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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Oncology
Grade
Locally Employed Resident Doctor
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
413-MD-C2025-24622-OO
Employer
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Clinical Oncology - E00084
Town
Manchester
Salary
£52,656 - £73,992 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/10/2025 23:59

Employer heading

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Fellow – Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy

Locally Employed Resident Doctor

Job overview

Applications are welcomed for a 12 month SABR clinical fellow post commencing December 2025  in Clinical Oncology, based at The Christie NHS FT, Manchester, UK Europe’s largest single site cancer hospital.

This post is for 40 hours per week as a Clinical Fellow for the development and implementation of Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) within the organisation for a fixed term period of 12 months with the option to extend for up to a further 12 months. The post holder will be employed by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and will be based at The Christie. The successful applicant would be expected to work alongside consultants and trainees in out-patient clinics, supervising Technical Radiotherapy delivery and performing on-treatment reviews and follow-up assessments.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be involved in all aspects of the management of patients with HBT and oligometastatic disease. These include (but are not limited to) the screening of referrals, active participation in MDT, assessment of patients, consent, review of patients on pre-treatment, treatment, planning of SABR, review and approval of SABR plans, technical radiotherapy development and post treatment and ePROMS. All of this will be done under the clinical supervision of the designated SABR team consultant

They will be expected to teach junior medical staff, medical students and nurses on occasion.

They will be expected to take part in audit and research.

There is no on call responsibility with this post.

Working for our organisation

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicant would be expected to work alongside consultants and trainees in outpatient clinics across a number of disease groups, supervising Technical Radiotherapy delivery and performing on-treatment reviews and follow-up assessments.
The role will be responsible for:
• The appointee will be a Fellow in the department of Clinical Oncology
• The employing authority is The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
• S/he will be managerially accountable to the Clinical Director of the Directorate of Clinical
Oncology
• S/he will be professionally responsible to the consultants in whose clinics s/he will be
supporting.
• The post-holder will be assigned a clinical supervisor (Consultant Clinical Oncologist). They
will work alongside their supervisor in at least one clinic.
• Will develop expertise in the development, management and treatment of HPB and
oligometastatic tumour sites with SABR

The Clinical Oncology establishment currently consists of 59 Consultants who run the clinical service and research practice. There is also a team of 24 SpRs plus Academic and Clinical Fellows. 

The appointee will be based at The Christie and will provide senior input to all aspects of the management of patients with HBT and oligometastatic disease. These include (but are not limited to) the screening of referrals, active participation in MDT, assessment of patients, consent, review of patients on pre-treatment, treatment, planning of SABR, review and approval of SABR plans, technical radiotherapy development and post treatment and ePROMS.

All of this will be done under the clinical supervision of the designated SABR team consultant. 

 

Person specification

Attainments

Essential criteria
  • MB BCh or Equivalent; full FRCR (UK)
  • Research awareness
Desirable criteria
  • MRCP (UK)
  • Evidence of enthusiasm and participation in research

Experience

Essential criteria
  • At least three years post full registration in General Medicine. Completed a minimum 3 years Clinical Oncology training
  • Understands principles of audit.
  • Ability and willingness to work in multidisciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
  • Previous SABR experience
  • Evidence of participation in audit
  • Skills in time/resource management

Teaching

Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of teaching and involvement in the education of medical students/junior doctors

Personal Skills

Essential criteria
  • Awareness of development needs and desire to achieve this through evidenced based appraisal.
Desirable criteria
  • Developing Leadership Awareness
  • Ambition to become an autonomous practitioner (development/CESR/Specia list)

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr David Woolf
Job title
Consultant Clinical Oncologist
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Dr Rovel Colaco

Consultant Clinical Oncologist
[email protected]

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