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Job overview

This is a new post within the Kent Oncology Centre, based in Canterbury, providing services to patients from East Kent.

The post holder will join our team of medical and clinical oncologists providing Oncology services from a East or West Kent base. We have a well-established oncology research department, providing the opportunity for the post holder to run and develop clinical trials.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.

To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.

To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.

Working for our organisation

The Trust provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 460,000 in West Kent and North East Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population.  

Its major hospitals are Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury and Maidstone Hospital. The Trust’s Headquarters are at Maidstone Hospital.  

The Trust’s Chairman is Mr Annette Doherty, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director is Dr Sara Mumford.   Clinical services are organised into nine clinical directorates.  The Clinical Director's of the Kent Oncology Centre are Dr Kannon Nathan & Dr Timothy Sevitt.  The Director of Operations for the Division is Alice Farrell, and the General Manager for Oncology is Grace O'Driscoll.