Specialty Doctor in Medical Oncology - Breast

NHS; Sutton; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Specialty Doctor in Medical Oncology to join the Breast Unit. This position offers specialised postgraduate training and involvement in clinical research, while emphasizing a supportive team environment. Responsibilities include managing outpatient clinics and providing cover for the specialist registrar during absences. Candidates should have GMC registration and experience in medical oncology. The role offers competitive salary and an opportunity for flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Wide range of staff benefits

Qualifications

• GMC Registration with a licence to practice.
• Four years' full-time postgraduate training in a relevant specialty.

Responsibilities

• Participate in clinical research programmes.
• Manage outpatient clinics.
• Cover specialist registrar during leave.

Skills

Experience in medical oncology

GMC Registration

Postgraduate training

Education

MB BS or acceptable equivalent

MRCP or acceptable equivalent

Job description

Specialty Doctor in Medical Oncology - Breast

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.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Status

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

Experience

• 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)
• Experience in medical oncology

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.

£61,542 to £99,216 a yearplus £2162 London Weighting