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Job requirements
Essential
4 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Audit & research skills. • Ability to
- Qualifications
Meets all Essential
- Experience / Knowledge
Completed Higher Specialist Training in Clinical Oncology • Awareness of current issues affecting the NHS & UK Higher Education • Advanced communication skills • Experience of teaching at postgraduate levels. • Management of Breast and Head&Neck cancer
- Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Ability to show past experience and how this links to UHCW Trust Values and Behaviours • Ability to show commitment to living the values through past experience and skills and how you would embed these in your daily work
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Track record of publications in peer-reviewed scientific & clinical journals.
- Qualifications
Meets all Desirable
- Experience / Knowledge
Should have training in educational supervision as defined by the GMC. • Attended clinical leadership training • Experience of public & patient engagement. • Clinical leadership and management experience in developing and delivering new services. • Involvement in clinical leadership roles such a participation in QIPP projects & service improvement projects. • Experience of clinical trials
Job overview
PENDING RC APPROVAL
This Oncology Consultant post will be based at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW and South Warwickshire University Foundation Trust (SWUFT). The appointee will work in site specific local and specialist MDTs at UHCW and SWUFT.
The appointee will work with site specific local and specialist MDTs for Head and Neck cancers at UHCW and Breast cancers at SWUFT. The typical new patient caseload is expected to be on average 5 per week in a 10PA job plan, and up to 210 per annum based on 42 working weeks of routine work (excluding leave and on-call).
The role is supported by a dedicated CNS team. You will be expected to support the Acute Oncology Service and the Oncology ward in–patient care, as necessary on working days. Patients will be treated in the Arden Cancer Centre on the UHCW site and Rugby St. Cross Hospital. SWUFT patients are treated in the Aylesford unit at Warwick hospital and the Rigby unit at Stratford hospital.
Main duties of the job
The post is required to support the site-specialist consultant led service including facilities for inpatients and outpatients, a dedicated chemotherapy suite and radiotherapy facilities. In addition, there is an integrated Oncology Clinical Trials Centre and the department is currently developing its Medical Oncology team. The post holder will be expected to provide cross cover for MDTs (videoconferencing is available) and to liaise with the Acute Physicians/Emergency department as part of the supporting the Acute Nurse Led Oncology Service.
You will be joining a team of 22 Clinical Oncologists and 4 Medical Oncologists at UHCW Cancer Centre, serving UHCW and the adjoining Cancer Units at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWUFT), George Eliot Hospital (GEH), Stratford Rigby Unit and Rugby Maple Unit.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The appointee will take ongoing responsibility for patients under their care. 2. The appointee will provide a consultation service and advisory service to other clinical colleagues in other specialties within the Trust and Primary Care. 3. The appointee will develop close collaborative links with clinicians working in their specialties and work to develop services provided to patients in these areas to the highest standards including the development of treatment protocols and guidelines. 4. The appointee will attend the site-specific MDTs and participate in, and support, the multidisciplinary care team which includes Medical Oncologists, Clinical Oncologists, Surgeons, the relevant junior team, Specialist Nursing Staff, Therapists, Dietician, Social workers, Palliative Care and Psychology services for patients and families.
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.
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This advert is for Consultant Clinical Oncologist –Head & Neck and Breast with University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in Coventry, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Oncology role. The advertised salary is £113565.00 to £150569.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 15 Oct 2026.
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