Clinical Fellow in Medical Oncology - London, United Kingdom - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

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Description

Appointment to this post offers excellent experience of medical oncology for those wishing to pursue a career in this field.

There is an active postgraduate teaching programme and all oncology trainees (or equivalent) are expected to attend.

The post is for 12 months.

The post holder will be one of 9 middle grade doctors in medical oncology, 18 middle grade doctors in clinical oncology, 3 speciality doctors and 7 CT1/2 level doctors in oncology.

The trainee will take part in the on call rota with prospective cover (band 1B or equivalent).

Training in this post will be within the Department of Oncology at University College Hospital. The department provides comprehensive care for all types of cancer.

In addition to local and regional services for the commoner tumours, it provides supraregional services for rarer tumour types including brain, sarcomas and paediatric and adolescent oncology.

The department is functionally integrated with clinical haematology which has a major practice in haematological oncology including transplant

UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre opened in April 2012 on the site of the old EGA building on Huntley Street. The building houses HCA, The Squire Garden, Haematology/Oncology daycare, outpatients, theatres, imaging, nuclear medicine and phlebotomy.

Volunteers work throughout the Cancer Centre to help provide outstanding practical, emotional and financial support to patients, their carers and loved ones.

The Macmillan Support and Information Service provides a range of support and information to all patients seen and treated in the Cancer Centre, and to any other patient with cancer treated elsewhere within the Trust.

The PET/MR Unit operates the UK's first PET/MR system, which includes both a PET camera and 3T MR scanner in the same physical unit so that both tests can be performed simultaneously in one single session

For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.