Job Description

This post is for 8 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week on a substantive contract to work within the Medical Oncology Breast Disease Group.

The outpatient clinics will be held at The Christie main site and Bolton satellite center. The MDTs are held at Bolton but will be attended remotely.

The Medical Oncologist appointed will work with the Breast team to provide a comprehensive clinical service for breast patients. This includes patients in the outpatient, inpatient and ambulatory settings, and SACT whilst also providing Medical Oncology input to the Breast MDT.

The Breast Disease Group, Chaired by Dr Anne Armstrong and Dr Vivek Misra currently consists of 12 Clinical and 10 Medical Oncologists. These oncologists manage all of the breast cancers diagnosed within the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network, with many oncologists delivering a peripheral service through MDTs and clinics. Systemic therapy is delivered centrally or given to patients at peripheral or outreach clinics according to agreed protocols. Radiotherapy is delivered at The Christie or at satellite units in Salford, Oldham and Macclesfield.



The appointee will be expected to develop a significant interest in Breast oncology delivering systemic therapy. Undertaking clinic duties at the Withington site and our peripheral centre at Bolton.

This year the whole Medical Oncology team will see around 940 New patients and around 14,000 Follow up patients through the Breast team clinics.

All Disease Group consultants work as part of a multi-disciplinary team supporting the delivery of this work including Nurse Clinicians, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Fellows, Specialist Trainees, Pharmacists and Research Nurses

The Disease Group has a strong emphasis on research with an active systemic therapy and radiotherapy trial portfolio supported by 7 Research Nurses and 5 Clinical Trial Administrators. The Breast Disease Research Sub-group has a 6-weekly business meeting to which all members of the Disease Group are invited.

The post holder will be actively involved in delivering all aspects of systemic therapy. The well supported team structure and ethos facilitates cross-cover of clinical work.

There is collaborative working within both the breast medical oncology research teams which the successful applicant will be expected to participate in.



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 timetable below is indicative and will be confirmed on commencement in post.



It is the requirement of the Trust that all new consultant colleagues must have 0.25 SPAs within their job plan to support Trust appraisal and supervision requirements. This can either be as appraiser or a supervisor for medical staff or Advanced clinical Practitioners.



AM



Monday



Tuesday



Wednesday



Thursday



Friday



09:00-



12:30



NWD



Clinic



Main site



1PA



Bolton MDT (remote)/Ward round (alternate weeks)



0.5 PA



SPA



0.5 PA



Clinic



Main site



1PA



Clinic



Bolton



1PA



PM



Monday



Tuesday



Wednesday



Thursday



Friday



13:00-17:00



NWD



SPA



1PA



Clinic



Main site



1PA



SPA



1PA



Admin



1PA



NB This timetable is indicative



Job Plan PA Summary



Total PAs



Direct Clinical Care (DCC)



5.5



Out-Patient clinics



4



MDT



0.5



Administration



1



Supporting Professional Activities (SPA)



2.5



Supervision role (minimum 0.25 must be allocated)



0.25



(including training, CPD, teaching, audit, clinical governance, research, appraisal, revalidation and clinical management)



2.25



Total Programmed Activities (PAs)



8



On call Commitments



This role does require participation in the on-call rota. Consultants in the department share in an on-call rota that involves a commitment to a full week in every twenty weeks. This covers the Specialist Registrar who is second on-call. The on-call consultant provides a post-take ward round each morning to review all newly admitted patients, and any sick patients escalated by the team. This takes place seven days per week. Given the low frequency of on-call (1:20) the PAs associated with the predictable element of weekend on-call work form part of the job plan rather than time in lieu. This may be reviewed in the future if requirements for on-call change.



The post holder will have access to office accommodation with computer, intranet and internet and admin/secretarial support.