Junior Clinical Fellow

THIS VACANCY WILL CLOSE PROMPTLY ON 7TH MAY - LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

The role will be suitable for doctors who have completed Foundation Programme Training or Core Medical Training particularly for those wishing to gain additional experience before commencing further training. The experience will be primarily in Haematology in the general Haematology ward and on the bone marrow transplant unit. There will be a weekend only on call commitment (9am-5pm) on a 1:5 basis. This will be to provide cover alongside registrars and consultant Haematologist to the Haematology in-patients

There will be a strong educational emphasis to these roles 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: Consultant Haematologist, Haematology Doctors in Training, Medical Oncology Consultants, Clinical Oncology 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.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties, but it aims to highlight the typical key responsibilities of the post. It may be reviewed from time to time to ensure that it relates to the job as then being performed, or to incorporate required changes.

Role Includes

Assessing patients presenting acutely with symptoms from their disorder or its treatment requiring acute symptom management and support

Ward rounds and day to day inpatient management of Haematology patients

Performing bedside practical procedures

Identifying and managing patients on clinical trials

Gaining experience in the outpatient assessment and management of patients seen in Haematology clinics, including assessing patients independently if clinically competent and determining management plans under senior supervision

Supervision and education of medical students

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading providers of non-surgical cancer treatment, caring for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.

Our flagship specialist cancer hospital opening in central Liverpool in June 2020, supported by our hospital on the Clatterbridge Health Park in Wirral providing outpatient cancer treatment and supportive care and our radiotherapy treatment centre on the Aintree Hospital site.

Together, working across three sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseyside’s district hospitals, we are able to deliver a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies. We also deliver a pioneering Treatment at Home and Work service; are the only facility in the UK providing low-energy proton beam therapy to treat rare eye cancers and host the region’s Teenage and Young Adult Unit, (supported by the Teenage Cancer Trust).

Working with leading experts from The University of Liverpool and the Cancer Research UK Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit we strive to stay at the forefront of novel treatments and techniques to deliver more effective and personalised treatments than ever before.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Education

The applicant will be encouraged to attend teaching and Study leave for appropriate courses and exams will be considered on an individual basis in line with Trust policy. There is full access to the library, “up-to-date” online resource and online journals with an extended Athens account specific to Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

Research

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre hosts the Merseyside and Cheshire Research Network which supports a significant portfolio of clinical trials. In addition to this there are long standing links with the University of Liverpool. This has resulted in Clatterbridge being a research focused organisation at the forefront of cancer care offering significant opportunities to our Clinical Fellows. Whilst this is not a research-based job, the successful applicant would have many opportunities to come in contact with patients participating in clinical trials research.

Other Opportunities

There are excellent opportunities to participate in peer teaching and undergraduate education within this post, with all undergraduate medical students from the University of Liverpool attending a one-week placement at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre within their fourth year. For those interested in developing their education portfolio, there are frequent opportunities to teach and receive learner feedback and to receive assessments and feedback on your teaching skills from a wealth of specialty registrars and consultant