Clinical Fellow in Ambulatory Chemotherapy

The post holder will work with the project nurse and with the pharmacy project lead to develop ambulatory chemotherapy for our patients. This is a two-year fixed term project, which we anticipate will develop a service which will become standard of care. Working 2 days a week (0.4 FTE) on this project, initially the post holder will develop a project plan for the ambulatory chemotherapy service. The second phase will be to implement the plan, to carry out the patient consent for participation and to supervise the initiation of ambulatory treatment on a Monday and Tuesday. The post holder will supervise the medical care of the patients on treatment and will review the outcomes after each course has been administered later in the week.

The post holder will communicate with the rest of the inpatient and day unit team and will provide written summaries for the parent, the GP and the local paediatrician where appropriate.

Candidates must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and hold a license to practice by the intended start date.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1 billion. Our 15,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 200,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments.

All of Leeds tertiary paediatric services are based at the Leeds Childrens Hospital, which is one of the largest specialist facilities for children in the UK, offering regional and supra-regional expertise. This current project is to improve patient experience during chemotherapy by developing ambulatory treatment.