Stereotactic Clinical Fellow

HCA Healthcare UK; Aldershot; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Stereotactic Clinical Fellow to deliver oncological care at The Harley St Clinic, focusing on patient management and clinical protocol development. Applicants should have full GMC registration and experience in radiation oncology. The role offers extensive research development opportunities and a commitment to a supportive work culture.

Benefits

264 hours holiday each year

Private Healthcare Insurance

Private pension contribution

Season Ticket Loan

Corporate staff discount

Wellbeing support tools

Qualifications

• Must have full registration with the General Medical Council with License to Practice.
• Completion of Final/Part 2 FRCR exams is required.
• Experience in radiation oncology is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver oncological care for MRL patients.
• Provide clinical aspects of daily plan adaptation.
• Manage acute treatment of 'on treat' patients.

Skills

Full registration with the General Medical Council with License to Practice

Experience of working within a radiation oncology environment

Good clinical grounding in cancer and its treatment

Good abilities in interpreting imaging, particularly MRI

Completion of Core Medical training

Experience working at a Clinical Oncology Specialty Registrar level

Education

Full FRCR membership

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Membership of RCP in the UK (MRCP UK)

Job description

Role: Stereotactic Clinical Fellow
Town / Site: 35 Weymouth St, London W1G 8BJ, The Harley St Clinic

Full time / Part time: Full Time
Shift times: (Monday/Friday) 8:00am – 8:00pm / or 9:00am - 5:00pm. Possibility of extension.
Salary: Highly Competitive.

We’re looking for a Stereotactic Clinical Research Fellow to join our medical teams at The Harley St Clinic London. The fellow will deliver oncological care for MRL (Magnetic Resonance imaging Linac) patients in conjunction with the patient's own consultant, primarily providing the clinical aspects of daily plan adaptation, in particular contouring, and assessment of doses to targets and organs at risk, with appropriate escalation of matters arising to the patient’s primary consultant if needed.

The other clinical components of the role involve assessment and acute management of “on treat” patients as required and counselling and consent for stereotactic radiotherapy. The fellow will collaborate closely with the wider MRL MDT, in order to facilitate a seamless MRL patient pathway and ensure an excellent patient experience.

The MRL Clinical Research Fellow will also have non-clinical responsibilities related to the set-up and ongoing evaluation of the MRL service, which is shortly coming online as a new HCA radiotherapy modality. They will be involved in the development of clinical protocols and take a leading role in auditing patient outcomes following MRL treatment, including the maintenance of rigorous patient follow-up in a well-designed database. The fellow will be facilitated to present this work in publication and/or at conferences. In addition to clinical service evaluation, the fellow’s job plan includes dedicated time and support for research activities, which will lead to attainment of a higher research degree.

It should be noted that this role does not entitle the post holder to admit or treat private patients within the hospital. However, where the post holder is required to treat or attend a patient as a result of a consultant request, or as an emergency, or other reason, the fellow will carry out such treatment as part of his/her normal duties until the patient is referred to a recognised hospital consultant. There will not be any on-call commitment to the post but the hours may involve early starts (7:30am Stereotactic MDT on Tuesdays, usually not more often than once or twice a week) and late finishes.

What you’ll bring:

• Full registration with the General Medical Council with License to Practice
• Full FRCR membership (completion of the Final/Part 2 FRCR exams)
• Experience of working within a radiation oncology environment
• Good clinical grounding in cancer and its treatment
• Good abilities in interpreting imaging, MRI modality in particular
• Completion of Core Medical training (or equivalent) and experience working at a Clinical Oncology Specialty Registrar level

Desirable:

• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)
• Member of RCP in the UK (MRCP UK)
• Experience working with an MR linac and an understanding of plan adaptation
• Understanding of the fundamentals of stereotactic radiotherapy planning and delivery e.g. Gamma Knife, CyberKnife or linac-based delivery.
• IR(ME)R training

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities.

• For 40 hours full time contracts, 264 hours holiday each year (inclusive of bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you.
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
• Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
• Group Life Assurance from day one
• Critical illness cover
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers
• Access to wellbeing support tools, through our thrive 365 channels, onsite mental health first aiders, and free counselling up to 6 sessions per annum
• Paid Indemnity

How we can support your development:

• Funding of an MD (Res) higher research degree
• The MD (Res) is to be undertaken at the Bart’s Cancer Institute (BCI) at Queen Mary University of London
• HCA will cover the cost of the tuition fees, the Fellow will be responsible for enrolment and registration.
• As well as The Harley Street Clinic (HSC) clinical oncology consultant co-supervisors, the fellow will be allocated an academic tutor at the Bart’s Cancer Institute.
• The MD (Res) programme at the BCI includes formal tuition and support from the research office regarding the administrative aspects of the MD (Res) degree.
• HCA will support the fellow to disseminate their findings from both their clinical service evaluation activities and MD research work, via publication and presentation of data concerning patient outcomes, including attendance at appropriate national and international meetings, as well as publication of research in relevant journals.

Culture and values:

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.

• Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
• Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
• Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
• Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity

Reasonable adjustments: We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.

International candidates: HCA Healthcare UK hold a Tier 2 sponsorship licence which permits us to be able to recruit the best talent in the UK as well as overseas.