Consultant Medical Oncologist - Melanoma and Breast

This is a post within the Kent Oncology Centre, based at Canterbury and Medway Hospitals, providing services to patients from East Kent and Medway This post holder will be responsible for providing a chemotherapy oncology service for Melanoma and Breast, 1. To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on‑call or for annual leave. 2. To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust. 3. To work in close co‑operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust's patients, and to contribute to future thinking about the Trust's strategic direction.

• Dedication to maintaining and developing the cancer care group in co‑operation with other hospital departments.
• Dedication to maintaining and developing the cancer care group in co‑operation with other hospital departments. An interest and a capacity to teach and learn from members of the multidisciplinary team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

• Full GMC registration or equivalent.
• FRCR/MRCP or equivalent (Entry on the Specialist Register as a clinical oncologist or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the advisory appointments committee), Higher qualification in Medicine.
• Research degree (MD/PhD).
• Clinical Experience in relevant tumour sites., Enthusiasm for developing tumour site specialisation and Cancer Services in Kent.
• Ability to organise and manage., Ability to work in a team.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Caring attitude to patients.

The Trust provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 480,000 in West Kent and North East Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population. Its major hospitals are the Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury and Maidstone Hospital with a satellite site at Fordcombe., Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second‑best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey.

We are a large acute hospital trust in south‑east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre. Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day‑care beds, diagnostic services (X‑ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.

Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 23.7% and life assurance benefits
• Blue Light card eligibility
• And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below

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