Consultant Medical Oncologist (Lower GI/Lymphoma)

at  The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

This is a new 10PA post. It is envisaged that the post-holder will have clinical commitments in both Colorectal and Lymphoma oncology, being actively involved in these disease groups.
The post-holder will work to deliver high quality clinical care and develop clinical research opportunities for patients in Bolton with colorectal cancer.
To develop and deliver a high quality clinical and research service to improve outcomes for patients with lymphoma. The appointee will be responsible for patients in their care in partnership with colleagues on the Lymphoma Group.
The appointee will be expected to develop a significant interest in colorectal and lymphoma oncology delivering systemic therapy. The post holder will:
Provide overarching care and responsibility for medical oncology inpatients and outpatients.
Develop, lead and deliver a high-quality clinical service to improve clinical outcomes.
Support consultant colleagues, junior doctors and nursing staff and liaise closely with senior medical colleagues from other specialties to provide supportive care to unwell patients (acute oncology, CCU, neurology, respiratory etc).
Conform to GMC’s guidelines on Good Medical Practice and Good Clinical Practice for Research.
Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings for patient selection, management decisions and operational logistics (treatment scheduling, risk assessment, etc).
Deliver teaching and training to medical and nursing staff, including the option to act as educational supervisor for postgraduate doctors in training.
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 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 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

The appointee will be expected to develop a significant interest in colorectal and lymphoma oncology delivering systemic therapy.