Clinical Fellow in Medical Oncology: Sponsorship Available

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Job summary

This role is essential to the delivery of the Nationally Commissioned Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (GTD) Service, providing specialist care for patients with a rare but potentially life-threatening condition. The postholder supports acute and inpatient care, outpatient services, emergency treatment provision, and coordination with specialist nurses, the National Screening Service, and oncology teams across the UK to ensure timely and effective patient management.

Main duties of the job

Provide high quality care to patients in oncology services

The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.

o To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.

o To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care programmed activities.

o To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

Research, teaching and training

o Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of research governance.

o To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by clinical director.

Performance management

To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:

Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions

Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates

Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team

Operational efficiency e.g. admission avoidance, day case review and management

Person Specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential

  • On GMC’s register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
  • MRCP part 1, MRCP part 2 written

Desirable

  • MRCP part 2 completed
  • Completion of core medical training
  • Membership of the Royal College of Physicians part II

Audit

Essential

  • Understanding of principles of clinical audit

Desirable

  • Service improvement experience

Clinical Skills

Essential

  • Excellent team and communication skills
  • Experience and competencies in acute oncology emergencies
  • IT Skills and computer literacy

Desirable

  • Prior oncology experience

Leadership/ management skills

Essential

  • Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority

Teaching and training

Desirable

  • Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff

Language

Essential

  • Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 4 October 2026

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