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Job summary

Main area
Oncology Medical Specialities
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
391-RFL-7449649
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Town
London
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 Per Annum Including HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Consultant Clinical Oncologist (Upper GI,HPB and Lung Cancer)

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Trust as a substantive Consultant Clinical Oncologist covering Upper GI, Hepatic-Pancreatic-Biliary (HPB) and Lung cancer.  The post-holder will work alongside medical and clinical oncology colleagues at the Royal Free and Barnet Hospital health units and will be essential for service provision as well as the lead the development of the Upper GI radiotherapy service. Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team; have a wide experience in Clinical Oncology but in particular in Upper GI, HPB and lung cancer management with an interest in complex radiotherapy techniques such as SABR. If you believe you meet the criteria of the person specification and would like to join the Royal Free London, we encourage you to apply. To find out more about working at the Royal Free please visit our website at:  www.royalfree.nhs.uk/jobsWe welcome applications from candidates wanting to work less than full time. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis in consultation with colleagues and the successful applicant. For further details please contact Dr Neha Chopra, Clinical Service Lead for Oncology at Royal Free Hospital on email [email protected]. or Dr Mark Prentice, Clinical Lead for Radiotherapy at Royal Free Hospital on email [email protected]

 

Main duties of the job

The core responsibilities of the post holder will be as follow: 1.     To develop and support the Upper GI/HPB SABR service at Royal Free and Barnet hospital health units. 2.     To support the ongoing development and delivery of lung chemoradiotherapy and lung SABR across the Royal Free and Barnet health units. 3.     To attend weekly tumour specific lung and upper GI/HPB MDTs. 4.     To attend the weekly SABR MDTs. 5.     To cover the Liver SIRT MDT up to 10 times per year. 6. To take responsibility for the designated clinical workload including all relevant MDMs and out-patient clinics. 7.To take part in radiotherapy clinical trials in lung and upper GI/HPB cancer at Royal Free health unit. 8.   To partake in an acute oncology ward round on alternate weeks at Barnet Hospital. 9.  To participate in the radiotherapy (1 in 8) and acute oncology (1 in 18) on call rota for The Royal Free health unit. 10.  To attend monthly consultant departmental meetings. 11.  To provide postgraduate teaching for junior staff. 12. To provide clinical supervision for specialist registrars. 13.  To participate in undergraduate medical student teaching. 14.  To comply with all the clinical governance processes and procedures of the Trust. 15.  Compliance with Patients’ Charter and Purchasers’ requirements.16.  To lead and participate in medical audit as per Royal College of Physicians guidelines.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please See in attached JD Proposed Timetable:

The proposed job plan will provide 8 PAs for DCC and 2 PAs for Supporting Professional Activates (SPAs). An indicative job plan for this role is proposed to be:

 On-call commitments: 1 in 8 (category A rota) radiotherapy rota for weekend radiotherapy emergencies. On-call commitments: 1 in 18 (20) (category B rota) oncology rota for oncological inpatient management/ attending system

SPA activity will include:

Clinical and Educational Supervision

PG teaching for registrars

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • The highest ethical and professional standards in research, education and clinical practice
  • Member of a medical defence union
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and understanding of the principles of resource and budgetary management within the NHS

Education and Professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Possession of MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • Membership of the Royal College of Radiologists
  • Accreditation by the RCR or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT (or equivalent) at time of interview
  • Eligible for GMC registration and entry onto the GMC Specialist Register in the area of Clinical Oncology
Desirable criteria
  • Post graduate medical degree eg MD / PhD

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience and commitment to multi-disciplinary working
  • Wide experience in oncology
  • Experience of Upper GI, HPB and Lung cancers
  • Experience and an interest in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
  • Clinical audit experience
  • Clinical Trials experience
Desirable criteria
  • Proven ability and commitment to carry out high quality research in the field, leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Neha Chopra
Job title
Clinical Service Lead for Oncology Royal Free NHS
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Dr Mark Prentice, Clinical Lead for Radiotherapy at Royal Free Hospital on email [email protected]

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