Specialty Doctor in Medical Oncology - Breast in London

The Specialty Doctor will play an integral part of the day to day running of the Breast Unit. This post will be based at the Royal Marsden Hospital Sutton site (5 days). There will be flexibility in this arrangement to account for leave requirements of other members of the team.

The working week will involve attending outpatient clinics (4 half days per week). The Specialty Doctor will be asked to cover the Breast Unit specialist registrar when they are on the Institute of Cancer Research course or study/annual leave. This is a well-supported post within a large team.

Main duties of the job include:

• Participation in our clinical research programme, including involvement in the management of multi-centre phase II/III studies.
• Opportunities to work on audits and service evaluation and to engage with teaching activities.

This post provides specialised postgraduate training in medical and multidisciplinary aspects of the treatment of breast tumours, exposing the Specialty Doctor to a wide range of clinical problems and current clinical research. Within the Royal Marsden/Institute of Cancer Research there is a strong emphasis on postgraduate teaching. In-house meetings involve lectures, seminars, formal journal clubs and tutorials in both clinical and laboratory medicine, often in association with the Institute of Cancer Research.

Benefits include:

• A stimulating and dynamic working environment.
• A wide range of staff benefits.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Clear career pathways.
• Opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities.

Person specification:

• Status: GMC Registration with a licence to practice.
• MB BS or acceptable equivalent.
• MRCP or acceptable equivalent.

Experience:

• Four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty (or equivalent experience and competencies).
• Experience in medical oncology.

Diversity: The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff: At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the utmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.