Consultant Clinical Oncologist - CNS

An exciting and rare opportunity to recruit a CNS consultant to join the Neuro Oncology team at The Christie. This is an 8pa post with an additional temporary 1pa of up to 5years. The successful applicant will share new referrals of adult neuro-oncology patients with colleagues. The neuro-oncology new patient clinic takes place weekly at The Christie. Referrals are divided equitably via a shared rotation of this clinic with approximately 250 new referrals per year. They will have office accommodation provided within the clinical oncology department and 0.8 WTE secretarial/PA support, The neuro-oncology service encompasses the surgical, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and supportive care management of the complete spectrum of CNS tumours in the adult and Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) populations. Care is co-ordinated via 4 MDTs. The neuro-oncology MDT (which includes a brain metastases / SRS subsection), the base of skull MDT and the pituitary MDT are hosted by Salford Royal Hospital (part of the Northern Care Alliance, NCA) while the cancer network supportive care MDT is hosted by The Christie. Support of the Preston skull base and pituitary MDTs is provided remotely, via MS Teams, under the auspices of the North West ODN (Operational Delivery Network).

The postholder will contribute to the delivery of high-quality consultant-led care across 7 days. This includes participation in planned weekend and weekday clinical activity to support safe, timely decision-making and continuity of care for patients.

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.