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Job requirements
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
General training in Medical Oncology to specialist level or equivalent
- Experience
General training in all aspects of medical oncology and tumour sites
- Experience
Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills sufficient to undertake effectively the role of consultant in Medical Oncology in a large teaching hospital.
- Skills and Knowledge
Good personal and interpersonal skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Good English. Communication skills should be highly developed.
- Skills and Knowledge
Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
- Skills and Knowledge
Evidence of effective participation in clinical audit and risk management.
- Skills and Knowledge
ICH GCP training within last 12 months. Evidence of active involvement in clinical research trials.
- Qualifications / Training
MB ChB or equivalent. MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
- Qualifications / Training
GMC
- Qualifications / Training
CCT or CESR in Medical Oncology; OR within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview.
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Research / Clinical trial experience / Publications
- Experience
Uro-oncology experience
- Skills and Knowledge
Publication of research
- Skills and Knowledge
Management training and experience
- Skills and Knowledge
Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government’s agenda for Its modernisation.
- Skills and Knowledge
Computing skills: ability to use word processor, spreadsheet programme and web browser.
- Qualifications / Training
Higher Medical / Research degree
Job overview
We are looking to appoint a Locum consultant in Medical Oncology with a special interest in the medical management of Sarcoma and Urological malignancies. The successful candidate will work with existing Medical and Clinical Oncology colleagues, clinical nurse specialists, nurse and pharmacist prescribers, as well as other members of the multidisciplinary teams across these tumour sites. Please get in touch with us to discuss this post and what we could offer you. We will work with you to create a suitable job plan
Main duties of the job
The post-holder’s duties will be primarily at the Churchill Hospital, in Oxford and Horton Hospital, in Banbury. It is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations or outreach district general hospital clinics, including the Horton Hospital in Banbury, Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wycombe Hospital (part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust) and Milton Keynes Hospital. Each 4-hour clinic has 2 new and 8 follow up patients; for a 42-week year, a full-time post holder is likely to see 250 - 300 new patients.
This role includes an approximate 1 in 25 consultant of the week on-call rota.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post specialises in Sarcoma and Urological malignancies, and will work with existing Medical and Clinical Oncology colleagues, clinical nurse specialists, nurse and pharmacist prescribers, as well as other members of the multidisciplinary teams across these tumour sites. The post-holder will also participate in a rota for Consultant of the week, AOS for the oncology ward and triage at the Churchill Hospital. We are keen that the post holder undertakes and supports the development of our telemedicine clinics, and there will be the opportunity to contribute to service improvement projects in this field.
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 Locum Medical Oncology Consultant - Sarcoma and Urology with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Oncology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Locum: 12 months. The application deadline is 29 Sep 2026.
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