Oncology Clinical Fellow

at  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

There is an exciting opportunity for a medical fellow to work within the department of Oncology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Initially it is a 6 month fixed term contract starting November 2024. This post will form part of the Medical oncology post graduate training rotation and provide great learning opportunities in a supportive environment. The role would ideally suit both trainees wishing to pursue a career in oncology, post MRCP part II, but not yet in a training role or those who have finished their oncology training and looking to develop their breast cancer experience. It may also suit potential Portfolio Programme (ex-CESR) trainees, but only with GMC registration and able to work immediately in the UK. The post allows considerable flexibility for the doctors to choose their area of research or education, to develop their CV’s or clinical experience.
The successful candidate would gain experience of outpatient clinics, systemic anticancer treatments and acute oncology inpatient services as part of a ward and on-call rota. They would be able to contribute on-call rota within the oncology team, but it is non-essential. The fellow would have the opportunity to develop the role according to their educational needs and interests either through research, delivery of education or management/leadership skills development.
Provide high quality care to patients in oncology services, Research, teaching and training, Performance management, Medical staff management, Governance and Leadership and team working
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption. As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration:
o To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
o To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care programmed activities.
o To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
o Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of research governance.
o To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by clinical director.
o To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
§ Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions
§ Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates
§ Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team
§ Operational efficiency e.g. admission avoidance, day case review and management
o To participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
o To demonstrate excellent leadership skills within ward team.
o To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and wider ICHT medical communit

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