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Job requirements
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualifications
MBBS or equivalent
- Qualifications
GMC registration or eligible to apply for GMC registration
- Commitment to Specialty
Demonstrable interest in and understanding of the specialty
- Commitment to Specialty
Evidence of attendance at organised teaching and training programme
- Commitment to Specialty
Shows initiative / drive / enthusiasm (self-starter, motivated, shows curiosity, initiative)
- Clinical Experience, Training & Skills
Completed IMT2 post in a medical specialty or oncology or the equivalent thereof (4 years clinical experience post graduation)
- Clinical Experience, Training & Skills
Appropriate knowledge base and proven ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Clinical Experience, Training & Skills
Evidence of competence in management of medical emergencies and in-patients through continuous work-based assessments, portfolio evidence, including logbook documentation if applicable
- Clinical Experience, Training & Skills
Awareness of the basics of managing patients with cancer
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
MRCP(UK) full diploma or working towards this
- Qualifications
For overseas trained candidates a post graduate degree qualification in Oncology
- Clinical Experience, Training & Skills
Demonstrate current ALS certification or equivalent
Job overview
The Oncology Centre is looking to appoint a Fixed Term Trust StR Higher Doctor.
This role will include timetabled sessions, on call commitment as well as ward cover and the opportunity to support research and development.
The post-holder will be assigned a clinical/educational supervisor and the experience gained can be geared towards supporting individual development needs and aspirations.
The post-holder will be expected to supervise lower resident doctors on the ward.
Please note that applications from temporary workers who have been engaged with the Trust for a minimum of 3 months are welcome.
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Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be expected to supervise junior doctors on the ward.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will benefit from the excellent career development opportunities that a specialist Cancer Centre such as ours can offer whilst enjoying the lifestyle available in vibrant Plymouth and the Southwest Peninsula.
Medical staff at our centre also benefit from access to a wide range of excellent facilities including Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Schools, on site Postgraduate Medical Centre and Medical School Library with a Health and Leisure Centre available for use as well as an active Doctors Mess.
TIMETABLE
The precise timing of sessions is dependent on which consultant the Trust StR Higher Doctor is working for, but will include: -
- Ward rounds
- Out-patients’ clinics
- Chemotherapy prescribing
- Assessment and follow-up of patients on radiotherapy and chemotherapy
- Management of clinical emergencies·
For further information please see attached job description
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.
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This advert is for Trust StR Higher Doctor in Clinical/Medical Oncology with University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust in Plymouth, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Oncology role. The advertised salary is £67,325 Per annum. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term). The application deadline is 12 Nov 2026.
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