With a Specialist Interest in Gynaecological Cancer and Melanoma

Consultant MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST

with a specialist interest in gynaecological cancer and melanoma

beatson west of scotland cancer centre

INFORMATION PACK

REF: 47896D

cLOSING DATE: 28th JULY 2017

SUMMARY INFORMATION RELATING TO THIS POSITION

Post: Consultant medical oncologist with an interest GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCER AND MELANOMA

base: beatson west of scotland cancer centre

The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre (WoSCC), is seeking to appoint a Consultant Oncologist with a specialist interest in Gynaecological cancer and Melanoma.

This post is an NHS position employed primarily to deliver specialist Gynaecological oncology and Melanoma input into Greater Glasgow and Clyde and surrounding Health Boards.

The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre (BWoSCC) opened in May 2007, completing a state of the art comprehensive cancer centre that has cost £110 million. It is Scotland’s largest cancer centre, and the second largest in the UK. The centre has undergone unprecedented investment and our clinical teams deliver oncology services to a catchment population of 2.9 million people across 4 Health Board areas. The centre is part of the CRUK virtual comprehensive cancer treatment and research centre which also includes the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research and soon to be built Translational Research Centre. It incorporates the Regional Haemato-oncology Autologous Transplant Unit and the National Allogeneic Transplant Service for haematological malignancies.

The equipment in the new centre is state-of-the-art, and includes 11 linear accelerators with on board imaging, and incorporates Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT), IMRT, and Stereotactic Radiotherapy into our portfolio of available technologies. The centre uses VMAT technology to more effectively deliver IMRT. A completely new brachytherapy unit and programme has been established in the centre. A state of the art satellite centre opened on the Monklands hospital site in Lanarkshire in November 2015.This was conceived and delivered to specifically address radiotherapy capacity issues with the added benefit of local radiotherapy delivery.This facility provides a further 2 LINACS fully integrated with the parent site.

The Beatson is an internationally renowned academic centre, with Professors of Medical Oncology, Clinical Oncology, Translational Research and Palliative Care currently in post. Professor Karen Vousden leads a renowned CRUK core-funded program of research at the internationallycompetitive Beatson Institute for Cancer Research.

In addition, the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre Clinical research unit is the largest of its kind to be funded by Cancer Research UK. The unit offers support to all clinicians within the BWoSCC to initiate and conduct first-in man clinical trials. The unit has a large portfolio of Phase I-III studies across the range of cancer sub-specialties and has a particular interest in the development of new anti-cancer drugs, supported by designated staff and facilities for Phase I/early Phase II clinical trials. The unit also houses Scotland’s first ever co-ordinating centre for the National Cancer Research Institute.

Glasgow has excellent schools, public transport and recreational facilities.

For further details of the posts please contact:

The Clinical Director, Dr David Dodds +44 (0)141 301 7076, e-mail

Applicants must have full GMC registration, a licence to practise and be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training

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ACUTE SERVICES DIVISION,

NHS GREATER GLASGOW & CLYDE

Consultant Medical Oncologist

Gynaecological Cancer and Melanoma

BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE

Ref: 47896D

BEATSON ONCOLOGY CENTRE

CONSULTANT ONCOLOGIST

TOPIC

1. Brief description of the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre

1. Role of the Cancer Centre

3.The work of the Directorate/Department/Specialty

4.The job itself

5.Duties of the post

Clinical Commitments Teaching, Research and Audit Study and Training Research Opportunities Provisional Weekly Timetable

6.Arrangements to visit the Cancer Centre

7.Person Specification Oncologist

1. Terms & Conditions

9. Further Information

BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE

Further Particulars of the Post of Consultant Medical Oncologist

Based initially at Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre with duties in Greater Glasgow and Clyde and surrounding Health Boards.

1. Description of the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre

The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre (BWoSCC) is one of the United Kingdom’s largest and busiest cancer centres. The centre has undergone unprecedented investment and our clinical teams are redesigning the way oncology services are delivered to a catchment population of 2.9m people across four Health Board areas. It offers our team of professionals a truly state-of–the-art environment in which to practise and develop their skills. The Scottish Government and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will have spent 1.6b by 2015 on capital and infrastructure to best deliver care for the West of Scotland population.

An internationally-renowned teaching centre, the Cancer Centre incorporates the academic units of Medical Oncology, Clinical Oncology, Translational Research and Palliative Care. Glasgow is a large, lively and friendly city and a great place to make a home. In addition it has excellent transport links to other parts of Scotland, the UK and beyond.

1. Role of the Cancer Centre

The role of the Cancer Centre is to deliver all non-surgical oncology services provided for residents of the West of Scotland on the basis that:

services meet equitably the assessed needs of the population served

a high quality service, integrated within the Cancer Centre and also with other cancer care providers, is provided

services provided compare favourably with those elsewhere in the UK and there is continual focus on improving care and treatment for patients

expenditure represents value for money

staff are valued and encouraged to maintain high standards of patient care through, for example, access to continuing professional development

clinical outcomes are monitored and are discussed in the context of clinical audit and clinical governance

research and development are encouraged

3.The Work of the Cancer Centre

The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre provides specialist oncology services to 60% of the Scottish population. The centre sees over 10,000 new patients a year and over 50,000 return patients. Over 100,000 fractions of radiotherapy and 30,000 cycles of chemotherapy are given each year. An equivalent amount of chemotherapy is delivered in the surrounding Board District General Hospitals under the auspices of Specialist Oncology Services.

The centre has 170 beds in 9 wards (including haemato-oncology). One of these wards runs as an 8 bedded Brachytherapy Unit and one as an 18 bed 5 day/week ward. There is also a day case chemotherapy unit. Up to 8 appropriate patients are accommodated in a local hotel while they undergo radiotherapy. The centre has its own out-patient department pharmacy where cytotoxic drugs are reconstituted. The Beatson also delivers significant cancer services from the new Victoria Hospital South of the Clyde.

The Centre is fully equipped to deliver optimal radiotherapeutic care, including IMRT, IGRT and Stereotaxy. Rapid Arc Technology for the delivery of IMRT is used routinely.

There is excellent access to CT scanning facilities for radiation planning, both in the Cancer Centre, the WestGlasgowHospitals and many of the District General Hospitals throughout the Region where digital communication links can transmit CT scan images to the centre. There is an excellentMRI service within the Cancer Centre and Gartnavel General. A second CT-PET scanner was commissioned at the West of Scotland PET Centre in 2011. There is very good co-operation with the Regional Department of Clinical Physics and Bio-Engineering whose headquarters are nearby. The Radiotherapy Division is based in the Cancer Centre. A dedicated research physics resource facilitates new developments in radiotherapy.

National services at the Cancer Centre include sarcoma, allogeneic stem cell transplantation, prostate brachytherapy and ophthalmic oncology. The Cancer Centre offers the full range of evidence-based regional oncology services, and CHART is also delivered.

The Cancer Centre is an internationally renowned academic centre, with Professors of Medical Oncology, Neuro-Oncology, and Translational Cancer Research currently in post. Professor Karen Vousden heads the laboratories at the internationally renowned Beatson Institute for Cancer Research. This initiative, developed in collaboration with Cancer Research UK, offers unrivalled opportunity for collaboration in basic cancer research. The Beatson Institute has undergone a £20 million redevelopment funded by Cancer Research UK and the University of Glasgow. The BICR, BWOSCC and the soon to be built translational research centre. This virtual comprehensive cancer treatment and research organisation has recently been awarded CRUK centre status.

For the Cancer Centre as a whole, there are particular close links with the academic departments in GlasgowUniversity of gynaecology, surgery, pathology, dermatology and ophthalmology. These involve several joint clinics as well as clinical research projects. Close links also exist with Caledonian University (therapy radiography), Strathclyde University and Paisley University (radiation physics).

In addition, the Clinical Research Unit at the BWOSCC is the largest of its kind to be funded by Cancer Research UK. It houses Scotland’s first ever co-ordinating centre for the National Cancer Research Institute. The unit offers support to all clinicians within the BWOSCC to initiate and conduct clinical trials. The unit has a large portfolio of Phase I - III studies across the range of cancer sub-specialties and has a particular interest in the development of new anti-cancer drugs. It is supported by designated staff and facilities for Phase I/early Phase II clinical trials. The trials unit has been rated alpha-star by external review. Already, at least 11% of the regional cancer centre’s patients are entered into clinical trials.

The Specialist Palliative Care team has recently undergone expansion and now include 4 consultant posts and 3 clinical nurse specialists.

Clinics are held in eight hospitals within NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and in seven in other board areas. Chemotherapy is prescribed and delivered in nine hospitals outwith the city of Glasgow.

4.The Job Itself

(a)Title:ConsultantMedical Oncologist

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde is the employing authority.

The Names of current consultant members of the Service are:

The Names of current consultant members of the Service are:

Clinical Oncology

Dr David Dodds (Clinical Director)

Dr Diana Ritchie

Professor Anthony ChalmersDr Stefano Schipani

Dr Richard D JonesDr Azmat Sadozye

Dr Fiona Cowie Prof Nick Reed

Dr Allan JamesDr Claire Paterson

Dr Rosemary StevensDr Nazia Mohammed

Dr Alec McDonaldDr Jan Wallace

Dr Kathryn GrahamDr Carrie Featherstone

Dr Abdulla Alhasso Dr Jonathan Hicks

Dr David McIntoshDr Christina Wilson

Dr Vivienne MacLaren Dr Sam Marashi

Dr Rosie HarrandDr Graeme Lumsden

Dr Stephen HarrowDr Grainne Dunn

Dr Norma SidekDr Carolynn Lamb

Dr Brian ClarkDr Derek Grose

Dr Noelle O’RourkeDr Nick MacLeod

Dr Ross CarruthersDr Stefan Nowicki

Dr Tareq AbdullahDr Almu Cascales

Dr David McIntoshDr Stephen McKay

Medical Oncology

Dr David Dunlop Dr Hilary Glen

Dr Ros GlasspoolDr Jennifer Brown

Prof Rob Jones Prof T R Jeff Evans

Dr Iain MacPhersonDr Jeff White

Dr Sophie BarrettDr Judy Fraser

Dr Lucy ScottDr Ashita Waterston

Dr Nicola SteeleDr Clinton Ali

Dr Janet GrahamDr Dawn Storey

Prof. Iain McNeishDr Balaji Venugopal

Dr Sara SlaterDr Anne McKillop

Palliative Medicine

Dr Alison Mitchell

Dr Jane Edgecombe

Dr Helen Morrison

Dr Emma Dymond

Number and Grades of Junior Medical Staff

“Specialist Registrars” 19 in Clinical Oncology + 5 in Medical Oncology

“Senior House Officers” 15

Associate Specialist in Oncology 1

Speciality Doctors 5

Departmental Organisation

In order to facilitate medical management the BWOSCC is divided into 6 teams for specialist oncology services based on the following tumour sites:

Breast

Lung

Urology

GI

Head & Neck (& neuro-oncology)

Gynaecology (including neuro endocrine and sarcoma)

All wards within the BWOSCC (with the exception of brachytherapy) are allocated to the teams and have integrated medical and clinical oncology. There are 2 Consultant on-call rotas, one for Medical Oncology and one for Clinical Oncology. The BWOSCC is committed to multi-disciplinary team working and the Cancer Managed Clinical Networks for the West of Scotland.

Each team has a trainer who supervises the trainees. The teams are headed by a team leader who is responsible for the development of departmental medical protocols and responsible for absence management. All Consultants are members of the Consultants’ Committee where matters of general concern, including protocols are discussed.

There is a multidisciplinary Chemotherapy Team consisting of Specialty Grade Doctors, Clinical Nurse Specialists, IV Nurses and Phlebotomists who administer most of the IV chemotherapy given in the Department. Many of the senior nurses, radiographers and pharmacists deliver non-medical chemotherapy and radiotherapy review clinics

All beds are shared and managed by a Bed Management Team who arrange elective and non-elective admissions on the basis of need.

Clinic referrals and MDTs in the various tumour sites are managed by teams who provide a cooperative approach to absence management to provide sustainable consultant led input into the MDTs. These teams of consultants are essentially independent of registrar support but have defined, permanent clinical support from clinical nurse specialists, prescribing pharmacists and specialty doctors.

5.Duties of the Post

Clinical Commitments: Gynaecology, Melanoma

The main focus of the clinical workload will be to participate in the non surgical management of Gynaecological cancers and malignant melanoma. The Gynaecological team is multidisciplinary and based in the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre.There may be an opportunity to develop services in surrounding Health Board regions depending on the successful candidates circumstances. Currently chemotherapy is delivered in the Cancer Centre and within Greater Glasgow.

In addition the post will also deliver specialist oncology input to the Regional Melanoma service also based in the Cancer Centre. This service also benefits from a multidisciplinary team to which the successful candidate would contribute. An on-call commitment to Medical Oncology acute receiving will be part of the post.

Teaching, Research and Audit

Although there is no dedicated time within the job plan for teaching and training activities, additional SPA time may be negotiated through the Appraisal and Job Planning process. The BWOSCC has a suite of seminar rooms for lectures and meetings. A junior doctor training programme is in place and the post holder will be expected to contribute to this as a clinical or educational supervisor.

Study and Training

The BWOSCC has its own specialist library run by a part time librarian.

Research Opportunities

The BWOSCC has a good track record in clinical research. It is a major contributor to local, national and international trials with about 1000 patients a year being entered and randomised through the Clinical Trials Unit.

Provisional Weekly Timetable

This job plan is negotiable and will be agreed between the successful applicant and the Clinical Director. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde initially allocates all full time consultants 10 PAs made up of 9 PAs in Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and one core Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) for CPD, audit, clinical governance, appraisal, revalidation, job planning, internal routine communication and management meetings. The precise allocation of SPA time and associate objectives will be agreed with the successful applicant and will be reviewed at annual job planning.

The following is a weekly provisional specimen timetable* of duties, including the location(s) at which they are to be performed. Following appointment the successful appointee may negotiate additional SPA for specific departmental needs with the Clinical Director

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
AM / BWOSCC
Gynae OP clinic
1 DCC session / BWOSCC
Ward Round
1 DCC session / BWOSCC
Gynae MDT
1 DCC session / BWOSCC
Gynae Chemo clinic
1 DCC
Session / Melanoma OP clinic
1 DCC
session
PM / BWOSCC
Gynae OP clinic
1 DCC session / BWOSCC
Clinical Admin
1 DCC session / BWOSCC
Gynae OP Clinic
1 DCC session / BWOSCC
Melanoma OP clinic
1 DCC session / BWOSCC
SPA
1 SPA session

SPA – Supporting Professional Activity

MDT – Multi-disciplinary Team Meeting

DCC – Direct Clinical Care

BWOSCC – Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre

The consultant has a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, and for the proper functioning of his/her department.

The consultant will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical department.

In addition to the duties mentioned above, duties at other hospitals may be necessary.

7.Arrangements to visit the Directorate

For more information about the BWOSCC and its exciting plans for the future, call the Clinical Director, Dr David Dodds on 44 (0) 301 7076, e-mail

NHS GREATER GLASGOW & CLYDE

Specialist Oncology Services

Person Specification for Consultant Medical/Clinical Oncologist

Essential / Desirable
1. / Attainments
1.1 / Full registration with the General Medical Council / 
1.2 / Must hold, or at time of interview, be within 6 months of CCT / 
1.3 / MRCP or equivalent / 
2. / Experience/Training
2.1 / Good general medical training / 
2.2 / Demonstrable experience of up-to-date radiotherapy and particularly chemotherapy practice and knowledge of clinical trials / 
2.3 / Experience of multi-disciplinary team working / 
2.4 / Experience of audit and research / 
2.5 / Understanding of concept of Managed Clinical Networks / 
2.6 / Awareness of use of protocols in practice / 
3. / Special Aptitudes & Abilities
3.1 / Excellent organisational & communication skills / 
3.2 / Sound IT Skills / 
3.3 / Effective in the teaching and training of junior colleagues / 
3.4 / Patient focussed / 
3.5 / Knowledge of general management issues / 
4. / Disposition
4.1 / Proven team player / 
4.2 / Excellent communication with patient, relatives and staff, both written and oral / 
4.3 / Proactive / 
4.4 / Motivational skills / 
4.5 / Experience of mentoring students/staff / 
5. / Special Factors
5.1 / Current driving licence / 
5.2 / Flexibility in working hours
(within constraints of the Consultant Contract) / 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

The conditions of service are those laid down and amended from time to time by the Hospital and Medical & Dental Whitley Council.