Senior Clinical Fellow Medical Oncology

Job summary

This post is available for 12 months with immediate effect. The post holder will work directly with one or more Consultant Medical and Clinical Oncologists and alongside Medical Oncology Specialist Trainees and the CNS team in assessing and treating patients with malignant disease with chemotherapy and biological therapies. This post would be most suited to an applicant with an interest in pursuing Oncology as a career and who wishes to gain further experience in the field to strengthen their chance of success in National Recruitment to the specialty, or to an applicant pursuing a CESR route of Oncology training. The successful applicant will work primarily at Barnet hospital supporting the Acute Oncology services and oncology outpatient clinics. The clinics requiring support are lung and urology although this may be reviewed, in agreement with the applicant, dependent upon the needs of the service. This post is being advertised with no on call commitments however candidates may be considered for enrolment on the oncology registrar on-call rota. This could involve taking part in a wider rota to cover the Acute Oncology and Oncology in-patient services on the Royal Free, Hampstead site as well as twilight shifts (to 7pm) during the week, and 9am-5pm cover at weekends, with no overnight on call commitment. The twilight and weekend shifts would include a banding supplement.

Main duties of the job

• Professional / Clinical responsibilities
• The focus of this post will be on supporting the outpatient clinics and acute oncology teams based at Barnet Hospital.
• The post holder will support outpatient clinics which will involve seeing patients on treatment for cancer and assessing their fitness for treatment and identifying and treating complications of treatment. There is exposure to both medical and clinical oncology clinic with the possibility of radiotherapy planning if the post holder has a clinical oncology interest.
• The post holder will attend the lung MDT and would be expected to present oncology patients requiring a MDT discussion on management.
• Associated clinical responsibilities include dealing with both routine and emergency patient review in outpatient clinics and on inpatient wards, organizing and managing administration duties related to outpatient clinics, planning and prescribing of chemotherapy and other protocol-specific treatments, accurate record-keeping in medical case notes and clinical trial documentation, and enabling inter-disciplinary management.
• Working with the AOS team to provide a robust service. There is scope to work with the nurses and the medical team to ensure oncology patients are seen efficiently. At the Barnet site, the oncology service no longer has inpatients.

About us

The Royal Free began as a pioneering organisation and continues to play a leading role among UK hospital trusts. Established in 1828 by William Marsden, a newly qualified surgeon shocked that he could not find treatment for a penniless young woman, we were the first to provide care free of charge and the only London hospital to stay open during the 19th-century cholera epidemics. In the 21st century, we continue to lead improvements in healthcare, from targeted cancer therapies to new kinds of surgery. We offer an exceptionally wide range of local and specialist services, including cancer, plastic and neurosurgery, blood disorders and infectious diseases and are proud to have some of the best clinical outcomes in the country. On 1 July 2014, we became one of the largest trusts in the UK by acquiring Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals. Our trust has around 10, 000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. We provide care at Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.