Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This post is for 8.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week to work within the Breast Disease Group at The Christie@ Macclesfield and to provide Acute Oncology (AO) leadership and clinical sessions at East Cheshire Foundation Trust (Macclesfield).
Role Purpose
Breast Oncology:
The Medical Oncologist appointed will work with the Breast team to provide a comprehensive clinical service for breast patients. This includes patients in the outpatient, inpatient and ambulatory settings, delivering Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) and providing Medical Oncology input to the breast MDT.
The Breast Disease Group, Chaired by Dr Anne Armstrong and Dr Vivek Misra currently consists of 11 Clinical and 9 Medical Oncologists. These oncologists manage all of the breast cancers diagnosed within the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network, with many oncologists delivering a peripheral service through MDTs and clinics. Systemic therapy is delivered centrally or given to patients at peripheral or outreach clinics according to agreed protocols. Radiotherapy is delivered at The Christie or at satellite units in Salford and Oldham.
This year the whole Medical Oncology team will see around 940 New patients and around 14,000 Follow up patients through the Breast team clinics.
All Disease Group consultants work as part of a multi-disciplinary team supporting the delivery of this work including Nurse Clinicians, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Fellows, Specialist Trainees, Pharmacists and Research Nurses.
The Disease Group has a strong emphasis on research with an active systemic therapy and radiotherapy trial portfolio supported by 7 Research Nurses and 5 Clinical Trial Administrators. The Breast Disease Research Sub-group has a 6-weekly business meeting to which all members of the Disease Group are invited.
Acute Oncology:
The Trust provides an inpatient service for selected non-elective admissions where the reason for admission is primarily related to the patient's underlying malignant diagnosis or its treatment. All admissions are already in receipt of oncology care at the Trust.
The normal route of admission is via our 24hr hotline which triages patients and diverts patients to their Acute Trust A&E if appropriate (e.g. chest pain and acute abdominal pain). This is, therefore, not an unselected intake. Those who are admitted usually spend the first 24 - 72 hours on an acute assessment ward (staffed during the day by a consultant in Acute Medicine or General Medicine) and are then transferred to one of the base wards if their admission requires a longer stay.
In addition, patients are admitted electively for treatment or procedures. The current bed base for this service is 80 beds across several wards. Senior cover for the inpatients is provided jointly between the patient's Oncology Team (Consultant and Registrar), supplemented by the Hospitalist Team.
The Hospitalist team is a group of colleagues with general medical, acute medicine and oncology backgrounds providing senior input to the non-surgical oncology patients admitted to the Trust as above, in liaison with the patient's Oncology Team.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The medical establishment provides The Breast Disease Group, Chaired by Dr Anne Armstrong and Dr Vivek Misra consists of 9 Clinical and 8 Medical Oncologists.
The appointee will be based at The Christie @Macclesfield service and will provide senior input to Outpatient clinics, Chemotherapy Services and Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings and acute oncology at Macclesfield with breast clinics for central Manchester breast patients being carried out remotely from Macclesfield.
The role will be responsible for:
1. Acute Oncology (4.5PAs): The Appointee will provide consultant level support to the acute oncology service provided at Macclesfield, East Cheshire Foundation Trust.
2. This post aims to provide increased dedicated consultant acute oncology clinical time with strategic development and leadership of the service.
3. Leading the AO service and Management of Acute Oncology patients admitted to East Cheshire NHS Foundation Trust.
4. Attendance at East Cheshire key operational management meetings, such as Directorate/Divisional /Business Unit meetings to ensure effective coordination of AOS.
5. Supporting education and training of the AO and other healthcare teams and ensuring that the MDT works to the most recently published national and network guidelines and protocols in AO.
6. Leading on Quality Surveillance processes and provide assurance to East Cheshire Executive Team that standards of care are being consistently maintained and ensure an ongoing awareness and understanding of the Trust's overarching responsibilities for delivery of cancer services.
7. Work collaboratively to support the development of business cases related to AO with local operational teams, including provision for cancer ambulatory care.
8. Attendance at AO Pathway Board (Quarterly).
1. Breast Oncology (4PAs):
2. Management of Breast patients receiving standard and clinical trials including treatment decisions and ongoing care.
3. Participating in all relevant aspects of clinical governance, including maintaining up to date protocols, guidelines and clinical audit, under the supervision of the other consultants in the unit.
4. Contribute to current research projects and establish new opportunities to expand and develop research within the team.
5. Revision and development of evidence-based protocols for patients and undertaking the administrative duties associated with the care of their patients.
6. Maintaining a level of continuing professional development consistent with the recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians.
7. Contributing to the undergraduate teaching of medical students on oncology topics.
8. Providing lectures for the busy postgraduate teaching programme.
9. Actively contributing to the training of junior doctors and other multi-disciplinary team members in both in-patient and outpatient departments.
10. Undertake clinical audit as a member of The Christie Medical Staff Committee.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* MRCP(UK) or equivalent qualification
* GMC registration with a license to practice
* Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) specialist register via one of the following: a. Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) b. Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
Research / Publications
Essential criteria
* Evidence of productive ethical research relevant to oncology
Desirable criteria
* Recent publications in peer-reviewed journals
TRAINING
Essential criteria
* Wide experience of Oncology including Breast Cancer
Desirable criteria
* An appropriate higher degree
EXPERIENCE Job Specific
Essential criteria
* All disease groups in Medical Oncology as well as clinical trials experience (including Good Clinical Practice accreditation).
Desirable criteria
* Breast clinical experience
* Research experience
Management / Audit
Essential criteria
* Experience in teaching undergraduates
* Experience of clinical audit
Desirable criteria
* Relevant experience
TEACHING
Essential criteria
* Evidence of contribution to teaching
Desirable criteria
* Teaching experience /training
The closing date for this post may be extended if there are insufficient applicants or brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.
We want to ensure that everyone who works at the Christie or uses our services is welcomed, valued and treated with dignity and respect. The Christie values diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all and fair representation across the organisation at all levels. In support of these commitments, we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority people and people with disabilities for this post. Appointment will be only on merit.
We are committed to creating a balanced and diverse workforce. As such we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Together we will foster inclusion and tackle inequity and health inequalities in cancer care.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
All positions within the Christie are subject to the receipt of satisfactory written references, medical clearance and evidence of your Right to Work in the UK. Some roles will require a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. Please note if you are successfully appointed to a post with this Trust, you will be required to pay for your own DBS Disclosure.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.
If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, I regret that on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.
The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and will form part of the recruitment process. In the event that you are successful following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
Overseas candidates wishing to apply for this position and who would require immigration sponsorship, may wish to self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post on the UKVI website.
You should be aware the Trust operates a No Smoking Policy and therefore employees are not permitted to smoke at work.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
* JD & PS (PDF, 343.7KB)
* The Christie Values and Behaviours (PDF, 919.5KB)
* Strategy Brochure (PDF, 1.0MB)
* Travel to The Christie (PDF, 3.8MB)
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