Job summary
Senior Clinical Fellow - Start date 1st August 2025
This a fixed term full-time appointment for 12 months to work alongside ST3+ medical and clinical oncology trainees providing acute oncology, outpatient and inpatient oncology services at NNUH.
This post is ideally suited for someone who wishes to pursue a future career in Oncology or to explore the option of oncology as a potential career choice.
This post offers a varied work pattern, with duties including cover for:
The Acute Oncology Service
Weybourne Day Unit/Radiotherapy
Middle-grade on call rota
Opportunity for clinics, teaching and professional development
Main duties of the job
The Acute Oncology Service (AOS)
AOS provides a 24/7 point of contact for all patients under the care of the Oncology Department at the NNUH. Patients may self-refer to the service or be referred via their GP's or outpatient 'hot clinics'. In-hours, medical cover of the service will be the priority of this post, as well as offering advice to other speciality colleagues and GPs in the community with support from on-call consultants.
Procedures to take place in AOS include but are not limited to abdominal paracentesis and thoracocentesis. AOS is staffed by a mix of clinical fellow/ST3+ trainee, advanced care practitioners (and trainee ACPs) and experienced nurses.
Weybourne Day Unit/Radiotherapy
The Weybourne Day Unit (WDU) is where the majority of systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) takes place at the NNUH. This post will be part of the medical cover for WDU offering advice to senior nursing staff, pre-assessment of patients attending for treatment with acute problems as well as cover for emergencies (e.g. reactions and extravasation). Radiotherapy cover is also provided, with experience being gained in the management of acute radiation toxicity.
About us
The Oncology department senior medical team consists of 15 Consultant Oncologists, 13 Clinical and 2 Medical, and a Nurse Consultant (Breast) managing a wide variety of solid tumours. The team delivers radiotherapy and systemic anti-cancer therapies to the population of Norfolk with a catchment population of ~750,000 people.
A team-based approach includes holding joint new patient clinics, ward rounds as well as collaborating in service development. A weekly oncology multidisciplinary meeting (Grand Round) is held on Thursday morning. Site-specific multidisciplinary meetings are held in a dedicated MDT room with video-links to neighbouring trusts. Neurosurgery and specialist paediatric services are provided at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
The Consultant Oncologists are supported by 3 senior clinical fellows (this post), and a variable number of training registrars and rotational junior doctors on the ward.
The Acute Oncology Service is based on the James Pryor Unit and is supported by nurses and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.
Site specific clinical teams are also supported by 16 Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) who also deliver oral SACT out-patient clinics.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for detailed job description and main responsibilities for this role
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for detailed job description and main responsibilities for this role
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Essential
- Full GMC registration with Licence to practise
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- Achieved Grade/years experience
Experience
Essential
- oApplicants from overseas must show equivalence to at least the Foundation Competencies from a UK affiliated Foundation Programme in the National Health Service or equivalent and a minimum of 3 years post registration experience
- oEvidence of achievement of IMT1 competencies by the time of appointment
- Training in adult safeguarding
Desirable
- o4 years post-registration experience in medical specialties
- oCompletion of 2y IMT or equivalent
Interests
Essential
- Commitment to develop an appropriate interest in Oncology
Aptitudes
Essential
- Capable of working in a multi disciplinary team and supervising junior staff
- Ability to operate under pressure
- Good communicator.
- Empathy and sensitivity in communicating with patients and families
- Demonstrates respect for all
- Demonstrates initiative and shows resilience in the face of uncertainty
- oDemonstrates honest integrity, recognises ethical dilemmas and respects confidentiality
Desirable
- Extra curricular activities/achievements relevant to Oncology
Clinical knowledge and skills
Essential
- oAbility to apply sound knowledge and judgement to problems
- oAbility to prioritise clinical need
- oRecognition of, and ability to manage, an acutely unwell patient
Desirable
- oExperience and ability in practical procedures defined in the IMT curriculum (cannulation, thoracocentesis, ascitic drainage)
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Essential
- Full GMC registration with Licence to practise
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- Achieved Grade/years experience
Experience
Essential
- oApplicants from overseas must show equivalence to at least the Foundation Competencies from a UK affiliated Foundation Programme in the National Health Service or equivalent and a minimum of 3 years post registration experience
- oEvidence of achievement of IMT1 competencies by the time of appointment
- Training in adult safeguarding
Desirable
- o4 years post-registration experience in medical specialties
- oCompletion of 2y IMT or equivalent
Interests
Essential
- Commitment to develop an appropriate interest in Oncology
Aptitudes
Essential
- Capable of working in a multi disciplinary team and supervising junior staff
- Ability to operate under pressure
- Good communicator.
- Empathy and sensitivity in communicating with patients and families
- Demonstrates respect for all
- Demonstrates initiative and shows resilience in the face of uncertainty
- oDemonstrates honest integrity, recognises ethical dilemmas and respects confidentiality
Desirable
- Extra curricular activities/achievements relevant to Oncology
Clinical knowledge and skills
Essential
- oAbility to apply sound knowledge and judgement to problems
- oAbility to prioritise clinical need
- oRecognition of, and ability to manage, an acutely unwell patient
Desirable
- oExperience and ability in practical procedures defined in the IMT curriculum (cannulation, thoracocentesis, ascitic drainage)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
