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Senior Clinical Fellow for Oncology | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £41,750 - £64,288 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 March 2025 |
| Location: | Tooting, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7005477/200-MC-712749-6863165-RG2 |
Summary
ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS FOUNDATION TRUST
ST GEORGE’S HOSPITAL
Senior Clinical Fellow in Medical Oncology
Applications are invited for a 6 month appointment with a view to extend to a total of 1 year as a Senior Clinical Fellow in Medical Oncology in St George’s Hospital. The post holder will help to provide Medical Oncology services at St. George’s Hospital, trained, supported and supervised by Consultants in Medical Oncology. This will include assessment and management of inpatients with diverse solid malignancies and lymphoma, including managing acute oncological emergencies and treatment of anti-cancer therapy related toxicity. The successful candidate will attend and contribute to affiliated multi-disciplinary meetings and Consultant ward rounds and will assess and manage patients on the Oncology day unit. The post-holder will work together with a team of oncology specialist registrars / senior clinical fellows operating at a specialist registrar level, two other junior clinical fellows and 2 physician associates. Normal working hours would be 8:30am to 5pm Monday to Fridays.
Each tumour type is served by a comprehensive team working within the oncology department to provide complete multi-disciplinary management in the creation of individual care pathways and treatment for each patient. Inpatient beds are provided on Trevor Howell and Gordon Smith wards. The wards are staffed by nurses with a specialist interest in oncology. Systemic anti-cancer therapy is given by trained Oncology Nurses who liaise and work with the Oncology Nurses in the Outpatient Clinic. The department has a designated Outpatient clinic shared with Haematology.
The successful applicant will join an enthusiastic team of up to four deanery medical oncology specialist trainees, as well as one internal medicine trainee (IMT) and up to 2 other trust grade senior house officers. The post is an ideal training opportunity to improve skills and knowledge in general and acute medicine, and better understand the natural history of cancer, to learn more about the benefits and risks of cancer treatment and to expand one’s communication skills and team working.
There will be opportunities for the successful applicant to gain experience in an outpatient clinic setting under the supervision of the medical oncology consultants.
Informal enquiries about the posts are welcome and should be directed to Dr Catherine Cafferkey (Catherine.Cafferkey@stgeorges.nhs.uk), Medical Oncology Consultant
This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Feb 2025
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