# Consultant Medical Oncologist – Breast Cancer & Melanoma > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-medical-oncologist-breast-cancer-and-melanoma/1ba0c605-d6c0-46ee-ac96-f1502aa23548 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-medical-oncologist-breast-cancer-and-melanoma/1ba0c605-d6c0-46ee-ac96-f1502aa23548.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Freeman Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Oncology - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (plus on call) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-21T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-07T14:50:58.496Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Newcastle_upon_Tyne/The_Newcastle_upon_Tyne_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Cancer/Cancer-v8328866 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8328866?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team as a Consultant Medical Oncologist. This post is available for recruitment in January 2027. The current opportunity is for a Consultant Medical Oncologist with an interest in Breast Cancer and Melanoma will provide care to patients served by the directorate. This includes providing services at NCCC-Carlisle. Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification. ### Main duties of the job To provide tertiary-level oncology care in a teaching hospital’s cancer centre and peripheral clinics. There will be a commitment to providing general oncological care as part of a general oncology on call rota. For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Rachel Pearson via email at rachel.pearson1@nhs.net. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical: - Provide oncology advice to the relevant MDT and to patients with these cancers - Prescribing of and supervision of prescribing of chemotherapy - On call cover for general oncological emergencies and provision of advice in and out of hours, to non-specialist teams managing patients with cancer - Out-patient clinic, day unit and ward management. Administrative: - Participation in the directorate clinical governance processes including reporting into the Trust mortality database - Engagement with all the administrative electronic systems needed to deliver patient care. Research: - There is an active research programme within the directorate with links to the Sir Bobby Robson Unit at Freeman Hospital, the late phase research team within the research and development directorate and to Newcastle University. Contribution to the research programme or further developments and collaborations will be actively encouraged. Teaching: - There will be opportunity to develop teaching skills within the directorate and within the wider trust environment. - Bedside and clinical teaching of undergraduate students will form part of the responsibilities of the consultant - Clinical training and supervision of Trust junior doctors, Deanery trainees and ACPs will be expected. Flexibility: In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Audit **Essential** - Evidence of participation in audit / service development **Desirable** - Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit - Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement ### Research **Essential** - Evidence of productive research activity - Up to date with GCP training **Desirable** - Relevant publications in the last three years - Experience of being an Associate PI - MD/PhD ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience of supervision of junior medical staff - Experience of participation in undergraduate/postgraduate teaching. **Desirable** - Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills - Postgraduate qualification in medical education ### Clinical Experience **Essential** - Evidence of experience in the specialty - Advanced Trainee Competencies in Breast, Melanoma and Acute oncology experience - Evidence of ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality at MDT - Evidence of the ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre ### Management and Administration Experience **Essential** - Involvement with management and project leadership within Oncology - An understanding of Clinical Governance **Desirable** - Attendance at a course to develop management and leadership skills - Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines ### Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills **Essential** - Primary Medical Qualification - Full GMC Registration - Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC). ## Documents - [newcastle staff benefits (pdf, 274.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2721) - [behaviour and civility charter (pdf, 93.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2922) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 674.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10675979) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.