Locum Consultant in Clinical Oncology in Breast and Gynae

This opportunity is for a Consultant in Clinical Oncology with a specialist interest in Breast and Gynae, however consideration will be given to applicants who would prefer to cover different subsites in Oncology. You’ll be based in the main cancer centre with a friendly team familiar with supporting Oncology doctors in their first NHS Consultant roles. It will be a standard 10PA job plan with infrequent on-call commitments once settled in post. You can expect the following duties

• Planning radiotherapy
• Prescribing SACT
• New patient and follow up outpatient clinics
• Reviewing and managing treatment for inpatients
• Participating in the Acute Oncology Service
• Attending multi-disciplinary team meetings
• Undertaking further medical education 
• Supporting and training junior colleagues

Key Details

• Salary: £88,364 - £119,133
• Location: East Anglia
• Duration: 12-month Fixed-Term (with a view to extend)

Cancer Centre

This newly formed acute Trust is one of the largest in the country and is home to a University Hospital Cancer Centre, where you can find an In-Patient Oncology Ward, Out Patients, SACT Treatment Units and a Radiotherapy Unit. The Radiotherapy Departments offers the following equipment

• 3 Elekta Linear Accelerators with 6 & 10MV
• External beam Radiotherapy using IGRT and IMRT
• VMAT
• Nucletron microselectron HDR Brachytherapy Unit
• Nucletron Simulix Simulator with CT scanning facility
• Toshiba wide-bore CT-Sim
• Mould room suite
• XIO CMS and Monaco planning system used for external beam radiotherapy
• Prosoma Virtual Simulation

Location

• The location offers an array of restaurants, shops, historic sites, parks, religious amenities, sports centres and more… there’s endless things to do
• The area is close to the coast so you can visit the seaside easily as well as being surrounded beautiful and remote countryside
• The local population are welcoming and diverse, and it is a very family-friendly area
• There is a wide variety of outstanding schools and universities
• The region is very close to London and there are brilliant transport links across the country

The Requirements

• Full GMC Registration or invitation to ID check (essential)
• Ability to practice independently at consultant level within Clinical Oncology (essential)
• Full FRCR (UK), MRCP (UK) or equivalent post-graduate medical qualification (desirable)

How BDI Resourcing can support

When choosing to apply for your next Consultant in Clinical Oncology role with BDI Resourcing, you’ll have the full support of an expert recruitment team who will assist, as standard, with:

• CV Preparation using our recognised bespoke guidance
• Application support with expert knowledge of specialisms, NHS and local support
• Video based Interview Preparation using specific example questions according to job role
• Contract and offer negotiations for salary, relocation packages, tenure and more

Once you have accepted your new Consultant in Clinical Oncology role, you’ll then be met by one of our dedicated relocation executives who will guide you through all the way to starting to your new Oncology role in the NHS including:

• Document gathering and checking
• COS and Visa Application support if applicable
• Short- and long-term accommodation sourcing
• Travel Arrangements
• Family support for finding schools and any other aspects of pastoral care

How to apply

If you wish to apply for this opportunity or if you would like to discuss your search for work and seek advice on other available posts then please send a copy of your most recent CV to oncology@bdiresourcing.com and one of the specialist oncology team will be in touch to discuss your options.

We look forward to hearing from you and wish you all the best with your job search.