Locum Consultant Clinical Oncology

We are seeking a consultant with enthusiasm, commitment, and drive to work closely with colleagues throughout the organisation and within the community to help lead the organisation. This is a fixed-term, 6 month locum appointment for a Locum Consultant in Clinical Oncology specialising in Urological Malignancies based at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC) in Northwood and The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. At Mount Vernon, the post holder will be expected to work with members of the urology MDT planning and supervising the oncology treatment of patients to include the safe delivery of SACT and radiotherapy. At Hillingdon Hospital the post holder will work closely with the urology multidisciplinary teams to provide a safe and high-quality outpatient oncology service. The post holder will contribute to the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred GI and uro-oncology care across MVCC and Hillingdon Hospital. They will be responsible for specialist outpatient care, participation in MDT meetings and the safe delivery of SACT, as well as leading and delivering acute oncology services at both sites. They will also be expected to contribute to teaching and training across the multidisciplinary workforce; and will engage fully in directorate-level clinical governance activities including audit, incident review, quality improvement, and adherence to trust and national cancer standards.

• Maintenance of high-quality patient-centered care
• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
• Delivery and development of SACT administration
• Active participation in continuing medical education
• Active participation in trial research activities
  
  At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.