Consultant Medical Breast Oncologist

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is looking to appoint an enthusiastic consultant in medical oncology (breast) to join our multidisciplinary teams for four sessions (32 hours) per week in a substantive role.

The successful candidate will join the multidisciplinary team consultants across Medical Oncology, clinical fellows, a specialist registrar, nurse clinicians, a pharmacist, clinical nurse specialists, research nurses, project managers and clinical trial administrators.

The role will involve two clinics across Withington and Wigan as well as attendance at the Wednesday MDT. Suitable SPA and admin time is provided., The duties and responsibilities of the role, which may be adjusted in the light of changing/developing priorities, include:

o Attendance and review of patients in the weekly breast Medical Oncology clinics. This will include new and follow up patients, on treatment.

o Completion of patient administration tasks

o Completion of and maintenance of Good Clinical Practice Certification (regulatory requirement for clinical trial participation, if appropriate).

o Become familiar with ongoing clinical trials, as appropriate (for context when seeing outpatients in clinic).

o Maintaining knowledge of local, national and international developments in diagnosis and treatment of Breast Cancer through attendance at conferences, as appropriate.

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, looking after more than 64,000 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 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We
have been named by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.