Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 223-SD2159
- Employer
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in Oncology
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Job overview
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a Specialty Doctor with a passion for Oncology to join our dynamic and highly skilled team. Based at the Lingen Davies Centre, the successful candidate will play a vital role in delivering exceptional care to our Oncology patients.
This position includes dedicated sessions in the Chemotherapy Day Unit, Outpatient Clinics, and the Assessment Bay, providing direct patient contact and meaningful clinical experience. Working closely under the guidance of our experienced Oncology Consultant team, the post holder will be supported in developing their expertise and advancing their career within a collaborative and forward-thinking environment.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Duties will include
- Expected to cover the Chemotherapy Day Unit and Assessment Bay Area, seeing and assessing unwell patients.
- Providing support to the junior ward doctors.
- Working closely with Clinical Nurse Specialists.
- Supporting outpatient clinics.
- Cross cover you colleagues as per operational needs.
- To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
- To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
- To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
- To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.
Working for our organisation
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.
Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.
Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the Specialty Doctor’s duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a Specialty Doctor’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.
For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:
- 9 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
- 1 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research.
The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.
Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with the department.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
Entry Criteria
Essential criteria
- Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
- Shall have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in Oncology or as a fixed term specialty trainee in Oncology; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Laura Pettit
- Job title
- Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
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