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Job summary

Main area
Oncology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar
Contract
3 months (Fixed Term period of 3 months)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
275-2501-CTFST3ONC-HG
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Maritime Hospital
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£47,524 - £64,288 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/02/2025 23:59

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Clinical Trust Fellow ST3+ in Oncology

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar

 

 

Job overview

Job Title: Clinical Trust Fellow ST3+ Oncology 

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services 

Care Group: Caner and Access

Salary: £47,524 - £64,288 Per Annum

Interview Date: TBC

Duration of post: 3 months

 

We are recruiting for an Clinical Trust Fellow ST3+ Oncology who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the  Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

·      Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.  Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will work within your specialty team, under the supervision of a consultant, to provide care for inpatients as well as participating in outpatient clinics.

The successful candidate will work closely with Oncology Consultants from MFT and Kent Oncology Centre but also with Acute Oncology CNSs and Chemotherapy Nurses and will undertake supervised responsibility for the management of oncology patients presenting with oncological emergencies such as side effects of SACT, Neutropenic Sepsis, Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression or cancer related complications.

They will be expected to provide support to the Nurse led outpatient chemotherapy unit and supervise the Junior Doctors on Lawrence ward.

The detailed job plan will be developed according to the appointee’s level of experience in oncology but prior exposure to cancer patient management and oncology is expected for this role.

The appointee will have the opportunity to attend Tumour Site Specific MDTs and Outpatient Oncology Clinics and will be encouraged to participate in Research and Clinical Trials according to their personal interest.

The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to be involved in oncology publications and will be expected to undertake audit and quality improvement projects, as well as to attend clinical governance meetings, regional and national educational meetings and the participation in the local education programme of teaching.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification recognised by GMC
  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
  • MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of achievement of ST2/CT2 competences in relevant specialty at time of application
  • Sound knowledge/background in Acute General Internal Medicine
  • Knowledge and experience in oncology , management of solid tumour cancer and management of treatment related toxicities
  • Clinical Governance principles

Skills

Essential criteria
  • • Up-to-date ALS
  • • Relevant specialty clinical knowledge

Value Based Question

Essential criteria
  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Afroditi Karathanasi
Job title
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07851602788
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