Consultant Medical Oncologist- Special interest in Melanoma

Consultant Medical Oncologist- Special interest in Melanoma

This post iswithin the Kent Oncology Centre, based in Maidstone, providing services to patients from East and West Kent.

The post holder will join our team of medical and clinical oncologists to take a major interest in Melanoma, providing Oncology services from a West Kent base. As a member of the Kent Oncology Centre there will be a commitment to participate fully in a Kent wide approach to the delivery of cancer care. This includes attendance at governance meetings, multi-disciplinary team meetings and the practice of cross-referral with other site specialists.

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.

About us

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was formed in April 2000. It consists of two District General Hospitals based at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells providing services to approximately 450,000 people living in Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex and the surrounding areas.

Its major hospitals are The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury near Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone Hospital. The Kent Oncology Centre in West Kent is based at Maidstone Hospital. The Trust manages the Oncology centre based at Maidstone and Canterbury. These services form an integral part of Kent's Cancer Services.

Job responsibilities

To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to job planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.

To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.

To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.

To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.

We encourage the inclusion of research in normal clinical work but also keen to support developing research activities for interested applicants.

Person Specification Education

• Full GMC registration
• Higher qualification in Medicine
• Clinical Experience in relevant tumour sites
• Research degree (MD/PhD).

Experience

• Clinical Training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in specialty.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Experience in Clinical Audit and Research.
• Experience in medical education.

Skills

• Enthusiasm for developing tumour site specialisation and Cancer Services in Kent
• Ability to organise and manage
• An interest and a capacity to teach and learn from members of the multidisciplinary team
• Dedication to maintaining and developing the cancer care group in co-operation with other hospital departments.
• Staff management: delegating, appraisal of performance, dealing with poor performance, coaching and motivating.

Personal

• Ability to work in a team
• Good interpersonal skills
• Caring attitude to patients
• Commitment to continuing medical education
• An awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Clinical Director / Consultant Clinical Oncologist

£105,504 to £139,882 a yearper annum /pro rata