Consultant Clinical Oncologist- Special interest in H&N
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
This post is within 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 H&N, 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, including 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 includes any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team, and 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 aimed at ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
To work in close cooperation 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 contribute to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.
Detailed job description and main 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 Trust’s Guide to job planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing coordination 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, being involved in their professional development as per guidance from the Deanery.
We encourage the inclusion of research in normal clinical work and are keen to support developing research activities for interested applicants.
Person specification
Education
* Full GMC registration
* FRCR or equivalent (Entry on the Specialist Register as a clinical oncologist or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the advisory appointments committee)
* Higher qualification in Medicine
* Clinical Experience in relevant tumour sites
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 cooperation 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.
Please take time to customise your personal statement to ensure it accurately reflects the position you are applying for, and that your application is checked for errors/omissions prior to submission. Incomplete applications may not be submitted for shortlisting.
Please contact the Recruiting Manager for an informal discussion should you have any queries relating to the role. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email as soon as possible after the closing date. Should you receive an invitation to attend an interview, please confirm or decline your attendance. Interview slots will then be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Tim Sevitt
Job title: Clinical Director / Consultant Clinical Oncologist
Email address: timothy.sevitt@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01622 227073
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