Senior Trust Doctor - Teenage & Young Adult Haematology/Oncology
Full-time
Senior Executive
5 months ago
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the atta.....
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. The TYA Service at UCLH is the largest in the world, attracting an international reputation, with regular visits from experts from around the globe. We provide comprehensive tertiary care for patients from diagnosis, through to survivorship or palliative care. We provide all aspects of state-of-the-art cancer care and are a quaternary centre for specific treatments, including radio-isotope therapy and proton beam therapy. The clinical service is enhanced by exceptional clinical and translational research based within University College London and the Institute of Child Health. All patients aged 0-18 years with a diagnosis of cancer, within the North Thames TYA Cancer Network are referred into the UCLH/GOSH Principal Treatment Centre. Patients aged 19-24 years are offered the choice to be referred to UCLH or to be treated at local Designated Hospitals within the Operational Delivery Network (ODN). The newly opened Grafton Way Hospital houses the Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) Centre, one of only two sites in the UK. PBT offers innovative radiotherapy for certain cancer patients, with children making a significant proportion providing new models of care, synergistic clinical provision and research opportunities. These children require extensive supportive and POSCU-like care, offering opportunities for the development of new services linking acute paediatrics, CYPCS and radiotherapy. We also have a wide portfolio of clinical trials in all disease subtype, and you will have the opportunity to be actively involved as a sub-investigator. You will be joining a friendly team to provide an excellent and comprehensive TYA Haematology/Oncology service within UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to contact us to discuss this further and work out how this post could be right for you. For further information on this post, please contact Dr Valeria Fiaccadori (v.fiaccadori@nhs.net) or Dr Carmen Soto (carmen.soto@nhs.net). Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust *In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row. UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
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