Specialty Doctor in Oncology

Job responsibilities

PURPOSE OF THE POST & GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking to appoint a suitably experienced specialty doctor to join our committed and supportive team. This post holder will be working as part of the Oncology middle grade team based at Cheltenham General Hospital and also travelling to Hereford County Hospital 1 day a week. This post focuses on providing care to patients with lung and lower gastrointestinal cancers. The post will include supervising and prescribing systemic treatment, radiotherapy planning, seeing new patients and those on follow up. The majority of the post will cover outpatients.

There will be opportunities to gain experience in:

-inpatient work

-depending on the interests of the successful applicant, support will be given to pursue a Quality Improvement project

-The post holder will join a highly supportive team including 3 Specialist Doctors, 4 SAS doctors, Junior and Senior Clinical Fellows and 10 Registrars

-This is not a training post but clinical experience and supervision will be similar to SpRs

-There is an active clinical research programme

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:

-To support the provision of a first-class clinical service

-To undertake all work in accordance with the Trusts procedures and operating policies

-To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trusts and Divisions services plans

LOCATION

The principal place of work for this post is Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH) and the post holder will also be required to attend Hereford County Hospital once a week.Other work locations, including off site working, may be agreed in the post-holders Job Plan where appropriate, e.g. for supporting professional activities and some direct clinical care such as audit. The post-holder will generally be expected to undertake their Programmed Activities at the principal place of work or other locations agreed in the Job Plan. You may be required to work at any site within the Trust.

For an informal discussion please contact Dr Jessica Bailey, jessica.bailey10@nhs.net.

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• FRCR part 1
• Full GMC Registration

Desirable

• FRCR part 2

Experience

Essential

• At least 3 years of working in Oncology
• Experience of palliative radiotherapy planning
• Experience of independent assessment of patients and prescribing their systemic treatment for cancer

Desirable

• Experience of radical radiotherapy planning

Fitness to Practise

Essential

• Applicant's knowledge is up to date and fit to practise safely

Skills

Essential

• Understanding of the principles and application of clinical research
• An empathetic, non-judgemental approach to patients
• Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk
• Effective communication skills
• Capacity to work effectively in multi-professional team

Desirable

• Evidence of interest in palliative medicine
• Experience of research
• Evidence of participating in the teaching process

Commitment to clinical governance / improving quality of patient care

Essential

• Clinical governance: Capacity to be alert to dangers or problems. Demonstrates awareness of good decision making. Aware of own limitations. Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors.
• Evidence of undertaking or contributing to quality improvement

Communication skills

Essential

• Effective communication skills: demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication and capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation.
• Empathy and sensitivity: capacity to listen and take in others' perspectives.
• Works in partnership with patients: always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options.
• Always considers the full impact of clinical decisions on the patients, Practice shared decision making.
• Directs and supports patients to access the information they need to support decision making.

Personal Skills

Essential

• Team working: demonstrates experience working in a team, values the input of other professionals in the team.
• Managing others & team involvement: capacity to work co-operatively with others and demonstrate leadership when appropriate. Capacity to work effectively in multi-professional teams.
• Coping with pressure: capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrates initiative and resilience to cope with setbacks & adapt to rapidly changing circumstances.
• Problem solving & decision making: capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems & make decisions.
• Organisation & planning: capacity to organise oneself and prioritise own work. Demonstrates punctuality, preparation and self-discipline. Understands importance of information technology.
• Flexible approach to work: able to adapt and work with employers to deliver improved patient care.
• Equality and diversity: promotes equality and values diversity.

Commitment to ongoing professional development

Essential

• Demonstrates a commitment to maintaining professional skills and knowledge relevant to the job.
• Demonstrates a willingness to fully engage in appraisal. Self-awareness and ability to accept and learn from feedback

Language Skills

Essential

• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, which could be demonstrated by one of the following: undertaken undergraduate medical training in English or applicants have scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or equivalent equal to those required for recruitment to MMC specialty training programmes.

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).