Geriatric Oncology Clinical Fellow

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work for the Geriatric-Oncology Liaison Development Team (GOLD team) within the Department of Ageing and Health. GOLD is an innovative and award winning service delivering Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and optimisation (CGA) to older people undergoing cancer treatment. The service operates at Guys site. GOLD clinical fellows will be involved in quality improvement, service development and/or research work

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The applicant may have a background in geriatric medicine, acute/general medicine or oncology.

Please find details of the job description, person specification and functional requirement documents attached.

Advert closing date:29th May 2024 midnight

Person specification

Qualifications and training Essential criteria

Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practice

ST3-ST7 level in General or Geriatric Medicine or Oncology

MRCP part 1 & part 2 written

Desirable criteria

Full MRCP

BSc, MSc

Clinical Experience Essential criteria Comprehensive clinical experience in General and Geriatrics Medicine and/or Oncology Desirable criteria

Clinical experience in providing Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)

Clinical experience with older people with cancer

Clinical experience in outpatient clinics

Knowledge and Skills Essential criteria

Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team

Up to date clinical knowledge appropriate to current stage of training

Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills

Time management and organisation skills

Ability to work independently with guidance/supervision

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of the principles of CGA

Evidence of initiative and leadership skills

Familiarity with some relevant literature related to the post

Teaching Essential criteria

Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training

Desirable criteria Advanced teaching experience (e.g. organising training days, involvement in regional or national teaching)

Audit, Quality Improvement & research

Essential

Ability to carry out audit and/or quality improvement work

Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully

Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research

Desirable

Evidence of delivering change through audit loops and/or quality improvement projects

Evidence of original research and/or other publications

Other Essential criteria

Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council

Evidence of personal interest in Geriatric Oncology and/or Geriatric Medicine and/or Oncology Desirable criteria

Experience in clinical guidance development

Applicant Requirements

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here. It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here. Not everyone needs a Skilled Worker visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, check if youre eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead. Its cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge. 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.

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• ST3-ST7 level in General or Geriatric Medicine or Oncology
• MRCP part 1 & part 2 written

Desirable

• Full MRCP(UK)
• BSc, MSc

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Comprehensive clinical experience in General and Geriatrics Medicine and/or Oncology

Desirable

• Clinical experience in providing Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
• Clinical experience with older people with cancer
• Clinical experience in outpatient clinics

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Up to date clinical knowledge appropriate to current stage of training
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills
• Time management and organisation skills
• Ability to work independently with guidance/supervision

Desirable

• Knowledge of the principles of CGA
• Evidence of initiative and leadership skills
• Familiarity with some relevant literature related to the post

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training

Desirable

• Advanced teaching experience (e.g. organising training days, involvement in regional or national teaching)

Audit, Quality Improvement & research

Essential

• Ability to carry out audit and/or quality improvement work
• Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully
• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research

Desirable

• Evidence of delivering change through audit loops and/or quality improvement projects
• Evidence of original research

Other

Essential

• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
• Evidence of personal interest in Geriatric Oncology and/or Geriatric Medicine and/or Oncology

Desirable

• Experience in clinical guideline development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).