The Christie NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 3 million people within the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network, providing surgery, radiotherapy and complex chemotherapy services.Applications are welcomed for a 12 month HPB & OG Clinical Fellow, post commencing January 2025 in Clinical Oncology, based at The Christie NHS FT, Manchester, UK Europe's largest single site cancer hospital.This post is for 40 hours per week as a Clinical Fellow within the HPB and OG disease group under the specialty of Clinical Oncology for a fixed term period of 12 months. The post holder will be employed by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and will be based at The Christie. The successful applicant would be expected to work alongside consultants and trainees in out-patient clinics, supervising Precision Radiotherapy planning/delivery and performing on-treatment reviews and follow-up assessments.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be involved in all aspects of the management of patients with HBP and OG. These include (but are not limited to) the screening of referrals, active participation in MDT, assessment of patients, consent, review of patients on pre-treatment, treatment, planning of SABR, review and approval of SABR plans, precision radiotherapy development and post treatment and ePROMS. All of this will be done under the clinical supervision of the designated HPB & OG team consultant. You will be expected to teach junior medical staff, medical students and nurses on occasion. You will be expected to take part in audit and research. There is no on call responsibility with this post.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Job description
Job responsibilities

ORGANISATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

This post is for 40 hours per week as a Clinical Fellow is work within the clinical oncology Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) and) Oesophago-Gastric (OG) disease group, with a strong interest in SABR (Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy) for a fixed term period of 12 months. The post holder will be employed by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and will be predominantly based at The Christie at Withington site, with potential rotation to the radiotherapy satellite centres. Role PurposeThe appointee will be a Fellow in the department of Clinical Oncology within the HPB & OG disease groupThe employing authority is The Christie NHS Foundation TrustThe appointee will be managerially accountable to the Clinical Director of the Directorate of Clinical OncologyThe Appointee will be professionally responsible to the consultants in whose clinics they will be supporting. The post-holder will be assigned a clinical supervisor (Consultant Clinical Oncologist). They will work alongside their supervisor in at least one clinic. Will develop expertise in the development, management and treatment of HPB and oligometastatic tumour sites with SABR. The successful applicant would be expected to work alongside consultants and trainees in out-patient clinics, supervising Technical Radiotherapy delivery and performing on-treatment reviews and follow-up assessments

.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The medical establishment provides currently consists of 59 Consultants who run the clinical service and research practice. There is also a team of 23 SpRs plus Academic Clinical Fellows. The appointee will be based at The Christie and will provide senior input to all aspects of the management of patients with HBP, OG and oligometastatic disease. These include (but are not limited to) the screening of referrals, active participation in MDT, assessment of patients, consent, review of patients on pre-treatment, treatment, planning of SABR, review and approval of SABR plans, technical radiotherapy development and post-treatment and ePROMS. All of this will be done under the clinical supervision of the designated HPB/OG team consultant. They will be expected to teach junior medical staff, medical students and nurses on occasion.They will be expected to take part in audit and research. There is no on call responsibility with this post.[JD Template: December 2023] 1Continuing Professional DevelopmentThe Trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development (CPD) as laid down by the GMC and surgical colleges and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.Role PlanningThe timetable below is indicative and will be confirmed on commencement in post.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

AM

Clinic

TBS review clinic

Admin /

Liver SABR MDT

Clinic/

Pelvic MDT

Renal SABR MDT ( alt weeks)

Radiotherapy planning

PM

Admin /

Bone

SABR MDT

Clinic

Radiotherapy planning

Admin

Training

NB This timetable is indicative

On call CommitmentsThis role does not require participation in the on-call rota.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MB BCh or Equivalent
• Full FRCR (UK)

Desirable

• MRCP (UK)

Experience
Essential

• At least three years post full registration in General Medicine
• Completed a minimum 3 years Clinical Oncology training

Desirable

• Previous SABR experience

Management / Audit
Essential

• Understands principles of audit
• Ability and willingness to work in multidisciplinary teams

Desirable

• Evidence of participation in audit
• Skills in time/resource management

Teaching
Desirable

• Evidence of teaching and involvement in the education of medical students/junior doctors

Leadership
Desirable

• Developing Leadership Awareness

Motivation
Desirable

• Ambition to become an autonomous practitioner (development/CESR/Specialist)

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