Senior Clinical Fellow in Oncology

Job title: Senior Clinical Fellow in Oncology Specialty Doctor Hours: non-acute weeks (8 out of 9 weeks): Mon-Fri 40 hours per week Acute weeks (1 in 9 weeks): Mon-Fri 0900-1900 50 hours per week One weekend in 9: Saturday and Sunday 0900-2100 Responsible to: Educational Supervisor Accountable to: Dr Jessica Bailey, Clinical Lead for Oncology Responsible for: Clinical Fellow in Oncology at ST3+ level Organisational values: Caring, listening and excelling. Key relationships: The oncology team including doctors, nurses and the multidisciplinary specialist team involved in comprehensive patient care. Outpatient clinical staff. Departmental managerial and administrative staff. Acute Oncology Haematology and Ward staff. Professional/Clinical responsibilities: -review of patients in both outpatient and inpatient setting with senior support -arrange appropriate investigations, ensure treatments are appropriately prescribed, accurate and timely documentation and letters to GPs -work alongside CNS
team in management of patients -work with research team as required on clinical trials -discuss cases with the appropriate specialised/disease-specific team -perform practical procedures after appropriate training -attend and contribute to departmental meetings and seminars -work closely and co-operatively with colleagues to ensure duties of the service are supported -to cover the duties of colleagues who are unexpectedly absent -ensure leave requests submitted with sufficient notice and clinical cover to maintain safe patient care