports bespoke academic development and participation programmes linked to the Research Strategy, including academic mentoring and embedding of clinicians within the major research programmes.

Sessional time required for any participation in research activity will be agreed on commencement and kept under review, but not all consultants will require such sessional time.

Person Specification

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

  • Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research

Experience

Essential

  • Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in Paediatric Oncology with an interest in follow-up for survivors of childhood cancer

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB ChB or equivalent qualification
  • Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) or equivalent qualification

Desirable

  • Relevant higher degree

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

  • Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice.
  • Eligibility to work in the UK.
  • All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
Person Specification

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

  • Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research

Experience

Essential

  • Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in Paediatric Oncology with an interest in follow-up for survivors of childhood cancer

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB ChB or equivalent qualification
  • Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) or equivalent qualification

Desirable

  • Relevant higher degree

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

  • Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice.
  • Eligibility to work in the UK.
  • All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX


Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX


Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Paediatric Oncologist & Lead Clinician

Susan Picton

susan.picton@nhs.net

01133928306

Details

Date posted

11 March 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£93,666 to £126,281 a year +OOH

Contract

Locum

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C9298-MED-445

Job locations

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX


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