Locum Consultant in Medical Oncology - LGI (NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant) - Oncology - Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust – Maidstone, Kent
We are looking for a suitable candidate to work alongside our team of medical and clinical oncologists.
The post holder will join our team of medical and clinical oncologists providing Oncology services from a West Kent base. We have a well-established oncology research department, providing the opportunity for the post holder to run and develop clinical trials.
As a Locum Consultant in Medical Oncology, you will provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This includes patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team, as well as patients of consultant colleagues when covering on-call or for annual leave.
You will participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
Collaboration with other medical, professional, and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, is essential to provide high-quality health care to the Trust’s patients and to contribute to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.
Duties of this post will include supporting the consultant service across a range of tumour types:
1. Attending Consultant led out-patient clinics (both in the Centre and Peripheral Clinics), and undertaking related admin and chemotherapy prescribing.
2. Supervision of SHOs and ward patients.
3. Review of patients attending for chemotherapy and radiotherapy if required by nursing or radiography staff.
4. Teaching of SHOs and medical students.
5. Involvement in clinical governance and audit activities.
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