Teaching Clinical Fellow in Oncology | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,068 - £48,637 per annum plus London Weight |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Hampstead Heath, NW3 2QG |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6178885/391-RFL-6178885 |
Summary
This exciting, innovative post will develop the career of a clinician who has completed Foundation training with an interest in medical education and who is considering a future career in oncology. The 12 month post combines 6 months as a Clinical Fellow (covering oncology and palliative care inpatients), and 6 months as a Teaching Fellow (also supporting oncology outpatient clinics). It is anticipated that the post holder may wish to study for a Certificate in Medical Education and further develop an educational portfolio.Clinical Teaching Fellow (6m: no on call supplement)The establish post is in a well supportive team with excellent educational links in the undergraduate and postgraduate setting. The post holder will work closely with clinical teams, with the main duty being to coordinate, participate in, and further develop the established UCL Medical School (UCLMS) undergraduate clinical teaching programme for 5th year MBBS students in the Department for Oncology (50% time). There is also scope to develop a work experience programme and explore research within the educational setting. The post holder will also undertake outpatient oncology clinical work with access to both systemic prescribing and radiotherapy planning. The standard working hours will be 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.Clinical Fellow (6m: on call supplement)
Management and Leadership
• The post holder is expected to organise the teaching session for the department and junior doctors (split between 2 teaching fellows).
• There is scope to develop a study day for the wider MDT in medical specialities with the consultant
Risk & Governance Management.
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. We are a campus of UCL Medical School and conduct important medical research. We also train doctors, nurses, midwives and many other clinical and non-clinical professionals. We helped to set up the academic health science centre,UCLPartners.
Main duties and responsibilities Teaching Fellow (6month) – clinical responsibilities .The post holder will become an integral part of oncology team with the primary aim of coordinating and providing high quality clinical undergraduate teaching as well as gaining experience in oncology as a clinical speciality. The post holder will participate in breast cancer and urology cancer clinics – alongside other oncology trainees. This will give the candidate a taste of systemic therapies including chemotherapy, targeted treatments and immunotherapy. The post holder will be expected to see new patients as well as those on treatment in order to increase their oncology knowledge (under consultant supervision) The post holder will also have the opportunity to experience the radiotherapy department and learn about the design and implementation of radiotherapy as a treatment modality.Responsibility for medical education(Undergraduate) The main aim for the post holder will be to provide a dedicated and approachable point of contact for undergraduate students. They will need to ensure that high quality oncological medical education including the development, delivery and evaluation of teaching is seamlessly provided within the context of a busy clinical department. They will provide robustness to the current teaching programme within oncology by supporting the oncology consultants to deliver this programme and improving undergraduate student feedback. The post holder will orchestrate teaching with the consultant teaching leads across medical oncology, clinical oncology and acute oncology. This integrated program consists of bedside teaching, clinics, small group teaching, radiotherapy planning sessions, clinical meetings, ward rounds, group presentations, departmental teaching, and scheduled clerking. Contribution to examinations of students will be expected. Further development of the teaching program is encouraged including: Developing further and then maintain a “Welcome” booklet detailing departmental information as well as learning expectations from the clinical block. Measuring the impact of the teaching program. It is expected that the post holder will measure the impact of the teaching programme by reviewing student feedback comments, monitoring the numbers of students accessing the online resource and co-ordinating a formal feedback session as part of the ‘signing off’ meeting.Development of an educational portfolio
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024