Consultant Oncologist
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £105,504.00 to £139,882.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £105504.00 - £139882.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 July 2025 |
| Location: | Gorleston, NR31 6LA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9177-25-0249 |
Summary
This post will be based within the local oncology team, but will have closelinks to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. At our Trust there is one Medical Oncologist covering two specialist bodysites with clinics at JPUH (three clinic sessions) and overseeing general services relating to inpatient and outpatient oncology care. There are five visiting clinical oncologists providing clinics for various other body sites (ten clinic sessions). There are three specialty doctors based at the chemotherapy and day care unit (Sandra Chapman Centre), who are also supporting clinics and there is excellent support by seven oncology specialist nurses, based at the Sandra Chapman Centre as well assupporting outpatients and providing nurse led clinics.Departmental FacilitiesOur Oncology Department operates in several areas. Oncology delivers a mix of day case and outpatient services and provides more than 7,000chemotherapy treatments and 800 outpatient appointments perannum. The main service areas:1. Sandra Chapman Unit, a chemotherapy and day care unit for oncology and haematology patients.2. Acute Oncology Services. This service supports cancer patients visiting the Sandra Chapman Unit and patients admitted to the hospital. The service is supported by a team of specialist nurses.3. Oncology specialist clinics are held five days a week. Clinics arecurrently run by five visiting consultants from Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and the resident consultants.4. Research: This is supported by 2 dedicated research nurses / specialists and various administrative posts within the hospital research department5. MUO / CUP services NNUH Oncology Department also runs a radiotherapy department with five linear accelerators and a 35 bed oncology / haematology specialist ward. The chemotherapy day ward at NNUH (13 chairs) and is linked to a 5 bed acute oncology unit. These additional facilities are also available to JPUH patients if required. The service works in close conjunction with the Norfolk and NorwichUniversity Hospital, sharing various protocols and policies. NNUH provides on-call and further specialist services, such as an MSCC MDT. There are common strategies and protocols for the care of patients with malignant oncological disorders discussed at multi-disciplinary meetingsOncology and Haematology share a chemotherapy day care unit (SandraChapman Centre). The post holder may be sharing responsibilities in these areas and is expected to participate in joint meetings and governance work. The post holder will contribute to the AOS and CUP services and oncology inpatient care and to the set-up and coordination of clinical trials Clinical SpectrumTreatments provided in the Sandra Chapman Unit cover a wide range ofregimes. Some regimes for melanoma, sarcoma and brain tumours, as well as chemo-RT protocols are only offered at NNUH however, with the new post in place it is planned to offer these patients local care as well. The Consultant will be involved with chemotherapy planning and prescribing. There is a high emphasis on compassionate, holistic care for oncology patients, including thorough symptom control. Radiotherapy is provided at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital,whose Acute Oncology and On Call service can be contacted at any time.Palliative care is provided in conjunction with a local palliative team, who also visit Sandra Chapman Centre if required and have a very active in-patient hospital service. They also provide outpatient clinics and palliative care in the community.The Acute Oncology Service offers acute management of out-patient as well as in-patient cancer-related emergencies. It links into the cancermanagement of other teams, and brings the Oncology team in contact with all aspects of oncology inpatient care.The local oncology team provides support to the various oncology clinicsdetailed above.There are daily MDT meetings requiring input from either visiting consultants or the local oncology team.The post holder is expected to undertake both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.