Job overview

This post will support the treatment of prostate and testicular/ germ cell patients under the care of the uro-oncology team in Sutton. The post also has one day per week of AOS consultant cover in Sutton.
Around 1000 patients are referred to the Sutton uro-oncology team per year, with around 550 radical prostate treatments conducted annually. The practice is wide ranging and includes complex radiotherapy planning, palliative radiotherapy, SBRT, adaptive and MR-guided radiotherapy, palliative chemotherapy, androgen-targeted therapies and radioisotopes for prostate cancer and chemo- and immunotherapy for bladder cancer. The unit is a supra-network centre for testicular cancer with a weekly MDT serving the South East. We regularly see relapsed and complex oncological and surgical cases. Active involvement in research and participation in clinical trials is expected and collaborative working with colleagues both nationally and internationally.
The post holder will join a 1 in 3 rota participating in consultant ward round cover for our Sutton site, providing consultant review of uro-oncology inpatients. The exact configuration of ward cover will be delineated between the 3 consultants, with attention to the experience and skill set of the successful candidate.

Main duties of the job

•    To participate in and support the multidisciplinary care team which includes Clinical and Medical Oncologists, Surgeons, the relevant junior team, Specialist Nursing Staff, Radiographers, and Macmillan support workers.
•    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.
•    To participate in the Consultant Clinical or Medical Oncology on-call rota (approximately 1 in 30 weeks non-resident on-call).

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.