Job summary
- Main area
- oncology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 331-7745724-UHMB
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary
- Town
- lancaster
- Salary
- £76,965 - £88,682 Dependent on experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Oncology Consultant Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 8c
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly skilled Consultant Clinical Practitioner to join our Oncology Service at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.
This post is a senior clinical leadership role, aligned to the Multi-professional Consultant-Level Practice Capability and Impact Framework (HEE, 2020/2021), offering the chance to shape cancer services across the organisation and wider Integrated Care System.
The successful candidate will provide expert autonomous clinical practice, system leadership, education, research and service transformation, contributing significantly to improving outcomes for people living with cancer.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant Clinical Practitioner will work across four core pillars of consultant practice:
- Expert Clinical Practice
- Strategic and Enabling Leadership
- Learning, Development and Improvement Across the System
- Research and Innovation
You will practise independently as a consultant-level practitioner, managing complex caseloads, influencing system-wide pathways, developing the workforce and leading quality improvement and research initiatives locally, regionally and nationally.
- Provide senior clinical leadership within Oncology and across medicine services.
- Influence commissioning, service redesign and transformation across organisational and system boundaries.
- Maintain effective budgetary control
- Lead and deliver a multi-professional education and training strategy, including Advanced Clinical Practice.
- Act as educational supervisor for ACPs and support the Trust-wide supervision framework.
- Work closely with universities, HEE and professional bodies to shape curricula and workforce pipelines.
- Lead research, clinical audit and quality improvement programmes within Oncology.
- Publish and disseminate research findings nationally and internationally.
- Use data and evidence to improve pathways, reduce unwarranted variation and support admission avoidance.
- Develop clinical guidelines, policies and standard operating procedures at service and Trust level.
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Our Community Service for adults are provided in people's homes ,community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent , improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care , advice and support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
leadership
Essential criteria
- Extensive leadership: leading teams, developing services, problem solving
- Training to Masters level
- Research, Innovation and quality Improvement embedded into practice
- System level leadership:
- Meets the HEE consultant-level framework
Desirable criteria
- doctorate
- clinical lead of a service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Feeney
- Job title
- Directorate Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07855092009
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