Clinical Oncology Registrar - 9-Month Fixed Term

Portsmouth Hospitals University Nhs Trust; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is seeking a Doctor to join the Clinical Oncology team on a fixed-term 9-month basis. The post involves safe, timely care for adults with cancer, in outpatient, inpatient and acute settings, including radiotherapy, systemic anti-cancer therapy and supportive care, with supervision and progression aligned to training and competencies.

The role may support one or more tumour-site teams as service needs dictate, with duties and autonomy matched to

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 assessing and managing acutely unwell patients.
• Ability to work safely within competence and seek senior support appropriately.
• Exposure to radiotherapy or SACT pathways desirable.

Responsibilities

• 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 appropriately trained and authorised, 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 appropriately trained, credentialed and working within local governance arrangements, and management of treatment-related toxicity.
• Recognise, assess and initiate management of oncological emergencies, including neutropenic sepsis, metastatic spinal cord compression, hypercalcaemia, superior vena cava obstruction and complications of radiotherapy or systemic treatment, escalating promptly when required.
• Contribute to safe inpatient care, ward rounds, discharge planning, treatment escalation decisions and liaison with palliative care and other specialties.
• Participate in relevant multidisciplinary team meetings and provide clear clinical information to support treatment decision-making.

Skills

Experience managing acutely unwell pts

Competence-based practice

Education

Medical degree or equivalent

GMC registration with licence to practise

Foundation Training completed

MRCP/FRCR or postgraduate qualification

Life-support/acute-care certification

Job description

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is seeking a Doctor to join the Clinical Oncology team on a fixed-term 9-month basis. The post involves safe, timely care for adults with cancer, in outpatient, inpatient and acute settings, including radiotherapy, systemic anti-cancer therapy and supportive care, with supervision and progression aligned to training and competencies.

The role may support one or more tumour-site teams as service needs dictate, with duties and autonomy matched to