Clinical Oncology Registrar

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is seeking a Clinical Oncology Registrar to join the team for a fixed-term period of 12 months. The post holder will support safe, timely cancer care across outpatient, inpatient and acute settings under consultant supervision.

The role involves contributing to radiotherapy and systemic anti-cancer therapy pathways, assessing treatment fitness, and responding to oncological emergencies, while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to support patient

Qualifications

• Medical degree or equivalent.
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise by the start date.
• Evidence of satisfactory progression and professional development appropriate to career stage.
• Completion of Foundation Training or equivalent competencies.
• MRCP, FRCR examinations or another relevant postgraduate qualification.
• Life-support or acute-care certification relevant to the duties.

Responsibilities

• Fixed term - 12 months
• Provide safe, timely and compassionate care for adults with cancer under appropriate supervision.
• Assess and manage patients in outpatient clinics, inpatient areas and acute oncology settings within agreed competence and supervision arrangements.
• Take appropriate clinical histories, undertake examinations, review investigation results, formulate differential diagnoses and agree management plans with senior clinicians.
• Support delivery of radiotherapy pathways, including patient assessment, consent where trained, treatment planning, contouring, prescription preparation, verification, on-treatment review and management of treatment-related toxicity.
• Support systemic anti-cancer therapy pathways, including assessment of treatment fitness, review of blood results, prescribing or authorising treatment only where trained, and management of toxicity.
• Recognise and initiate management of oncological emergencies and escalate promptly when required.
• Contribute to safe inpatient care, ward rounds, discharge planning, and liaison with palliative care and other specialties.
• Participate in MDT meetings and provide clinical information to support treatment decision-making.

Job description

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Clinical Oncology Registrar

The closing date is 13 November 2026

The post holder will provide safe, timely and compassionate care for adults with cancer, working within the Clinical Oncology team under appropriate consultant supervision. The role will support assessment, investigation, treatment and ongoing management across outpatient, inpatient and acute settings, including radiotherapy, systemic anti-cancer therapy and supportive care appropriate to the post holder's competence and authorised scope of practice. The post is deliberately generic and may support one or more tumour-site teams according to service need. Duties, supervision and clinical autonomy will be matched to the post holder's training, previous experience and demonstrated competencies.

Main duties of the job

Assess and manage patients in outpatient clinics, inpatientareas and acute oncology settings within agreed competence and supervisionarrangements.

Take appropriate clinical histories, undertake examinations, reviewinvestigation results, formulate differential diagnoses and agree managementplans with senior clinicians.

Support delivery of radiotherapy pathways, including patient assessment,consent where appropriately trained and authorised, treatment planning,contouring, prescription preparation, verification, on-treatment review andmanagement of treatment-related toxicity.

Support systemic anti-cancer therapy pathways, including assessment oftreatment fitness, review of blood results, prescribing or authorisingtreatment only where appropriately trained, credentialed and working withinlocal governance arrangements, and management of treatment-related toxicity.

Recognise, assess and initiate management of oncologicalemergencies, including neutropenic sepsis, metastatic spinal cord compression,hypercalcaemia, superior vena cava obstruction and complications ofradiotherapy or systemic treatment, escalating promptly when required.

Contribute to safe inpatient care, ward rounds, discharge planning, treatmentescalation decisions and liaison with palliative care and other specialties.

Participate in relevant multidisciplinary team meetings and provide clearclinical information to support treatment decision-making.

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Job responsibilities

Fixed term - 12 months

Grade: Resident Doctor/ Trust Grade, aligned to the approved level of appointment.

Staff Group: CancerServices

Reports to: FrederickBartlett, Clinical Director

Please refer to attached document.

Qualifications

• Qualifications
• Medical degree or equivalent.
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise by the start date.
• Evidence of satisfactory progression and professional development appropriate to career stage.
• Completion of Foundation Training or equivalent competencies.
• MRCP, FRCR examinations or another relevant postgraduate qualification.
• Life-support or acute-care certification relevant to the duties.

Experience

• Experience assessing and managing acutely unwell patients.
• Ability to work safely within competence and seek senior support appropriately.
• Previous Clinical Oncology, Medical Oncology, acute oncology, palliative medicine, general medicine or related specialty experience.
• Exposure to radiotherapy or SACT pathways.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust