Locum Medical or Clinical Oncology Consultant - Northampton
Job overview
Medical or Clinical Oncology Locum Consultant required, we are open to all areas of expertise.
The hospital is a designated Cancer Centre providing Specialist Services for patients living with cancer. Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust provides a fully integrated and comprehensive service for the treatment, care and support of cancer patients.
The oncology centre contains an outpatient department with nine consulting suites with attached examination rooms, two additional clinical rooms and a counselling room. There is a full team of sup-porting staff including nurses, radiographers, administration, clerical and secretarial staff.The Trust uses the Chemocare electronic chemotherapy prescribing system.
The appointee will have access to clerical support in line with other consultants. Day case chemotherapy is administered in the outpatient setting by trained chemotherapy nurses in the chemotherapy suite. This has recently been completely redeveloped to provide a better environment for our patients whilst receiving their outpatient treatments.This has allowed us to increase capacity to a maximum of 20 chairs. This is anticipating the increase of systemic therapies for patients over the coming years. Ambulatory home chemotherapy is available and there is a nurse led PICC line service.
Main duties of the job
Initially, the job plan is 10 PAs and includes 8.50 of Direct Clinical Care, 1.50 of SPA and
1 in 10 On Call (rota)
The successful candidate will be required to undertake managerial duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their Clinical Department.
They will have an understanding of the wider health agenda and modern NHS. The successful candidate will be required to work in a multidisciplinary team and supervise juniors.
Education of undergraduate and postgraduate trainees and other health care professionals is part of the consultant role. Opportunities exist to expand on this educational role. Office space, computer access and secretarial support will be made available
See attached Job Description for further information.
Working for our organisation
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Integrity
Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- To undertake clinical and managerial responsibility for the agreed Oncology specialties and patients. This includes liaison with consultant colleagues, department team of clinicians, other hospital staff and general practitioners involved in the diagnosis and management of Oncology patients.
- Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge in liaison with consultant colleagues and for the proper functioning of the department in line with the Operational Policy and Strategic Plan (as amended from time to time).
- To attend and partake in the management of patients through the specific MDT, maintaining national standards and participating in Peer Review.
- To undertake research and show commitment to entering patients into clinical trials.
- To share responsibility for the clinical standards of the Oncology service including liaison with other members of the multidisciplinary team and the Centre.
- To show responsibility for professional standards within Oncology and ensure compliance with the standards required to satisfy national standards and the local quality system.
- To work as part of the Multidisciplinary Team in the Directorate.
- To attend national, network and local meetings as appropriate including ECAGs.
- To demonstrate a firm commitment to clinical governance including participation in effective clinical audit and continuing medical education
- Requirement to co-operate with local management in the efficient running of services and an expectation to share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management. To contribute to management within the Trust through the Directorate.
- To participate in all teaching programmes for medical staff, medical students and other hospital employees as required. There is an introductory teaching programme for the Senior House Officers in Oncology and Clinical Haematology and the post-holder would be expected to and participate in this. Medical student teaching is expanding, mostly from University of Leicester Medical School.
- To take part with other consultants in the Centre’s on call rota
- To comply with departmental and Trust policies and procedures.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- GMC registered
- NHS experince
Years of experience
Essential criteria- Working as a Consultant
Speciality
Essential criteria- Tumour sites
On call requirement
Essential criteria- Able to undertake on-call
At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).
We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That’s why we talk about Team NGH. It’s all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills.We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Apply today and join the largest family in Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values:
- Compassion
- Respect
- Integrity
- Courageous
- Accountable
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