Consultant Doctor in Oncology

Job Description

Cradlefin Consultants are recruiting for Consultant Doctor in Oncology to provide specialist services to the population served by our client’s hospital. Our client offers a friendly and supportive working environment with excellent benefits. The ideal candidate will have experience with breast and gynaecological malliganciesas well as an understanding of rapid routes of referral for cancer patients.

Duties and responsibilities:

• The provision of a first class clinical service
• Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
• Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with organisational policies
• Undertaking all work in accordance with the Health Board’s procedures and operating policies
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Health Board’s service plans
• Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, or the Health Board
• To provide specialist oncological services to the population served with special reference to the common cancers and agreed appropriate oncology subspecialties and to be an active participant in each of these multidisciplinary teams
• To develop a site specialist and research interest on both hospital sites. This will include developing clinical research and entering patients into appropriate national and international studies
• To provide specialist oncological services to the population served with special reference to the common cancers and agreed appropriate oncology subspecialties and to be an active participant in each of these multidisciplinary teams.
  • To develop a site specialist and research interest on both hospital sites. This will include developing clinical research and entering patients into appropriate national and international studies

Requirements:

• Full GMC Registration
• MB ChB or equivalent
• FRCR or equivalent
• Inclusion on Specialist Register or, if in training, eligible for inclusion on the register within 6 months
• Appropriate experience in training grade posts at SpR/SR level
• Equivalent training accepted by Royal College / GMC for Specialist Registrar
• Demonstrates good interpersonal skills with patients, relatives and members of the clinical team
• Ability to gain confidence and trust
• Ability to cope with pressure
• Ability to respond to change
• Polite Manner
• Commitment to continuing personal development and medical education
• Ability to educate and train junior medical staff
• Excellent communication skills

The successful candidate will carry out on call element to the role and you will be required to take part on a 1 in 8 basis.

We encourage and welcome applications from colleagues who specialise in other tumour sites and will work to create a job plan that is beneficial to the individual and the department.