Job summary
- Main area
- Immuno-Oncology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar
- Contract
- 2 years (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 120-MD159-0425
- Employer
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Town
- Whitchurch, Cardiff
- Salary
- £43,821 - £68,330 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Research Fellow in Head and Neck Immuno-Oncology
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar
Thank you for your interest in working for Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC), which is a committed equal opportunities employer. VCC welcomes applications from people who share our vision;
Velindre University NHS Trust will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a renowned organisation of excellence for patient and donor care, education and research.
our values;
- Caring
- Respectful
- Accountable
& who will complement our current experienced and specialist employees who are passionate about working in an organisation with the ambition to provide world class services & care to our patients.
VCC is an amazing place to work & develop your career. It is undertaking a 5 year transformation programme which will enable cancer services to meet the future needs of our patients across South East Wales. Not only will programme see VCC moving into a new purpose built cancer hospital, it will provide opportunities for patients to receive treatments closer to their homes. The infrastructure changes will offer our employees opportunities to work across a number of sites, in new and different ways, create development opportunities & increase flexible working practices.
VCC provides our employees with a favourable salary and reward / staff benefits & support package.
For more information on this vacancy please contact the recruiting manager, who will be pleased to discuss it with you.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
The Trust also reserves the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement at any stage of the process, to enable internal staff requiring to be redeployed in suitable roles.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
To determine the immune correlates of successful radiotherapy response in patients with head and neck cancer.
To work with laboratory scientists in the Division of Infection and Immunity at CU supervised by Professor Awen Gallimore (CRUK Programme Grant holder), and the Head and Neck Multidisciplinary Team supervised by Professor Mererid Evans (Director, Wales Cancer Research Centre).
To oversee the delivery of novel and/or complex clinical trials at the Cardiff Cancer Research Hub (CCRH), the ‘front door’ to translational cancer research in Cardiff.
This post is fixed term for 2 years to meet the needs of the service.
Main duties of the job
Co-funded by Velindre Charitable Funds and the Wales Cancer Research Centre (WCRC), this Clinical Research Fellowship will be focused on 'Determining the immune correlates of successful radiotherapy response in patients with head and neck cancer’.
The post holder will be supported to undertake a higher research degree (MD) and the Fellowship will provide an opportunity for an oncology trainee to undertake a dedicated period of research during their training, equipping them with the skills, knowledge and links to become future cancer research leaders in Wales.
Working for our organisation
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Qualified Medical Practitioner
- MRCP
- Full GMC Registration and License to Practise
Desirable criteria
- MSc, BSc or FRCR (Part 1 and 2)
- Knowledge of grant applications
- Knowledge of process through R&D for clinical trials
Experience
Essential criteria
- Oncology experience to STR level
- Clinical experience in managing outpatient and inpatient oncology patients
- Oncology experience including exposure to the principles of managing patients participating in cancer clinical trials
- Skills in preparing and delivering presentations and reports
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in or managing acute oncology patients
- Proven ability to manage own time and deliver a range of tasks to deadlines
- IT skills particularly in the use of MS office applications
- Analytical skills – able to analyse and present complex research data, in a range of formats to a variety of audiences
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Proven ability to use IT to deliver presentations and write reports
- Proven ability critically appraise literature
- Proven ability to demonstrate creativity, innovation and team-working within work
Desirable criteria
- Proven ability to work without close supervision
- Proven ability to adapt to the changing requirements of the Higher Education community.
- Organisation and time management skills to manage and deliver a range of task and project tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Flexible approach to working, including problem solving skills, management of change and a desire to develop knowledge
Other
Essential criteria
- Excellence in Patient care
- Adherence to NHS Trust and University values
- Flexibility of working times
- Willing to work across 2 sites (Velindre in Whitchurch; CCRH/Cardiff University on Heath Park site) to fulfil the role
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Prof Mererid Evans
- Job title
- Velindre Cancer R&D Strategy Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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