Consultant Medical Oncologist - Melanoma & Renal

Consultant Medical Oncologist - Melanoma & Renal

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to provide a service in Oncology.

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to play a full part in the out-of-hours On-Call service for the department. This includes being on-call for telephone advice and major incidents.

To provide cover for Consultant and Senior colleagues in respect of periods of leave.

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate.

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.

To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.

Main duties of the job

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to provide a service in Oncology.

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to play a full part in the out-of-hours On-Call service for the department. This includes being on-call for telephone advice and major incidents.

To provide cover for Consultant and Senior colleagues in respect of periods of leave.

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate.

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.

To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest acute and community providers in the West Midlands having more than 850 beds on the New Cross site. The Trust also has 56 rehabilitation beds at West Park Hospital and 54 beds at Cannock Chase Hospital.

We are the largest employer in Wolverhampton, employing over 10,000 staff, covering more than 350 different roles.

We provide services from the following locations:

• New Cross Hospital - secondary and tertiary services, maternity, Accident and Emergency, critical care and outpatients;
• West Park Hospital - rehabilitation inpatient and day care services, therapy services and outpatients;
• Cannock Chase Hospital - general surgery, orthopaedics, breast surgery, urology, dermatology and medical day case investigations and treatment (including endoscopy);
• More than 20 community sites - community services for children and adults, walk-in centres and therapy and rehabilitation services;
• Primary care - Ten GP practices have now joined us and offer extended opening hours to patients.

Job responsibilities

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to provide a service in Oncology.

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to play a full part in the out-of-hours On-Call service for the department. This includes being on-call for telephone advice and major incidents.

To provide cover for Consultant and Senior colleagues in respect of periods of leave.

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate.

In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.

To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.

Person Specification

• Full GMC Registration with license to practice.
• State any higher training required that is essential in order to fulfil the role.
• Higher Medical Degree.
• Experience - State any specific experience required over and above that they could reasonably have gained via training to CCT level.
• Subspecialty training or equivalent.

Ability/Skills

• Specific skills required to undertake the role above those required to achieve CCT.

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.