Job overview

The Uro-oncology unit provides a high quality and accessible cancer service predominantly for the people of South London. We have a long and distinguished history, particularly in the development of new radiotherapy techniques and in clinical trials of systemic agents.

The population we serve at The Royal Marsden largely arise from the local hospitals: St Georges, Epsom and St Helier, Kingston and Croydon University hospital, all of which are members of The Royal Marsden prostate multidisciplinary team network (MDT). This helps to facilitate efficient patient pathways from diagnosis to treatment across the network.

Main duties of the job

• Contribution to research activity is expected.
• To participate in each of the multidisciplinary meetings.
• As a senior member of the medical team, the postholder, will provide clinical leadership and support for the effective development of the services and to attend the relevant operational meetings.
• The postholder will contribute to the development of the departmental objectives and business plan and will manage resources within the approved plan. The consultant will be part of the Cancer Services Division and will be responsible to the Divisional Director for Cancer Services.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer research, treatment and education. Together with our academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), we are the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe and the only National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre specialising in cancer in the UK.

Our mission is to continue to make a national and international contribution to cancer research and treatment, so that more people are cured and quality of life is improved for those with cancer. The Royal Marsden therefore plays an important role in championing change and improvement in cancer care through research and innovation, education and leading-edge treatment.

We have a reputation for delivering high quality performance. We were ranked joint first in the CQC national inpatient survey  results, above  average  in  national  cancer  patient  experience survey and ranked first amongst teaching hospitals in the UK for our staff survey results.

Predominantly the  Trust’s  workload  is  from  within  the  South  West  and  West  London Cancer Networks  but, as  a  specialist  cancer,  the Trust  has  a high  out-of-area  referral  rate for rare cancers,  recurrent  disease  and  treatment-related  problems  including  international referrals.  The Trust operates a shared care model with St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust for paediatric cancer.