Leadership Clinical Fellow

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of the most established immunotherapy centres in the country treating approximately 1000 new patients with immunotherapy a year. There is an extensive, pan tumour immunotherapy toxicity team managing around 200-300 patients at any one time. The Centre has pioneered the development of management protocols and production of effective management strategies and resources. There is a strong focus on immunotherapy based, early phase trials alongside the development of a clinical-scientific interface to allow the recruitment of patients with toxicity in real-time. There has also been the regional development of a medical specialties advisory group and toxicity specific MDTs., The role will be suitable for doctors who have completed Core Medical Training particularly for those wishing to gain additional experience before commencing oncology training or for those already in higher speciality training looking to spend a year out of programme (OOP) to extend their knowledge of oncological service development.

The role will cover the development of the hotline triage service including internal processes, interface with CDU, interface with external trusts via Same Day Emergency Care Units and Community Response units. There will also be an element of patient assessment and review, The role is based at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool.

Please note there is an optional opportunity to participate on the on call in rota within oncology throughout the year.

There will also be a strong educational emphasis to this role with involvement in our existing educational programmes (depending on

individual experience to date) and you will be encouraged to be involved in audit and quality improvement projects, research and trials.

Key working relationships: Medical Oncology Consultants, Clinical Oncology Consultants, Haematology Consultants, Palliative Medicine Consultants, Matron, Ward Managers, Ward and Day Unit nursing staff, Clinical fellows IMT 1/2 doctors, GP trainees, specialty ST3+ doctors, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.