Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- SHO
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (FTC)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 282-C1588-MED
- Employer
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Marsden Hospital Chelsea
- Town
- Chelsea
- Salary
- £54,499 plus £2,162 London Weighting Allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Hospital At Night Doctor
SHO
Job overview
This posts offer a combination of service and personal development. They were created four years ago to provide a more experienced doctor on the Chelsea site overnight. We are now looking to expand this model to our Sutton Site. In total there are nine posts, with one doctor undertaking night shifts on each site as part of the hospital @ night team. Previous post holders have included doctors with a general medical, general surgical and anaesthetic background.
Main duties of the job
Post holders have undertaken fellowship in a wide variety of areas including surgical specialities, dermatology, gastroenterology, palliative medicine, medical or clinical oncology, digital health care to name a few.
The H@N team is made up of a senior nurse and an outreach nurse and the H@N doctor. At the Chelsea site there is an oncology SHO onsite until 10.30pm. The night shift starts at 8pm and finishes at 9am the next day. The H@N doctor cares for all ward inpatients within the hospital overnight and new admissions under oncology, haematology and surgical specialties. They are supported by an onsite registrar/SAS doctor in critical care, and registrars in oncology, urology/gynaecology surgery, head & neck surgery and general surgery who are non-resident but able to attend the hospital when required.
These posts are anticipated to be available from the end of June 2026 onwards.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer research, treatment and education. Together with our academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), we are the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe and the only National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre specialising in cancer in the UK.
Our mission is to continue to make a national and international contribution to cancer research and treatment, so that more people are cured and quality of life is improved for those with cancer. The Royal Marsden therefore plays an important role in championing change and improvement in cancer care through research and innovation, education and leading-edge treatment.
We have a reputation for delivering high quality performance. We were ranked joint first in the CQC national inpatient survey results, above average in national cancer patient experience survey and ranked first amongst teaching hospitals in the UK for our staff survey results.
Predominantly the Trust’s workload is from within the South West and West London Cancer Networks but, as a specialist cancer, the Trust has a high out-of-area referral rate for rare cancers, recurrent disease and treatment-related problems including international referrals. The Trust operates a shared care model with St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust for paediatric cancer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB ChB or equivalent
- Full GMC Registration with licence to practice
- Part MRCS/MRCP/FRCA or equivalent
- Current ALS Certification
Desirable criteria
- Full MRCP/MRCS
Experience
Essential criteria
- A minimum of four year post graduate medical experience
- For endoscopy fellowship- proficient at diagnostic endoscopy
- Digital literacy, experience of electronic prescribing and use of AI in patient care
Desirable criteria
- Certificate of completion of core training in medicine, surgery, ACCS, anaesthetics or equivalent by the time of appointment competencies or equivalent
- Previous experience of working as part of a H@N team
- Experience in oncology, haematology or surgical-oncology
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Chloe Hinton
- Job title
- Medical Workforce Operations Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07801216829
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