Interview to be scheduled on 12th March 2025
We require an ambitious candidate who will provide excellence in helping develop this rapidly changing and important service. We are keen to appoint a Senior Clinical Fellow in Oncology to join our team of 23 Clinical Oncologists and 2 Medical Oncologists at the UHCW NHS Trust, ie the Arden Cancer Centre, serving Coventry and the adjoining Cancer Units at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust (SWFT), George Eliot Hospital (GEH), Stratford Rigby Unit and Rugby Maple Unit.
These 10 PA (1.0 WTE) posts are based at the UHCW NHS Trust, Coventry.
University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire, with 1,200 beds and links to Warwick Medical School, is one of England’s largest teaching hospitals and offers one of the most modern healthcare facilities in Western Europe. In addition to general acute hospital services to approximately 500,000 people from Coventry and Rugby, we provide specialist cancer services to over one million people from Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond (including GEH and SWFT). Our mission to ‘Care, Achieve and Innovate’ is demonstrated by our performance in high quality patient care, teaching and research.
N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications or if there has been a change in organisational priorities.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Oncology Team which includes Clinical Oncologists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, chemotherapy nurses and radiographers. The Post-holder will have the opportunity to work across Acute Oncology Services, inpatient (ward 35), outpatient and day case environments, supported and supervised by consultant oncologists.
The appointee will support the Acute Oncology Service, the ward in–patient care and will contribute to the On Call rota for middle-grade doctors. The post holder will be expected to provide cross cover for MDTs (videoconferencing is available) and to liaise with the Acute Physicians/Emergency department as part of the supporting the Acute Nurse Led Oncology Service and when on call. Patients will be treated in both the Arden Cancer Centre on the UH site, the Maple Unit on the St Cross Hospital, Rugby and the Dorothea Unit at the George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.
There has never been a better time to join our team.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our multi-disciplinary Oncology Team at the UHCW Coventry, ward 35 team and on-call consultants, registrars and ward SHOs. Further aspects of the role are negotiable and could be developed based on individual and service needs. The professional team includes Clinical and Medical Oncologists, Palliative Medicine physicians, Clinical Nurse Specialists, chemotherapy nurses, Therapy radiographers, Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy, discharge team.
The appointee will be expected to provide ongoing inpatient care of oncology patients at UHCW as part of the wider inpatient oncology team. In additional to the oncology workforce, they will be expected, when patient care necessitates it, to interact with health professionals in other departments around the hospital and the wider members of the multidisciplinary team. Furthermore, the post holder will be required to undertake administrative duties directly associated with the care of patients and, once confident and assessed as competent, will be expected to supervise junior medical staff. For management purposes and the use of resources, the post holder will be accountable to the Lead Clinician or a nominated clinical consultant.

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