# Registrar Doctor in Paediatric Oncology

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** The Royal Marsden, Chelsea
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Paediatrics
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £67,325 per annum plus £2,162 London Weighting
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-11T07:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-09T15:51:36.013Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Sutton/The_Royal_Marsden_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_Oncology/Paediatric_Oncology-v8285263
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This post in paediatric oncology is suitable for trainees wishing to gain experience in paediatric oncology, for those wishing to pursue a career in Tertiary Paediatric Oncology, or as a stand-alone post providing training for generalists with a specialist interest (i.e. shared care oncology.

### Main duties of the job

- Competent in the initial management of the more common childhood cancers.
- Competent in managing infection in the immunocompromised child.
- Understand and be competent in the prescribing and administration of chemotherapy.
- Become familiar with the more common treatment protocols used in treating childhood malignancy.
- Develop improved communication skills especially in the area of breaking “bad news”.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Some experience of clinical risk management
- Able to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Adequate manual skills

**Desirable**

- Experience and confidence in clinical risk management
- Competent to work without direct supervision where appropriate

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Appropriate level of clinical knowledge
- Shows knowledge of evidence-informed practice
- Shows awareness of own limitations
- Ability to prioritise clinical need
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Experience and ability to work in multiprofessional teams

**Desirable**

- Understanding of NHS and clinical governance

### Experience

**Essential**

- A minimum of 2 years Paediatric ST2-3 equivalent posts of which 1 year in UK/Ireland
- Overseas posts must be recognised training posts in country of origin as vetted by the Higher Specialist Training Office at the RCPCH – evidence to be submitted with application form
- Overseas trainees need to have written references that their jobs are thus approved by the national training programme / college

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Eligible for full GMC registration
- MB BS (or equivalent)
- MRCPCH or equivalent

**Desirable**

- Other degrees e.g. BSc, BA or equivalent hono

### Teaching, Academic & Research

**Essential**

- Evidence of teaching experience

**Desirable**

- Research experience, presentations, publications
- Familiarity with recent publications

## Documents

- [royal marsden trust values (pdf, 715.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2360)
- [paediatric registrar - jdps (pdf, 490.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10602389)
- [workplace wellbeing and rewards guide (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2580)

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