RECRUITMENT INFORMATION PACK
LOCUM CONSULTANT IN CANCER GENETICS
(2 YEARS FIXED TERM)
CONTENTS PAGE
Section A Introduction from Sir Leonard Fenwick CBE, 3 Chief Executive
Section B Overview 4
Section C About the Trust 6
Section D About the Area 16
Section E Introduction to the Directorate 17
Section F Advertisement 18
Section G Job Description 20
Section H Person Specification 23
Section I Job Plan 26
Section J How to Apply 28
Section K Main Terms & Conditions of Service 32
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Introduction from Sir Leonard Fenwick CBE, Chief Executive
As one of the largest and highest performing NHS Foundation Trusts in the country, we are unrelenting in our endeavour for clinical excellence, continuously seeking to improve the services we provide for our patients and the communities we serve.
The Trust consistently meets the Care Quality Commission (CQC) ‘Essential Standards of Quality and Safety’ which recently confirmed a rating following inspection of ‘Outstanding’.
Our services are rated amongst the best in the country according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inpatient Survey 2015; in the most recent NHS Friends and Family Test 98% of our in-patients would recommend our services, and 96% of our staff recommends the patient care provided.
We are very proud of our initiatives and improvements in quality of care; while the challenges which remain are greater than ever we are confident that will continue to embrace the opportunities to be innovative and enhance the quality and safety for patients and staff.
As a Consultant you will bring a professional approach to all clinical activity, putting patient care at the heart of all we do. The Trust expects a great deal of its consultants and offers huge scope for those with personal and professional ambition. I invite you to join our consultant body which is intent on remaining at the forefront of leadership and innovation in all that we do.
Please take time to absorb the information from this recruitment pack. If you have any queries please contact Dr Paul Brennan (Clinical Director, telephone 0191 241 8758) or Dr Miranda Splitt (Consultant in Clinical Genetics, telephone 0191 241 8600). If you believe you share our passion and drive for excellence and have the experience and gravitas we seek, we look forward to receiving your application.
Sir Leonard Fenwick CBE Chief Executive
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OVERVIEW
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NuTH) is one of the largest and most successful teaching hospitals in England providing academically led acute, specialist and community services locally to a large and diverse population across the North East and Cumbria as well as nationally and internationally.
The Trust operates across a number of locations including acute sites (Freeman Hospital, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Campus for Ageing and Vitality and Centre for Life) and a number of community sites. Redevelopment of these sites over the last few years has seen the consolidation of core services onto two main hospital sites enabled by the Transforming Newcastle Hospitals programme.
We provide one of the highest number of specialist services of any Trust in the UK and are recognised nationally and internationally as a centre for healthcare excellence. This is evidenced in the Cardiothoracic Centre, the only one in the UK to provide all complex cardiopulmonary surgery, including heart and lung transplants for both children and adults. Furthermore the Trust has the UK’s first Institute of Transplantation which is a one stop shop model dedicated to all forms of solid organ transplant surgery.
We have a turnover of circa £1 billion per annum, contracting with thirteen CCGs, three local authorities and NHS England for its main business. The Trust also delivers a range of specialist services to other commissioners across the country via individual contract arrangements.
One of the largest employers in the region, the Trust has around 14,000 staff across a number of professions and staff groups. The Trust works closely with local providers of education including Newcastle University and the University of Northumbria to offer high quality education and training to ensure the workforce of the future.
The Trust has a strong culture of research and innovation with formal management relationships with Newcastle University and the University of Northumbria in Newcastle. The Trust is one of the top in the country for the quantity of research and recruitment to commercial and non-commercial portfolio studies.
A core member of the North East and North Cumbria Academic Health Science Network (NENC AHSN) and Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA), we continue to attract health science, innovation and commercial opportunities to the North East.
We are a Wave One, Genomic Medicine Centres as part of the 100,000 Genomes Programme, we achieve our strategic aim to become a centre for excellence for genomics. The partnership of the Northern Genetics Service, Newcastle University, Trust pathology service and NewGene (a unique partnership to develop, validate and deliver molecular diagnostics using the latest high throughput sequencing and genotyping technologies) will ensure that the outputs of the programme are disseminated through research and translation into clinical care.
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Our strong history of joint working has led to a number of strategic partnerships across health and social care with many of these relationships translating into integrated and multiagency pathways of care for patients. The integration agenda is an opportunity to accelerate system transformation and further develop and grow integrated pathways of care for patients.
We are an active member of the Shelford Group, a network of specialist teaching hospitals which undertakes comparative work and addresses issues of common interest. This includes: Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; King’s College London NHS Foundation Trust; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
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ABOUT THE TRUST
In-patient clinical services are based on two sites - the Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Freeman Hospital. The Royal Victoria Infirmary site is the acute admitting site with the Great North Trauma and Emergency Centre together with acute medical services, maternity services and the Great North Children’s Hospital. The Freeman site is of a more elective nature with surgical services, cardiothoracic services, transplantation, and the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC).
Royal Victoria Infirmary:
New Victoria Wing, Royal Victoria Infirmary
The Royal Victoria Infirmary’s city centre site is shared by the Medical and Dental Schools and is adjacent to the Newcastle University campus.
Directorate Service Cancer Services and Haemophilia Centre Clinical Haematology Haemostasis and Thrombosis Cardiothoracic Services Cardiology Children’s Services A full range of secondary and tertiary paediatric medicine and surgery, including one of two national paediatric immunodeficiency units. Community Services From 1 April 2011 management of Community Health Services in Newcastle transferred to the Trust. Integrated Sexual Health District Nursing Health Visitors Family Nurse Partnership School Nursing
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Directorate Service Community Matron TB Tracing Chronic Disease Monitoring Community Response & Rehabilitation Team Interface Team Home Re-ablement Funded Nursing Care Consultant Led Continuing Care Beds Smoking Cessation Core Health Improvement Service Nurse Practitioners Walk-in Centres Dental Dental Hospital Maxillo-Facial Surgery Laboratory Medicine Biochemistry, Cellular Pathology Health Protection Agency Medicine and Older Accident and Emergency/Trauma Centre (Great North Trauma People’s Medicine and Emergency Centre) Acute Medicine Endocrinology, Gastroenterology Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Immunology Medical Admissions Unit Poisoning and Therapeutics Respiratory Medicine Falls and Syncope Stroke Medicine Older People’s Medicine Musculoskeletal Traumatic Orthopaedics Spinal Surgery Neurosciences Neurology Neuro-radiology Neurosurgery Neurophysiology Peri-Operative RVI Chronic Pain Critical Care Home Ventilation Theatres and Anaesthesia Plastics, Ophthalmology Burns and Dermatology Ophthalmology Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Dermatology Radiology Emergency including trauma MSK, Children, Breast, Upper GI, Lower GI, Cancer, Endocrine Surgery Breast Colorectal Endocrine
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Directorate Service Upper GI Women’s Services Gynaecology, Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics, Neonatology, Sexual Health Services
Freeman Hospital:
Northern Centre for Cancer Care, Freeman Hospital
The Freeman Hospital is to the east of the City Centre, with buildings predominately dating from the 1980s. The Northern Centre for Cancer Care opened in 2009 and the new Institute of Transplantation opened at the end of 2011.
Directorate Service Cancer Services and Medical Oncology Clinical Haematology Northern Centre for Cancer Care Radiotherapy Haematology and Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Cardiothoracic Services Adult Cardiac Surgery Adult Cardiology Cardiothoracic Critical Care: Adult and Paediatric Heart and Lung Transplantation Paediatric Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Transplantation and ECMO Thoracic Surgery Respiratory Medicine ENT Head and Neck Surgery Rhinology Otology Face Plastics Implants Laryngology Paediatrics, Paediatric Hearing Loss, Paediatric Airway Disease Laboratory Services Microbiology
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Directorate Service Medicine and Older Gastroenterology People’s Medicine Hepatology Older People’s Medicine Musculoskeletal Elective Orthopaedics Rheumatology Peri-Operative Anaesthesia Critical Care Operating Theatres Radiology GU, Cancer, MSK, Lower GI, HPB, ENT, Cardiothoracic Renal Nephrology Urology Surgery Colorectal Hepatobiliary Transplantation - Renal, Liver, Pancreas Vascular
Institute of Transplantation:
This new, purpose-built facility brings together all aspects of transplantation under one roof. Designed with the ‘patient journey’ in mind from start to finish, seamless and high quality care is provided at all points of contact. This means that wherever possible patients are offered a ‘one stop shop’ approach so that they can access all the services they need in one location.
It houses an impressive range of ultramodern facilities and technology including:
4 ‘oversized’ high technology theatres allowing for more than one transplant operation to take place at any one time. 22 bedded intensive care and high dependency facility designed to the very best of international specifications. 30 bedded inpatient ward including 14 single en suite rooms. Outpatient facilities and a state-of-the-art screening and imaging suite. Research and development centre with associated lecture theatre and education facilities enabling live links to transplant surgery.
All intensive care and high dependency patients at the Freeman Hospital are now housed in the Institute, and heart and lung transplant patients are seen there in the Outpatient Suite.
Transplant TV is an online TV channel for medical professionals, patients, their families and carers. It hosts films on a range of topics to share scientific and medical information, and stories about transplantation. Based at the Freeman Hospital’s Institute of Transplantation, the channel is run in partnership between Newcastle Hospitals, Newcastle University and Ten Alps multimedia.
International Centre for Life:
The Northern Genetics Service and Newcastle Fertility Centre are based at the International Centre for Life along with Newcastle University’s Institute of Genetic Medicine. Opened in
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2000 it has brought together clinicians, scientists, industry and members of the public onto one site.
Directorate Service Genetics Regional Genetics Service Women’s Services Reproductive Medicine
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University:
The Faculty, one of three in the University, includes Biosciences, Dentistry, Medical Sciences Education Development and Psychology, in addition to the traditional medical disciplines.
It has focused its core research activity at the basic science/clinical interface into Research Institutes that contain internationally strong research in ageing, genetics, cancer, health and society, biosciences, cellular medicine and neurosciences.
Newcastle University is in the top 1% of universities in the world for its teaching and research (QS World University Rankings 2014). Amongst our peers, it is ranked 8th in the UK for Medical and Life Sciences research quality (REF 2014)
The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) - the system for assessing the quality of research in UK Universities – concluded that:
Newcastle’s Clinical Medicine is ranked 4th overall for research intensity, a reflection of overall quality Our Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Psychology overall research quality is ranked in the top 10 in the UK and in the top 5 for research impact Overall research quality of Newcastle’s Biological Sciences is ranked in the top 5 in the UK and is the top university for its proportion of world leading publications (47%). Across the whole of Newcastle’s Faculty of Medical Sciences, overall research quality is ranked 8th among UK Medical Schools and top in England outside the “Golden Triangle”
The Faculty has an excellent record in teaching, with Medicine coming top and 5 of the other 8 subject areas in its provision achieving higher than 90% satisfaction in the National Student Survey.
Undergraduate teaching is organised in four ‘streams’ – medicine, dentistry, psychology and biosciences, with a total undergraduate population of over 3000. Dentistry, Psychology and Bioscience degrees are administered by the Schools of Dental Sciences, Psychology and Biomedical Sciences respectively, while the undergraduate medical programme is administered at Faculty level.
The Graduate School currently has over 800 postgraduate students registered for both taught and research degrees.
The Faculty has benefited from a significant period of capital refurbishment, funded largely through the Science Research Infrastructure Fund (SRIF) and University investment. In
10 THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST addition, successful bids to Wellcome, the Department of Health and One North East (the Regional Development Agency) have resulted in strategic capital developments at the Campus for Ageing and Vitality.
The Faculty is also a key player in the development of Newcastle Science City. The Newcastle Science City initiative (http://www.newcastlesciencecity.com/) aims to establish North East England as one of the world’s premier locations for the integration of science, business and economic development, and to break down barriers between science and the wider regional community for the benefit of all.
The project targets commercialisation of research in four key areas: Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine; Ageing and Health; Molecular Engineering; and Energy and the Environment.
Together with the region’s largest mental health trust, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, the Trust and the Faculty have formed a strategic partnership – Newcastle Academic Health Partners – which benefits from key synergies between the three organisations, acting essentially as an Academic Health Science Allegiance. This is overseen by an Executive which includes the Chief Executive, Medical Director, Chief Operating Officer, R&D Director, Faculty Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of Clinical Medicine. It is responsible for the continuing development of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and has a Joint Research Executive, Joint Business Executive and Joint Education Executive. There is also a Joint Research Office and state-of-the-art Clinical Research Platforms. For further information see http://www.nahp.org.uk.
“Newcastle has a long-standing, international reputation for delivering trail-blazing health services, This wouldn’t be possible without the leading edge research carried out in partnership with Newcastle University, and we very much see this formal partnership, alongside new partners Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust as a springboard to cultivate even more pioneering research to benefit the people of the North East and beyond.”
Sir Leonard Fenwick
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Foundation Trust Corporate Structure
Non-Executive Directors Chair Council of Governors
Corporate Affairs Trust Secretariat BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chief Executive
HR & Training Executive Directors
Operational Directorates Clinical Directorates (17) Nursing Medical Finance Business & & Development Patient Director Services Operational Estates Clinical Directors Services & Facilities
Clinical Directorate Managers Policy Group
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OUR VISION, GOALS AND VALUES
Our Vision
To be “the health service for Greater Newcastle and a leading national healthcare provider”.
Our Strategic Goals
Putting patients first, providing care of the highest standard, focused on safety and quality. Working in partnership to deliver fully integrated care, and promoting healthy lifestyles to the people of Newcastle Being a nationally and internationally respected leader in Research and Development, underpinning our pioneering services Enhancing our reputation as one of the country’s top, first class teaching hospitals, promoting a culture of excellence in all that we do. Maintaining sound financial management to ensure the ongoing development and success of our organisation.
Our Values
Putting patients at the heart of everything we do
Patients come first People and partnerships are important Professionalism at all times Pioneering services Pride in what we do
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ABOUT THE AREA
Newcastle upon Tyne is the city and regional capital for a population of c2.5 million people across North East England.
Newcastle is a great city, once in the forefront of 19th century industrial innovation and now at the forefront of technical innovation, leisure and culture. It has a deserved reputation for being one of the friendliest and liveliest cities in Europe. In recent years Newcastle has been transformed into one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the country. You can see the evidence everywhere from the restored buildings in Grainger Town to the regenerated Quayside area. With 2,000 years of fascinating history, the city has fabulous classical Georgian architecture in sweeping streets, wonderful restaurants and cafes, traditional pubs and contemporary bars, along with live music and theatre.
National surveys often suggest that people in the north east enjoy a better quality of life than anywhere else in England. The region has beautiful countryside, friendly people and a low cost of living. Accommodation varies from central city and riverside, through suburban to the urban periphery, stretching into the counties of Northumberland and Durham.
Newcastle lies on the East Coast Mainline rail service, with regular services through to London. In addition the Metro light-rail service connects to stations throughout Tyne and Wear. The A1(M) runs close by, with links to the national motorway network. Newcastle is also well connected for air travel via Newcastle International Airport, and for sea travel to Europe via the International Ferry Terminal.
Further information: http://www.visitnortheastengland.com/ http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/tyne_and_wear/ http://www.itv.com/tynetees/
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INTRODUCTION TO THE DIRECTORATE
The Northern Genetics Service provides a diagnostic and "genetic counselling" service across the North East and Cumbria for individuals and families with problems or susceptibilities relating to genetic disorders.
Genetic disorders can be chromosomal abnormalities which may be associated with problems in individual development and/or familial reproductive problems, single gene disorders such as muscular dystrophy, Huntington’s disease and cystic fibrosis, familial cancer and cancer- prone syndromes such as inherited breast or colorectal cancer and birth defects and/or learning disabilities with a genetic component.
MEET THE TEAM: http://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk/services/northern-genetics_meet-the-team.aspx
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INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR LIFE
DIRECTORATE OF NORTHERN GENETICS SERVICE
LOCUM CONSULTANT IN CANCER GENETICS (2 YEARS FIXED TERM)
REF. 317-LCON-17-115
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated ambitious individual to join a well-integrated team.
This full-time (10 PA) fixed-term (2 years) post provides an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated clinical geneticist with broad based training in all areas of clinical genetics to join the Northern Genetics Service. The post-holder will be part of a large multidisciplinary team of clinical and laboratory staff with administrative and managerial support who provide a co- ordinated genetics service to a population of 3.1 million people in the North East of England and Cumbria.
The clinical team currently consists of 3 full time and 4 part time NHS consultants, 1 full time Specialty Doctor, 4 clinical professors, 4 Clinical Trainees and 11 Genetic Counsellors. The Directorate has large, well equipped molecular and cytogenetic laboratories which provide a full range of traditional and next-generation sequencing technologies and array CGH. The service is based at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the Teesside Genetics Unit at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.
The appointee will undertake clinical sessions based at the Institute of Genetic Medicine in Newcastle upon Tyne; the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne; the Teesside Genetics Unit, Middlesbrough and the Northern Centre for Cancer Care at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The appointee will work as part of a multidisciplinary cancer genetics team.
Given the advent of high-throughput diagnostic technologies such as whole exome and genome analysis we are keen that the post-holder has an interest in the assessment and triage of complex results arising from the 100,000 Genomes Project. In time the post-holder would be expected to contribute significantly to the strategic development of such new technologies as the NHS emerges from the Project phase of the 100,000 Genomes project. The post-holder will be expected to contribute to under- and post-graduate teaching and should demonstrate experience in this area.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit. Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.
18 THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Paul Brennan (Clinical Director, telephone 0191 241 8758) or Dr Miranda Splitt (Consultant in Clinical Genetics, telephone 0191 241 8600).
To apply for this post, please contact: Charlotte Goodwin, Assistant HR Officer on 0191 2824494 or at [email protected], quoting the post reference number.
Closing Date: 21 May 2017 Interview Date: 19 June 2017
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Locum Consultant in Cancer Genetics (2 years fixed term)
Directorate: Northern Genetics Service
Reporting to: Clinical Director
Responsible for: Delivery of cancer services as part of a multidisciplinary team
Job Purpose:
The appointee will be responsible for the delivery of cancer genetic services as part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of consultant clinical geneticists, clinical academics, genetics trainees and genetic counsellors working in close collaboration with the Directorate’s two main laboratory services, cytogenetics and molecular genetics.
The post-holder will have a broad-based training in all areas of genetics and be able to demonstrate an area of special clinical interest in cancer genetics. The post-holder will have a clinical base in Newcastle and will provide Consultant clinics at three sites in Newcastle, with an outreach clinic in Cumbria. The post-holder will be expected to work as part of the multidisciplinary cancer genetics team within the Directorate, in particular to work closely with the genetic counselling staff working across the region. They will also be expected to work in close collaboration with laboratory staff to ensure that diagnostic facilities are used appropriately.
Services will mainly be provided through outpatient clinics based at the International Centre for Life, at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care at the Freeman Hospital, all in Newcastle upon Tyne. There is no formal on-call commitment in this post.
The post holder will also be expected to participate in educational activities.
Duties and responsibilities
Clinical:
Participate in multi-professional triage of families referred with a history of cancer. Provide expert opinion on patients with heritable or potentially heritable cancer predisposition syndromes. Provide a specialised skin cancer genetics clinic at the Royal Victoria Infirmary with Dr Neil Rajan, Consultant in Dermatology. Ensure appropriate diagnostic testing is undertaken and the results of these and their implications are communicated to patients, relevant family members, referrers, primary care team and other involved clinicians as appropriate. Ensure appropriate follow up arrangements are made for patients and family members.
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Manage outpatient clinics to ensure that care of the highest quality is provided and that relevant local and national targets are met. Work in collaboration with laboratory staff to ensure that appropriate diagnostic testing is undertaken and that the most clinically effective use of these resources is made. Participate in regular Directorate and multidisciplinary team meetings as appropriate. Undertake clinical duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives. Undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Physicians or Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Heath. Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays It is a condition of employment that so far as is reasonably practicable, all employees must minimise the risk of infection to themselves, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors and, in so doing, must: be familiar with, and adhere to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control attend Trust Induction Programme(s) and statutory education programmes in infection prevention and control include infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development take personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care acquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently by you and your colleagues
Managerial:
Participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, including participation in audit projects, formulation of guidelines and full involvement with risk management processes Assist the Directorate Manager and Clinical Director in the timely investigation of complaints if necessary Contribute to the general organisation and running of the Genetic services within the Trust, working in collaboration with other colleagues. Take the lead on specific management projects as requested by the Directorate Manager or Clinical Director.
Administrative:
Undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and in relation to the running of Northern Genetics Service Undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives
Research / Audit:
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Although participation in research is not a high priority for this post, the Trust welcomes and encourages research as an activity that compliments the service provided, the emphasis being studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio.
Flexibility:
In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
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PERSON SPECIFICATION
Post: Locum Consultant in Cancer Genetics Directorate: Northern Genetics Service
Requirements Essential Desirable Assessment Education, Primary Medical Higher Degree Curriculum Vitae Qualifications and Qualification. (MD/PhD in relevant Specialist Skills are of research) Full GMC Registration. Postgraduate Entry onto the GMC qualification in Medical Specialist Register (within Education. 6 months from the date of the AAC).
MRCP/MRCPCH or appropriate professional qualification. Further Specialised Evidence of Training and Experience experience in cancer genetics and assessment of whole exome and whole genome results. Clinical Experience Ability to offer an expert Curriculum Vitae / clinical opinion in an Interview outpatient and inpatient setting.
Ability to use diagnostic testing appropriately and to interpret results of such testing.
Special interest in Cancer Genetics. Management and Evidence of successful Proven management Curriculum Vitae / Administration participation in and administration Interview Experience management processes. ability and understanding of Committed to share in management goals. professional and managerial responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust 23 THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Requirements Essential Desirable Assessment and its workforce.
Successful completion of audit projects.
Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
A thorough understanding of Clinical Governance Teaching Experience of participation Postgraduate Curriculum Vitae / in undergraduate and qualification in medical Interview postgraduate teaching. education.
Research Evidence of Curriculum Vitae / involvement in and Interview understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
Publications in the last 2 years . Audit Evidence of participation Evidence of having Curriculum Vitae / in audit. changed practice as a Interview result of audit.
Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement. Personal Attributes Alignment with the Trust’s Experience of Interview Core & Professional leadership within the Behaviours (as outlined on clinical environment. page 15).
Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
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Requirements Essential Desirable Assessment the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota.
Ability and willingness to work across the region of service provision with flexibility around specific areas of work.
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JOB PLAN
An indicative job plan is shown below for illustration purposes only
DCC SPA Morning Afternoon Hrs PA Hrs PA SPA session Cancer Genetics Clinic Institute for Genetic 4 1 4 1.0 Audit & clinical guideline development, appraisal, Medicine (weekly) Monday mandatory training, CME
Skin Genetics clinic Royal Victoria Infirmary Clinical supervision (genetic counsellors) or 8 2 (monthly) or Cancer MDT liaison, cancer guideline Tuesday Office-based Clinical Care or development Clinic-related administration Cancer Genetics Clinic Cumbria (monthly, Cancer Genetics Clinic Cumbria (monthly, 8 2 includes travel) or includes travel) or Wednesday Office-based Clinical care* Office-based Clinical care*
Clinical and laboratory liaison meetings and/or Colorectal cancer genetics clinic 8 2 Registrar teaching and/or or Thursday Consultant meeting Clinic-related administration
SPA session (100,000 Genomes project) or Cancer Genetics Clinic Northern Centre for 6 1.5 2 0.5 Office-based Clinical care Cancer Care (2-weekly) or Friday Office-based Clinical care or Clinic-related administration TOTAL 34 8.5 6 1.5 * Office-based Clinical Care:
Results review for patients seen in clinic – interpretation, further lab liaison, communication Cascade management of relatives – arranging genetic tests, diagnostic investigations, screening investigations, liaison with other genetics services, liaison with other non-geneticist clinicians Ongoing case review activity – updating genetic tests, ensuring surveillance tests undertaken Telephone consultation: new patients, review patients Telephone / email / written advice to other clinicians
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A notional timetable is shown below for illustration purposes only
Programmed Activity Allocation
Direct Clinical Care 8.5 PAs
On-call / Unpredictable On-call N/A
On-call Banding N/A
On-call Supplement N/A
Supporting Professional Activities 1.5 PAs
The time that is devoted to Supporting Professional Activities within the job plan will most likely vary at different times in a Consultant’s career. The Trust believes Consultants on a 10 PA job plan require 6 hours per week on average (1.5 PAs) to undertake the core activities common to everyone within SPA, such as undertaking CPD, mandatory training, appraisal activities, attendance at department management and audit meetings. Additional SPA time is recognised for further activity with a measurable output. This will be agreed through the regular job plan review mechanism.
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HOW TO APPLY - GUIDANCE FOR APPLICANTS
If you decide to apply for the post, these guidance notes will assist you in making your application. It is important that you read the person specification carefully before you decide to apply. We will assess your application against these criteria for short-listing.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemption Order) 1975 and, as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.
To apply for the post you must:
Submit a CV giving full details of qualifications, training and experience. This must include a full employment history, and clarify any gaps in your employment history.
Submit a letter of application outlining how your experience to date matches the person specification and post requirements, and quote current gross salary and the post reference number.
Provide the names and addresses of three referees, including your two most recent employers and covering at least 3 years’ previous employment (where applicable). If you have overseas service of more than three months, please supply a reference to cover that period. If you have been in full time education prior to applying for the post, one reference must be from the relevant academic institution. Please note, if you are successfully shortlisted for interview we will automatically make contact with your referees to seek a reference unless you advise us otherwise when you submit your application.
Complete and return the attached Equal Opportunities Form (Form 1) and Training and Registration Form (Form 2). If you submit your application using the NHS Jobs online application form, please note, you must still complete and return these documents to Charlotte Goodwin (contact details below).
Closing Date: Midnight on 21 May 2017 Interview Date: 19 June 2017
Please return all documents to Charlotte Goodwin, Assistant HR Officer at [email protected]. Please call 0191 2824494 to make alternative arrangements if you are unable to apply via email. Please ensure that you quote the correct reference number on your letter of application.
We will acknowledge receipt of all emailed applications the next working day following receipt of your application. If for any reason you do not hear from us within this timeframe, please contact us on the above number to verify that your application has been successfully received.
28 THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST We strongly encourage applicants who are shortlisted for interview to meet with key members of the AAC panel and our Chief Executive, Sir Leonard Fenwick CBE, in advance of the interview date. Please do not contact the panel members until you have received written confirmation from Medical Staffing that you have been shortlisted.
Interview Guarantee Scheme
The Trust is committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. To demonstrate our commitment, we use the Disability Symbol that is awarded by the Employment Service. As a symbol user, we guarantee an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post
To be eligible for the Interview Guarantee Scheme you must have a disability or long term health condition that puts you at a significant disadvantage in either obtaining or keeping a job. The disability could be physical, sensory or mental and must have lasted, or be expected to last for at least twelve months. You do not have to be registered as a disabled person to apply under this scheme.
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The Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Please return your completed Forms 1 and 2 with your application.
Male Gender Date of Birth Female Age range 16-29 30-44 45-59 60-64 65+ Please indicate your marital status Single Legally Separated Married Divorced Civil Partnership Widowed I would describe my ethnic origin as: Asian or Asian British Mixed Other Ethnic Group Bangladeshi White & Asian Chinese Indian White & Black African Any other ethnic group Pakistani White & Black Caribbean Any other Asian Any other mixed background background
Black or Black British White African British I do not wish to disclose this Caribbean Irish Any other Black Any other White background background Please select the option which best describes your sexuality
Lesbian Heterosexual Gay I do not wish to disclose this Bisexual
Please indicate your religion or belief Atheism Jainism Hinduism Buddhism Sikhism Other Christianity Judaism I do not wish to disclose this Islam Yes Do you consider yourself to have a No disability? I do not wish to disclose this information Please state the type of impairment which applies to you. People may experience more than one type of impairment, in which case you may indicate more than one. If none of the categories apply, please mark ‘other’. Physical Impairment Learning Disability/Difficulty Sensory Impairment Long-standing illness Mental Health Condition Other Name: Post ref. no.:
Signature: Date:
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Training, Registration, and Advertising Information (Form 2)
APPLICANT NAME: ______
POST FOR WHICH APPLYING: ______
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OF TRAINING
Do you have a Certificate of Completion of Training? YES / NO
If yes, when was the certificate issued?
Date: ______
If no, when would you expect to obtain the certificate?
Date: ______
GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL
GMC Membership number: ______
Have you ever been or are you currently subject to any fitness to practise proceedings by an appropriate licensing or regulatory board in the UK or any other country?
YES / NO
Do you have any outstanding warnings or limitations on your practice? YES / NO
If yes, please provide details.
ADVERTISING SOURCE
How did you first learn about this post?
Advert in British Medical Journal Word of mouth British Medical Journal website LinkedIn NHS jobs website Facebook Other ______
The information provided in my application is true and complete. I agree that any deliberate omission, falsification or misinterpretation in my application will be grounds for rejecting this application or subsequent dismissal if employed by the Trust.
Signed: ______Date: ______
N.B. If I return this form by email unsigned, in doing so, I am deemed to have accepted the above clause.
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MAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The Schedules referred to below are within the Terms and Conditions of Consultants (England) 2003.
Salary: The current salary applicable to the post is as per Schedule 13 and Schedule 14.
Hours of Work: Full time appointments are based on a 10 PA Job Plan.
Any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to the postholder agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Schedule 3 Paragraph 6 of the Terms and Conditions of Consultants (England) 2003 or as subsequently amended from time to time shall not apply.
Holiday: 6 weeks per annum (with an additional 2 days for those with 7 or more years of completed service as a consultant) plus 8 public holidays and 2 statutory holidays or days in lieu thereof.
Full details can be found in Schedule 18.
Occupational Sick Pay: No payment under the Trust’s contractual sick pay scheme will be made to an employee new to the NHS or with a break from the NHS of more than 12 months until they have been continuously employed for a period of 26 weeks or have successfully completed their probationary period.
Pension: In accordance with the NHS Pension Scheme.
Base: Your principal place of work is the International Centre for Life. Other work locations including off site working may be agreed in your Job Plan. You may be required to work at any site within your employing organisation, including new sites.
Notice Period: 3 calendar months.
Probationary Period: Employees new to the Trust will be subject to a six month probationary period.
Appraisal and Job Planning: A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their Clinical Director after commencing in post and
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Relocation Expenses: In accordance with Trust Policy and subject to the approval of the Chief Executive.
The Terms and Conditions – Consultants (England) 2003 can be found at: http://www.nhsemployers.org/~/media/Employers/Documents/Pay%20and%20reward/Consult ant_Contract_V9_Revised_Terms_and_Conditions_300813_bt.pdf
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STAFF BENEFITS
BENEFIT DESCRIPTION FURTHER INFORMATION Green Transport The Trust has a Travel Plan Trust Travel Scheme and is committed to reducing Bike2Work Scheme the number of cars Cycle Parking and Facilities accessing our hospitals and Pooled Bicycles improving sustainable Car Sharing transport options to our Journey Planning hospital sites. This includes Inter-site Hopper Bus Service having negotiated corporate Walking discounts on annual travel passes covering the full range of public transport. Staff Social Club & Fitness The Staff Fitness Centre, The cost is £2.00 per month deducted Centre. also part of the Social Club, directly from your salary. This entitles based a Freeman Hospital, you to two free numbers in the SMILE (Any member of Trust staff are welcome has a full range of equipment LOTTERY, which is drawn each month to join the Staff Social Club) and all members of this with a top prize of £750.00. Members facility are entitled to two free also benefit from events and trips with sessions with our personal 50% discount on tickets. trainer. The cost of becoming a member of the Fitness Centre is £12.00 per month. You must attend an induction before you can become a member of the Fitness Centre. Childcare Vouchers The Trust operates a Child Care Vouchers scheme, which entitles you to savings on your childcare costs. The vouchers are now available to staff paid by the Trust. Information on Childcare Support is available for staff For information on childminders, who are looking for nurseries, after school clubs, holiday accessible, affordable and play schemes and nannies contact the good quality child care. Trust Care Co-ordinator on 0191 282 0792 (Internal Ext. 20792). Support for Carers A “carer” is someone who To find out how the Trust can provide provides unpaid care and extra support, contact the Trust Care support to relatives, partners, Co-ordinator on 0191 282 0792 friends and neighbours who (Internal Ext. 20792). cannot manage alone because of illness, disability or frailty. Discounts available in Discounts are available to all Further information and details of the 34 THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
BENEFIT DESCRIPTION FURTHER INFORMATION Newcastle & Surrounding areas NHS Trust Employees and businesses offering discounts to NHS their families through the Staff can be obtained from the new Medic Care Staff Benefit Improving Working Lives Office at the Scheme. RVI. Alternatively, visit the website www.medicarenhs.co.uk.
To obtain your discount you must present the Medicare Gold Discount care which is obtainable from the Trust’s Improving Working Lives Office, tel. 0191 282 0792 (Internal Ext. 20792). Car Lease Scheme Allows a member of staff to Further information from Improving lease a car of their choice at Working Lives office. an attractive price over a Under review. three year period.
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