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Resident Doctor in Oncology (Foundation Level or Above)
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Job Description: Resident Doctor in Oncology (Foundation Level Training or Above)
Location: Cromwell Hospital, London, SW5 0TU
Salary: £85,000 a year – full time equivalent
Shifts: 2-3 x 12-hour shifts per week
Shift Pattern: 12-hour shift starting at 09:00 and finishing at 21:00 the same day or starting at 21:00 and finishing at 09:00 the next day.
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Cromwell Hospital is home to world-renowned private Oncologists, based in London, specialising in many tumour types. The post holder will work together with specialist nurses and technicians, and private oncologists as part of a multidisciplinary team approach to patient care. It is essential that the post holder has a good knowledge of dealing with medical emergencies and is able to recognize and escalate complications following Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy and has a low threshold for escalating to the oncology consultant in charge of the patient.
You will be expected to:
- Conduct a daily ward round in collaboration with the nurse in charge, for all patients that have not already been seen by a consultant.
- Complete any jobs at the request of the consultant.
- Be the first point of contact for consultants and nursing staff caring for oncology patients.
- Clerk patients admitted under an oncologist.
- Work closely as a team with the other RMOs (cardiology/medicine, surgery and ITU), asking for assistance where necessary.
- Effectively hand-over with Resident Doctors at the end of shift, particularly regarding those patients giving cause for concern.
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Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
Essential Skills:
- Analytical skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to develop personal research projects and exercise initiative
- Ability to present at conferences and seminars with authority and coherence
- Attendance at internal seminars, clinical audit, mortality, and morbidity meetings
- Excellent written communication skills and the ability to write technical reports clearly and succinctly for publication
- Ability to demonstrate innovative and original thinking
- Ability to organise and prioritise work with minimal supervision
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to be flexible according to the needs of the service and support all members of the MDT
Qualifications:
Essential:
- Degree in Medicine (MBBS) or equivalent
- Full Registration with GMC
- Trained in medicine to Foundation level or above
- Up to date ALS certificate
- Experience of Oncology in Independent Sector or NHS services
Desirable:
- Database literate with knowledge of statistics
- Evidence of research publications, awards, poster presentations
- Full MRCP
Why Bupa?
We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers.
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Our benefits are driven by what matters to our people. It’s important to us that these benefits support a work-life balance that keeps people healthy, both mentally and physically. As a Practice Manager, you’ll be eligible for:
- Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
- Annual performance-based bonus
- Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
- Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass
- Various other benefits and online discounts
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
At Bupa, we strive to ensure all our customers, patients, and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people, and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.
Time Type: Part time
Job Area: Clinical Services
Locations: Cromwell Hospital London
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