Locum Consultant - Clinical Breast-Oncology

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a full-time locum consultant post, offered on a fixed term basis for 6 months.

Working with the Breast team at The Christie to provide a comprehensive service for patients. This includes patients in the outpatient, inpatient, and ambulatory settings, along with radiotherapy and providing input into the Breast MDT.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be expected to develop a significant interest in Breast oncology delivering radiotherapy and systemic therapy. The post holder will be actively involved in delivering all aspects of radiotherapy and systemic therapy. The well supported team structure and ethos facilitates cross-cover of clinical work.

There is collaborative working within the breast clinical oncology research teams which the successful applicant will be expected to participate in.

There are opportunities in breast for involvement in advanced technical radiotherapy including SABR, breast VMAT, protons and MR Linac. The team has a strong commitment to research and trial activity in which the appointee would be expected to be involved in.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The appointee will be expected to develop a significant interest in Breast oncology delivering radiotherapy. The post holder will be actively involved in delivering all aspects of radiotherapy and systemic therapy. The well supported team structure and ethos facilitates cross-cover of clinical work.

There is collaborative working within both the breast and lymphoma clinical oncology research teams which the successful applicant will be expected to participate in. There are opportunities in breast for involvement in advanced technical radiotherapy including SABR, breast VMAT, protons and MR Linac. The team has a strong commitment to research and trial activity in which the appointee would be expected to be involved in. New patients are expected to be in the region of 280 per annum with approximately 150 FU appointments per year. All appointees will have access to appropriate secretarial support and an office, including IT and clinical equipment provision. Flexible working requests are reviewed in line with the trust’s flexible working policy.

Job Plan Timetable The job plan outlines the requirements of the post and may be altered by joint agreement with the Divisional Clinical Director and Service Manager and in response to service needs. Job Plans are prospectively agreed subject to an annual individual job plan review (May – September). It is expected that the initial Job Plan discussion will take place within the first six months of employment at the Trust and then be aligned to the Trusts annual Job Planning review cycle. The annual review will examine all aspects of the job plan (including any educational and supervision components) and will also include an assessment of professional development with defined goals for the future. For more information refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this Job Description and also the Trust’s Job Planning Policy The consultant job plan will include a combination of Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) delivered across the 7‑day week.

The timetable below is indicative and will be confirmed on commencement in post. It is the requirement of the Trust that all new consultant colleagues must have 0.25 SPAs within their job plan to support Trust appraisal and supervision requirements. This can either be as appraiser or a supervisor for medical staff or Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP).

NB  This timetable is indicative

On call Commitments This role does require participation in the on-call rota.

This role does require participation in the on-call rota. Consultants in the department share in an on-call rota that involves a commitment to a full week in every twenty weeks. This covers the Specialist Registrar who is second on-call. The on-call consultant provides a post-take ward round each morning to review all newly admitted patients and any sick patients escalated by the team. This takes place seven days per week. Given the low frequency of on-call (1:20) the PAs associated with the predictable element of weekend on-call work form part of the job plan rather than time in lieu. This may be reviewed in the future if requirements for on-call change.

Contacts

Arrangements to visit the hospital or to discuss the role further, may be made direct with:

Leadership Team