Job Title: General Practitioner with Special Interest in Cancer - Maternity Cover

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established and effective team of clinicians to provide maternity cover for this post. This small team of consultants and ANPs focus on improving Cancer Diagnostic Pathways, patient care and experience. We are now seeking maternity cover for our General Practitioner with special interest in cancer to further develop, deliver and embed our innovative model of care. Specifically, the post-holder will deliver general medical and diagnostic expertise in the outpatient PRUH Rapid Diagnostic Clinic. Also, this position will help build primary and secondary care links across the South East London network to help improve patient access to RDCs.

Responsibilities

The key roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Actively participating in the smooth running of the RDC by:
  • Assessing patients referred to the RDC and perform appropriate investigations to help establish a diagnosis, under supervision of the Clinical Lead.
  • Communicating back the outcomes of the patient interaction to the referring GP.
  • Providing support to the administrative team and ANP in triaging referrals to the RDC.
  • Actively participating in the local RDC multi-disciplinary meeting (MDM).
  • Troubleshooting issues within the RDC team.
• To participate in audit activities and engage with SELCA research projects.
• To ensure keeping of accurate and contemporaneous records.
• To participate in regular appraisal of performance and training needs.
• To participate in education and training activities, including with Primary Care Physicians.