Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Fellow in Experimental Cancer Medicine/Renal & Melanoma
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 12 months (12 month fixed term starting August 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7841074
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £65,048 per annum plus London weighting
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Fellow in Experimental Cancer Medicine/Renal & Melanoma
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
Applications are invited for a Senior Clinical Fellow in renal cancer, melanoma and early-phase trials to work within the Academic Oncology Department at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (applicants must hold full MRCP). The post-holder will join internationally recognised, multidisciplinary teams, and play a key role in developing clinical research including early-phase trials in the newly established NIHR Royal Free Clinical Research Facility. As such, they will have responsibilities for patient care, recruitment into clinical trials and working with academic laboratories at UCL.
The appointee will gain a range of generic and transferable skills including trial design and management, and will be expected publish research manuscripts and present at national and international meetings. The post would be ideally suited to trainees who wish to strengthen their CV in pursuit specialist training or ACF positions within Oncology, or senior trainees looking for entry points into postgraduate research. The post will run for a 12 month period from August/September 2026.
Main duties of the job
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
Therapy Services has a high profile within the Trust, being firmly committed to quality improvement, audit, service evaluation and improvement. We undertake yearly presentations of our achievements for the year; undertaking PDSA and QI projects to ensure we are delivering the most effective, safe and high quality service.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details about the role.
Person specification
Education and Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary UK medical qualification (or equivalent)
- Have completed MRCP (UK) diploma
- In current clinical practice and on GMC register with license to practice
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise and manage administration duties related to outpatient clinics, chemotherapy prescribing, accurate record keeping in medical casenotes
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English
- Ability to prioritise clinical work effectively
- Commitment to continuing medical education
- Good interpersonal skills
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
Desirable criteria
- Significant experience with cancer therapy
- Demonstrate significant previous experience of working with early phase clinical trials
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alexa Childs
- Job title
- Consultant Medical Oncologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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