Junior Clinical Fellow Paediatric Oncology (ST1-2)

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Tooting; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Tooting, London, is seeking a Junior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Oncology on a 10‑month fixed‑term contract. The post involves working within the PTC team, delivering advanced paediatric oncology care and supporting the ANP team.

The role offers 40 hours per week with long day shifts (08:30–21:00), clinical teaching, and development in tertiary paediatric oncology and POSCU shared care.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration to practice in the UK.
• Current APLS/EPALS/NLS
• US guided vascular access
• MRCPCH qualification or working towards

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous care to paediatric oncology patients.
• Coordinate admissions, assessments and discharges.
• Liaise with the Royal Marsden/ POSCU teams for patient care.
• Promote teaching and support junior staff within the team.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Full GMC registration to practice

MRCPCH qualification or working towards

Job description

Junior Clinical Fellow Paediatric Oncology (ST1-2)

Junior Clinical Fellow

Main area Clinical Fellow Grade Junior Clinical Fellow Contract 10 months (Fixed Term) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (long day shift pattern covering 7 day service) Job ref CW-200-714414-8273218-KM

Site St Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Town Tooting Salary £55,355 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.

With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.

Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.

Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.

We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.

As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.

Job overview

We are looking for a junior clinical fellow to be based within the PTC team at St George's Hospital on a 10 month fixed term contract.

There is one post providing clinical fellow level cover to our PTC service. This post will work with the oncology ANP team and jointly cover a rota with the ANP team. The post will deliver an advanced level of care and play a key role in the clinical management of paediatric oncology patients, acting as a role model and expert practitioner in paediatric oncology and paediatric venous access.

The working days are long day shifts (08:30-21:00).

This post in paediatric oncology is suitable for a junior doctor wishing to gain experience in paediatric oncology, for those wishing to pursue a career in Tertiary Paediatric Oncology, or as a stand‑alone post providing training for generalists with a specialist interest (i.e. shared care oncology).

The PTC across the two sites (St George's works closely with the Royal Marsden to provide a PTC) has 240 new malignant registrations per year, including children with leukaemia, central nervous system and extra cranial tumours. Children are referred from south of the Thames, Kent and the south coast, although for early phase studies patients are referred from all around the UK via defined referral networks, with a third of patients recruited to paediatric early phase studies coming from out of region.

Main duties of the job

The fellow will work autonomously with individuals, families, and carers, managing a caseload using advanced assessment methods (e.g. history taking, physical exams, risk identification, and mental health assessments).

They will apply clinical expertise and judgement to assess defined and complex cases, synthesising information to make evidence‑based decisions and/or diagnoses. The role involves coordinating admission, assessment, and discharge processes for paediatric oncology patients, including both PTC and POSCU shared care cases.

The fellow will liaise with the Royal Marsden Service for patients at St George’s, managing admissions/discharges to and from the Marsden and associated hospitals. They will ensure accurate documentation and information sharing with Marsden, POSCU sites, and community teams. They will assist in assessing patient acuity and ensure appropriate responses to Paediatric Clinical Assessment Tool (PCAT) triggers.

Strong communication skills are essential to support decision‑making, care planning, and promoting person‑centred care using the HEE framework. The role requires sound professional judgement to manage risk in complex and unpredictable situations, while supporting others to do the same.

The fellow will collaborate with multi‑agency and inter‑professional teams, maintaining links to manage cross‑setting risks. As a clinical role model, they will support care responsive to changing needs, informed by local health data and networks.

Working for our organisation

The post holder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the trust vision of:

A thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment.

The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and non‑clinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role.

The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Full registration with GMC with licence to practice
• Current APLS/EPALS/NLS
• US guided vascular access
• MRCPCH qualification or working towards

Experience

• A minimum of 1 years Paediatric ST1-2 experience including at least 12 months in the UK
• Ability to assess patients with a comprehensive history and physical examination
• Prior experience in a UK tertiary hospital
• Experience of assessment of infants and children in A+E
• Experience in a UK paediatric oncology shared care unit (POSCU) services
• Experience of working with Advanced Nurse Practitioners

Skills

• Able to work without direct supervision where appropriate
• Clear, logical thinking showing an analytical/scientific approach
• Basic venepuncture and cannulation skills.
• Good IT skills and experience with electronic medical records.
• Competence in performing clinical audit, service improvement and guideline development
• Enthusiasm to teach others

Knowledge

• Foundation knowledge of paediatric oncology and the assessment of children undergoing cancer treatment
• Recognition of the seriously ill child
• Principles of management of children
• Level 3 child safeguarding training
• Shows awareness of own limitations
• Shows knowledge of evidence-informed practice

Personal

• Ability to work in a Multi-disciplinary team
• Good interpersonal skills
• Commitment to continuing medical education
• Flexible approach
• Ability to cope with stress
• Ability to self‑motivate and motivate others
• Ability to work in a small team performing self‑rostering to support the clinical service

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email or via NHS Jobs.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre‑employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of you pre‑employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require atleast one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.