Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties of the job

Clinical

•             To provide a comprehensive Oncology Service together with consultant colleagues covering Acute Oncology, Cancer of unknown primary and inpatient care.

•             To provide Oncology expertise in the management and development of site-specialised cancer services. To collaborate with colleagues within the Department to develop Oncology Services.

•             To work with and support the established multi-disciplinary site specific teams.

•             To liaise closely with surgeons, physicians and staff in other specialties and within the Trust.

•             To provide supervision and management of junior medical staff.

•             To undertake teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and to contribute to postgraduate and continuing education both locally and nationally.

•             To undertake clinical audit, continuing medical education, contribute to the annual appraisal process and undertake an annual job planning review.

•             To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.

•             To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.

•             To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.

Applications are invited for a medical oncology consultant to cover AOS, CUP and a preferred tumour site. There is one vacancy which requires site specialist interest in urological malignancies, but other tumour sites will be considered. This is a 10 pa, 6 months fixed term Locum post with possibility of development into a substantive post. There is no requirement for on call in current role and all activity is based at Medway Hospital. This post is a replacement appointment which attracts 10 Programmed Activities but applications are welcome from those who wish to work part time or job share.

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Lead on behalf of the Medical . A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives . It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:

•             7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.

•             2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes appraisal, revalidation ,CPD, audit, teaching and research.

•             There is no out of hours activity included in this role.