Consultant Paediatric and Adolescent Oncologist with Late Effects Posted 1 week ago. We are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity for a Consultant Paediatric and Adolescent Oncologist to join the paediatric oncology team within the Children and Young People’s Cancer Service. This is one of four substantive Consultant Paediatric and Adolescent Oncologist posts within our service, brought about by a radical workforce redesign that aims to improve the attractiveness and sustainability of working practices. We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled colleague to deliver expert care to children and young people with cancer. Specifically, we seek someone with a demonstrable interest in late effects. The role will also include supporting clinical oncologists in delivering proton‑beam radiotherapy to external patients in complementary areas of specialism such as brain tumours, rare tumours or sarcoma. Attending and on‑call cover of paediatric oncology and teenage in‑patients is a core part of the post. The job plan will contain 7 Programmed Activities per week to be carried out on UCLH sites.

Emergency duties (including emergency work carried out during or arising from on‑call) On‑call: Contribute to the CYPCS acute on‑call rota. This will be a 1:7 consultant on call for paediatric oncology and 1:7 weekends with ward rounds on site each day; and subsequently on call from home with return if necessary. Attending: Responsible for about 10 attending weeks per year (1 in 8) with clinical responsibility for acute oncology care in inpatient, ambulatory care, Grafton Way building radiotherapy suites and outpatient environments. Minimum of 2 formal ward rounds per week. Multi‑disciplinary meetings: Attend MDTs related to patient care including the late effects MDT, psychosocial MDTs in paediatrics and separately in TYA, particularly when attending to advocate for own patients. Out‑patient clinics: Conduct 2–3 clinics per week, one of which will be late effects. Collaborative working with the Clinical Oncology team to provide paediatric oncology expertise for external patients referred for proton‑beam and photon radiotherapy. Administration directly related to the above (including but not limited to referrals & notes).

About University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust UCLH is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top‑quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research. We provide first‑class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing) National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals University College Hospital Grafton Way Building Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre The Hospital for Tropical Diseases University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We specialise in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world‑class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040. Contact: Name: Dr Rachael WindsorJob title: Consultant Paediatric and Adolescent OncologistEmail address: Rachael.windsor@nhs.net Job details

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Health Care Provider Industries: Hospitals and Health Care

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