Job summary

We are offering an excellent opportunity to work in our Oncology team with14 consultants.

You will join a growing team of medics with 14 oncologists, 7 SpRs and 9 specialty doctors.

The Oncology Department provides a comprehensive clinical, radiotherapy and chemotherapy service for the population of Southern Derbyshire and South Staffordshire (1,100,000 population). The full range of Oncology malignancies are treated at the Royal Derby Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must have full GMC registration with a licence to practise at time of application. You will have at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis), at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty. Alternatively you will have equivalent experience and competencies. Your previous experience will include responsibility for Acute Medical Care and ideally experience working in the NHS.

As well as clinical commitments, the posts do carry teaching/learning opportunities and attendance at accredited learning events will be encouraged and funded by the Trust.

The post will be based at the Royal Derby Hospital, Derby and Queens Hospital Burton.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily
• We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust - over 3,300 per week
• An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day - 6th largest in the country
• Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.
• We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
• We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
• We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day