Specialty Doctor in Medical Oncology - Breast

The Royal Marsden; Sutton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in the UK seeks a Specialty Doctor for the Breast Unit, focused on daily operations and clinical research. The role involves outpatient clinic attendance and supporting the team during absences. Candidates must hold GMC registration, have a medical degree, and possess MRCP or equivalent. This position emphasizes diverse and inclusive hiring practices while ensuring staff wellbeing through mandatory flu vaccinations. Join a well-supported team dedicated to advanced patient care and research.

Qualifications

• GMC Registration with a licence to practice.
• MB BS or acceptable equivalent.
• MRCP or acceptable equivalent.
• Four years’ full-time postgraduate training in a relevant specialty.

Responsibilities

• Integrate into the daily running of the Breast Unit.
• Cover outpatient clinics and support team members during leave.
• Engage in clinical research and manage multi-centre studies.

Skills

GMC Registration

MB BS or equivalent

MRCP or equivalent

Experience in oncology

Job description

Job overview

The Specialty Doctor will play an integral part of the day to day running of the Breast Unit. This post will be based at the Royal Marsden Hospital Chelsea site (5 days). There will be flexibility in this arrangement to account for leave requirements of other members of the team.

The working week will involve attending outpatient clinics (4 half days per week). The Specialty Doctor will be asked to cover the Breast Unit specialist registrar when they are on the Institute of Cancer Research course or study / annual leave. This is a well-supported post within a large team.

Main duties of the job

The Specialty Doctor will also be expected to take part in our clinical research programme, including involvement in the management of multi-centre phase II / III studies. The fellow will also have the opportunity to work on audits and service evaluation and to engage with teaching activities.

This post provides specialised postgraduate training in medical and multidisciplinary aspects of the treatment of breast tumours, exposing the Specialty Doctor to a wide range of clinical problems and current clinical research. Within the Royal Marsden / Institute of Cancer Research there is a strong emphasis on post graduate teaching. In-house meetings involve lectures, seminars, formal journal clubs and tutorials in both clinical and laboratory medicine, the latter often in association with the Institute of Cancer Research.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to job description and person specification attached for further details about the post.

Person specification – Status

Essential criteria

• GMC Registration with a licence to practice
• MB BS or acceptable equivalent
• MRCP or acceptable equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty (or equivalent experience and competencies)

Desirable criteria

• Experience in medical oncology

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

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.