An new and exciting opportunity to join the Lung and Acute team at The Christie NHS foundation Trust.
The appointee will be based at The Christie and will provide consultant level care for patients with Lung cancer from both The Christie Withington site and the Wythenshawe Hospital site of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. This includes providing outpatient care through the outpatient clinics and day case units where Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Treatments are delivered, as well as inpatient care on the main adult oncology wards.
This role also rotates into an Acute Oncology consultant post providing an inpatient service for selected non-elective admissions where the reason for admission is primarily related to the patient’s underlying malignant diagnosis or its treatment. All admissions are already in receipt of oncology care at the Trust. Normal route of admission is via our 24hr hotline which triages patients and diverts patients to their Acute Trust A&E if appropriate. This is, therefore, not an unselected intake. Those who are admitted usually spend the first 24 – 72 hours on an acute assessment ward (staffed during the day by a consultant in Acute Medicine or General Medicine) & are then transferred to one of the base wards if their admission requires a longer stay. In addition, patients are admitted electively for treatment or procedures.
The role of the consultant is to provide senior support, leadership & co-ordination of the junior doctors on the wards, to liaise with the patient’s oncology team, ensure the patients are appropriately assessed & managed regarding their in-patient episode, progressed without delay on their management plan and appropriately prepared for discharge to avoid unnecessary delay. The consultant will provide board rounds with attendance and contributions from the multi-disciplinary team & direct reviews as required and within the time available. Another key role of this post is to provide junior doctor supervision, education and support for their inpatient work.
The postholder will contribute to the delivery of high‑quality consultant‑led care across 7 days. This includes participation in planned weekend and weekday clinical activity to support safe, timely decision‑making and continuity of care for patients.
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 role will be responsible for:
- Management of patients with Lung Cancer receiving standard therapy and in phase II/III trials including treatment decisions and ongoing care.
- Participating in all relevant aspects of clinical governance, including maintaining up to date protocols, guidelines and clinical audit, under the supervision of the other consultants in the unit.
- Contribute to current research projects and establish new opportunities to expand and develop research within the team.
- Revision and development of evidence-based protocols for patients and undertaking the administrative duties associated with the care of their patients.
- Maintaining a level of continuing professional development consistent with the recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians.
- Contributing to the undergraduate teaching of medical students on oncology topics.
- Providing lectures for the busy postgraduate teaching programme.
- Actively contributing to the training of junior doctors and other multi-disciplinary team members in both in-patient and outpatient departments including acting as clinical supervisor.
- Undertake clinical audit as a member of The Christie Medical Staff Committee.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
AM
Lung Outpatient Clinic 1DCC
Lung
New Patient/Research Clinic 1DCC
Acute Oncology
1DCC
Acute Oncology
1DCC
Acute Oncology
1DCC
PM
SPA/Admin
SPA/Admin
Acute Oncology
1DCC
Acute Oncology
1DCC
Ward Round/SPA
0.5DCC 0.5
NB This timetable is indicative
Job Plan PA Summary
Total PAs
Direct Clinical Care (DCC)
7.5
Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) (including 1.5 core SPA)
2.5
Supervision role (minimum 0.25 must be allocated)
0.25
Total Programmed Activities (PAs)
10
