Clinical Lead - Acute Oncology

The key responsibilities for this post are for the clinical delivery and governance of services, as follows:-

Ensure theAO services are fit for purpose to provide a safe and effective service in the Trust.

Work with existing services in providing care and advice for AO patients. In AO delivery in line with regional and national workstreams eg SDEC model

Service development

Ensure that national and regional standards are met.

Ensure that diagnostic services are appropriate and timely.

Work with palliative care, primary care, ambulance, mental health and social services to ensure that interface services are fit for purpose.

Contribute to the recruitment and selection of Consultant Medical and senior nursing staff

Ensure that Medical annual appraisals are carried out as required

Participate in job planning for consultant medical staff

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your