Clinical Fellow – Oncology

Job title:

Clinical Fellow – Oncology

Company

NHS Scotland

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.FIXED TERM CLINICAL FELLOW IN ONCOLOGY(IMT2 and above EQUIVALENT GRADE)(12 months Aug 2024 – July 2025)This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Clinical Fellow. Our service is led by 14 consultants . This includes one academic Professor of Medical Oncology, two NHS Medical Oncology and eleven NHS Clinical Oncology Consultants.The successful applicant will join our wider team of 5 STs, 3 Specialty Drs, 1 IMT, and FY Doctors. The post is for 12 months. Applicants must have excellent inter-personal skills.Dundee is Scotland’s fourth largest city and lies on the bank of the River Tay. It houses two large Universities (Abertay and Dundee) and is the focal point of a thriving biomedical technology industry.Ninewells is a major teaching hospital, and has been designated one of the Regional Cancer Centres in Scotland. We provide on a single site all surgical, radiotherapy, and medical oncology services. The department enjoys close links with the University of Dundee Medical School and Life Sciences, and the successful applicant will be encouraged to develop their role as an educator and researcher.You will have the opportunity to gain intensive and wide-ranging experience in oncology and you will be encouraged to participate in training, teaching, audit and research opportunities. In addition to a busy outpatient service, you will be involved with ward work, our chemotherapy units, our radiotherapy department and the clinical trial (Stefani) unit. We have a 23 bedded ward, taking direct admissions, and an acute Oncology Service which is Nurse led.The post provides an excellent opportunity to gain oncology experience that can help a candidate develop their CV and increase the chance of securing an NTN in due course.Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Hannah Lord Consultant Clinical Oncologists, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.

Expected salary

Location

Dundee

Job date

Sat, 06 Jul 2024 06:11:51 GMT

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