Clinical Lead - Acute Oncology
| Posting date: | 05 June 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £113,565 - £150,569 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 July 2026 |
| Location: | Cramlington, NE23 6NZ |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7937364/319-7937364HD |
Summary
A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical lead for the Acute Oncology Service in NSECH. The post holder must have expert knowledge of acute oncology management and the complexities that patients present with following cancer treatment.
The post holder will work with the Acute Oncology nursing team in delivering the Trusts Non-surgical Oncology agenda, linking in with other relevant specialities to deliver a robust model of care in Northumbria Healthcare Trust and in particular the emergency care hospital (NSECH).
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early is a suitable number of applications are received.
Main duties of the job
The key responsibilities for this post are for the clinical delivery and governance of services, as follows:-
Ensure the AO services are fit for purpose to provide a safe and effective service in the Trust.
Work with existing services in providing care and advice for AO patients. In AO delivery in line with regional and national workstreams eg SDEC model
Service development
Ensure that national and regional standards are met.
Ensure that diagnostic services are appropriate and timely.
Work with palliative care, primary care, ambulance, mental health and social services to ensure that interface services are fit for purpose.
Contribute to the recruitment and selection of Consultant Medical and senior nursing staff
Ensure that Medical annual appraisals are carried out as required
Participate in job planning for consultant medical staff
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
The strategic planning of its clinical services in Acute Oncology management and pathways (AO).
The assessment of AO patients as defined in the clinical guidelines and national guidelines.
Clinical lead for the AO service – promoting and supporting the AO agenda within the Trust and representing at appropriate meetings/groups external and internal.
The delivery of the Business Unit - Non-Surgical Oncology objectives in its services
The clinical management of its service
Ensure clinical standards are met and working towards the Non Surgical Oncology agenda and performance, at a service and individual level
Support operational teams to achieve Delivery of financial balance based on the national tariff
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Jun 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical lead for the Acute Oncology Service in NSECH. The post holder must have expert knowledge of acute oncology management and the complexities that patients present with following cancer treatment.
The post holder will work with the Acute Oncology nursing team in delivering the Trusts Non-surgical Oncology agenda, linking in with other relevant specialities to deliver a robust model of care in Northumbria Healthcare Trust and in particular the emergency care hospital (NSECH).
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early is a suitable number of applications are received.
Main duties of the job
The key responsibilities for this post are for the clinical delivery and governance of services, as follows:-
Ensure the AO services are fit for purpose to provide a safe and effective service in the Trust.
Work with existing services in providing care and advice for AO patients. In AO delivery in line with regional and national workstreams eg SDEC model
Service development
Ensure that national and regional standards are met.
Ensure that diagnostic services are appropriate and timely.
Work with palliative care, primary care, ambulance, mental health and social services to ensure that interface services are fit for purpose.
Contribute to the recruitment and selection of Consultant Medical and senior nursing staff
Ensure that Medical annual appraisals are carried out as required
Participate in job planning for consultant medical staff
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
The strategic planning of its clinical services in Acute Oncology management and pathways (AO).
The assessment of AO patients as defined in the clinical guidelines and national guidelines.
Clinical lead for the AO service – promoting and supporting the AO agenda within the Trust and representing at appropriate meetings/groups external and internal.
The delivery of the Business Unit - Non-Surgical Oncology objectives in its services
The clinical management of its service
Ensure clinical standards are met and working towards the Non Surgical Oncology agenda and performance, at a service and individual level
Support operational teams to achieve Delivery of financial balance based on the national tariff
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Jun 2026