Speciality Doctor - Oncology | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
The Speciality medical oncology doctor posts are part of the cancer services directorate, (oncology department) where the post holder will be required to provide a high-quality oncology service that aims to provide excellent patient care.
The post holder will be expected to manage his/her own work programme within the broad parameters of departmental policies and procedures, and will be responsible for determining the associated work activities using their initiative.- To see patients in review oncology clinics, with the potential to expand to new patients for an experienced candidate
- To provide routine prescribing of protocol based chemotherapy regimes
- To deal with both routine and emergency attenders
- To work as a core member of the hospital acute oncology team including review of patients on our Medical Assessment Units, and patients admitted to outlying wards
- To undertake procedures as required for which procedure training will be provided if required medical assessment for chemotherapy patients during their treatment as part of review clinics and on an ‘as required basis’
- To be involved in complex clinical, patient management problems and multi-disciplinary planning treatment – attending cancer MDTs if required
- To ensure all dictation of clinic letters is performed within 24 hours (mandatory)
- To use the Trust’s Cancer Clinical Database to record all oncology annotations (iQemo)
- To contribute to service developments
- To participate in continuing medical education and clinical audits
- To participate in the consenting and follow up of patients in clinical trials (with the appropriate Consultant supervision)
- To provide support to the complaints process (this may include attending complaint meetings with patients, families and their relatives)
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in 2003 from the merger of Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley NHS Trust and the Burnley Hospitals NHS Trust. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides a caring service to a population of approximately 550,000.
Services are provided from two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital. The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Phase V at Burnley General Teaching Hospital are significant PFI developments.
In 2006 a service reconfiguration, ‘meeting patients needs’ was implemented which resulted in the Blackburn site becoming the centre for all acute services in East Lancashire. The ED at Blackburn is the only ED for East Lancashire and since 2012 has become a Trauma Unit in the Lancashire Trauma network with the trauma centre at the Royal Preston Hospital.The ED is supported by Urgent Care Centres at Blackburn and Burnley and a Minor Injuries Unit at Accrington.
Burnley is the site for the East Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre with an in-patient obstetric unit. There is a midwife led birthing unit off the Hospital site in Blackburn
In 2012 the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital was designated as one of the Lancashire Vascular Centres.
The Trust has close links with a number of Tertiary Centres in Lancashire, Manchester and Liverpool.
The Cancer Services Directorate is a fully established cancer service with the following establishment:
Lead Cancer Clinician (Clinical Director) –Mr Mohan Pillai
Lead Cancer Nurse (Macmillan Assistant Director of Nursing) – Stephanie Hechter
Lead Cancer Manager (Directorate Manager for Cancer & Oncology) – Sara Bates
Medical Oncologist in Breast – Dr Doina Badea
Medical Oncologist in UGI/HPB/NET & Acute Oncology – Dr Ana Ferreira (Oncology Clinical Lead)
Oncology Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Breast – Naomi Barr
Oncology Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Colorectal – Katie Ormston
There are currently tow locum post holders covering additional medical oncology activity in Lung, Gynaecology and Colorectal. In addition to the Medical Oncology team at ELHT there is also a team of Clinical Oncologists who attend weekly from our local cancer centre (The ‘Rosemere Cancer Centre’ based at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals).
There is a full complement of Medical Secretaries, Multidisciplinary Team Coordinators, and a Cancer Service Improvement Facilitator. All tumour sites have Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist support. SACT services are delivered at both Burnley General Teaching Hospital and Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital where there are two highly experience band 7 sisters.They lead the SACT nursing team supported by band 6 staff nurses at each site together with an associate nursing team. Patients have radiotherapy treatment delivered at the ‘Rosemere’ Cancer Centre. The Directorate has strong working relationships with its Clinical Commissioning Groups and third sector partners (such as Macmillan and Cancer Research UK).
The provisional timetable is subject to change and final agreement will be made with the appointed candidate.
Day
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Mon
Urology Clinic (BGH)
Urology Clinic (BGH)
Tues
Breast Clinic (BGH)
Breast Clinic (BGH)
Wed
Acute Oncology Ward Round (RBH)
Admin
Thurs
SPA
Breast Clinic (BGH)
Fri
Breast/ Gynae Clinic (RBH)
Breast/ Gynae Clinic (RBH)
This advert closes on Thursday 10 Oct 2024