Trust Doctor in Paediatric Oncology (ST3+ equivalent) inNewcastle upon Tyne inNewcastle upon Tyne PUBLISHED 21 NOV 2024
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We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
This post is suitable for a trainee with knowledge and experience of Paediatric Oncology and Haematology care as well as having a solid grounding in Acute Paediatric Medicine. A comprehensive training programme is available within this post which is equivalent to the training delivered through the UK National Grid training programme to achieve Specialty Certification.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This post will be for 6 months from January 2025 with the possibility of extension. It will provide training in the clinical aspects of Paediatric Oncology. This position will be in the Department of Paediatric Oncology (Royal Victoria Infirmary) within the Children's Directorate of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:
Dr Tasnim Arif at or Dr Quentin Campbell-Hewson on or email
Clinical:
The post will include the responsibility and supervision of children (both in-patient, day case and out-patient) with leukaemia, solid tumours and adolescents with malignancies. The postholder will gain experience in the management of patients with:
- Children teenagers and adolescents with extracranial solid tumours
- Teenagers and adolescents with extracranial solid tumours
- Young people with brain tumours
- Young People leading up to and following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation and Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell therapy
- The care of children receiving conditioning and delivery of stem cell transplantation.
- The post holder will gain experience in the clinical management of young people with a comprehensive range malignancies and haematological disorders.
Administrative:
- The post holder will be involved in the administration of the Paediatric Oncology Unit. He/she will be responsible for ensuring the documentation of all patients on the Unit, and the discharge summaries, are kept up to date. He/she will supervise the junior staff to ensure this.
- The postholder will be responsible with other junior colleagues for the administration of out of hours cover for the paediatric oncology unit.
Research:
The post holder will be encouraged to undertake a clinical research project. This may interact with the major research team of the Department:
1) The Leukaemic Stem Cell as a therapeutic target.
2) Chromosomal abnormalities within ALL.
3) The molecular pathology of neuroblastoma and medulloblastoma.
4) The clinical and molecular pharmacology of anti-cancer agents.
5) The epidemiology of childhood malignancies.
6) Long term follow up and survivorship.
7) Development and delivery of Early Phase Trial therapy.
8) Investigation and development of new technologies for healthcare.
Teaching:
The post holder will be expected to participate in the teaching programme. They will also be expected to teach at the bedside undergraduate and medical students. The trust has a dedicated Training and Medical Education department offering face to face and online training. Within the Paediatric Directorate there are daily morning teaching sessions and a weekly grand round. In paediatric oncology there is a weekly junior medical staff driven teaching and journal club session and there is weekly targeted training sessions by the Consultant of the week. Our preclinical research unit provides a curriculum of weekly oncology research presentations including local national and international speakers.
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
This post is suitable for a trainee with knowledge and experience of Paediatric Oncology and Haematology care as well as having a solid grounding in Acute Paediatric Medicine. A comprehensive training programme is available within this post which is equivalent to the training delivered through the UK National Grid training programme to achieve Specialty Certification.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This post will be for 6 months from January 2025 with the possibility of extension. It will provide training in the clinical aspects of Paediatric Oncology. This position will be in the Department of Paediatric Oncology (Royal Victoria Infirmary) within the Children's Directorate of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:
Dr Tasnim Arif at or Dr Quentin Campbell-Hewson on or email
About us
Clinical:
The post will include the responsibility and supervision of children (both in-patient, day case and out-patient) with leukaemia, solid tumours and adolescents with malignancies. The postholder will gain experience in the management of patients with:
- Children teenagers and adolescents with extracranial solid tumours
- Teenagers and adolescents with extracranial solid tumours
- Young people with brain tumours
- Young People leading up to and following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation and Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell therapy
- The care of children receiving conditioning and delivery of stem cell transplantation.
- The post holder will gain experience in the clinical management of young people with a comprehensive range malignancies and haematological disorders.
Administrative:
- The post holder will be involved in the administration of the Paediatric Oncology Unit. He/she will be responsible for ensuring the documentation of all patients on the Unit, and the discharge summaries, are kept up to date. He/she will supervise the junior staff to ensure this.
- The postholder will be responsible with other junior colleagues for the administration of out of hours cover for the paediatric oncology unit.
Research:
The post holder will be encouraged to undertake a clinical research project. This may interact with the major research team of the Department:
1) The Leukaemic Stem Cell as a therapeutic target.
2) Chromosomal abnormalities within ALL.
3) The molecular pathology of neuroblastoma and medulloblastoma.
4) The clinical and molecular pharmacology of anti-cancer agents.
5) The epidemiology of childhood malignancies.
6) Long term follow up and survivorship.
7) Development and delivery of Early Phase Trial therapy.
8) Investigation and development of new technologies for healthcare.
Teaching:
The post holder will be expected to participate in the teaching programme. They will also be expected to teach at the bedside undergraduate and medical students. The trust has a dedicated Training and Medical Education department offering face to face and online training. Within the Paediatric Directorate there are daily morning teaching sessions and a weekly grand round. In paediatric oncology there is a weekly junior medical staff driven teaching and journal club session and there is weekly targeted training sessions by the Consultant of the week. Our preclinical research unit provides a curriculum of weekly oncology research presentations including local national and international speakers.
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