Clinical Fellow in Medical Oncology

This post is for 40 hours per week (full time) substantive fellow to support disease groups in Medical Oncology. The post holder will be employed by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and will be based at The Christie Withington site. The successful applicant would be expected to work alongside consultants and trainees in out-patient clinics, supervising chemotherapy delivery and performing on-treatment reviews and where appropriate inpatient reviews.

“Previous applicants need to re-apply”

The successful applicant would be expected to work alongside consultants and trainees in out-patient clinics, supervising chemotherapy delivery and performing on-treatment reviews and inpatient reviews.

The employing authority is The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. They will be managerially accountable to the Clinical Director of the Directorate of Medical Oncology. They will be professionally responsible to the consultants in whose clinics they will be supporting. The post-holder will be assigned a clinical supervisor (Consultant Medical Oncologist). They will work alongside their supervisor in at least one clinic.

These roles are varied depending on which disease groups they are assigned to.

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% of patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world;

chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The successful candidate will support outpatient clinics at The Christie and peripheral sites. The appointee will be based at The Christie and will provide senior input to patient care.

Continuing Professional Development The Trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development (CPD) as laid down by the GMC and surgical colleges and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.

Role Planning Job plans will vary depending on the disease group in each rotation.

• Mon
• Tues
• Wed
• Thu
• Fri
• AM
• Clinic
• MDT/Admin
• admin
• ORTC
• Clinic
• PM
• SPA
• Clinic
• Spa 0.5/clinic prep
• Spa
• On call Commitments

This role does not require participation in the on-call rota. (This will vary on the number of Registrars there are in post at any one time and those with less than 100% commitment on the on call rota.)

• MB BCh or Equivalent
• GMC registration (Can be achieved after interview)

• Research awareness
• Experience in oncology at a senior level
• Understands principles of audit
• Ability and willingness to work in multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of and ability to teach junior medical staff, medical students and nurses
• Evidence of enthusiasm and participation in research
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Skills in time/resource management

• Good interpersonal skills
• Confident in ability but knows own limitations
• Evidence of general medicine competence
• Good communication skills with patients and colleagues
• Technical ability
• Evidence of interest in the subject of oncology and insight into the nature of cancer treatments
• Hard-working and commitment to patient care
• Ability to effectively/efficiently deal with diverse clinical problems which affect cancer patients

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.