Senior Clinical Fellow in Radioligand Therapy

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Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free 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

The Year 5 Clinical Fellow will work as part of a cross functional team to include the following: Neuroendocrine Tumour (NET) Consultant, Nuclear Medicine Consultant, Technologists and Clinical Nurse Specialist and will carry out the following activities.

Support NETs Service delivery.

Support NET Clinic/ identify patients for appropriate treatment.

Involved in the therapy planning process.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based at the Royal Free Hampstead site.

The post includes working in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team to deliver the services in line with performance KPIs and clinical outcome metrics. The job requires the post holder to be able to work under pressure and to be flexible and adaptive to the needs of the patient and the service.

The post holder will provide professional clinical advice to other members of the nuclear medicine department, referring clinicians and hospital management and will attend relevant departmental meetings to ensure safe and effective services.

The post holder must ensure they champion and lead by example on the values of the Trust, setting an example for colleagues.

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

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

THE DEPARTMENT

Overview of the Nuclear Medicine Service at Royal Free London

The nuclear medicine service at the Royal Free Hospital provides a wide range of general nuclear medicine imaging and hybrid imaging with SPECT-CT and PET-CT, as well as being the largest UK centre for peptide receptor radionuclide therapy for neuroendocrine tumours.

The Royal Free London is one of the largest referral services for neuroendocrine tumours in Europe, and as a result there is access to Ga68 Dotatate PET-CT and radionuclide therapies. The department is currently involved in several imaging and therapy research studies involving Lu-PSMA.

The successful appointees will be given a share in an office with the other consultants and trainees.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES & DETAILS OF THE POST

The applicant would be expected to manage the radioligand therapies including scheduling of patients, clerking of patients. The applicant would be expected to review patients with neuroendocrine tumours.

The appointee will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including personal and professional objectives with the Clinical Director within 3 months of his or her start dates. He/she may also be asked to undertake a prospective diary exercise to inform this process.

All job plans are reviewed annually in consultation with the appointee and may be altered in line with the changing needs of the Trust. This will be linked to annual appraisal/ performance review and identification of his/her continuing professional development needs.

Annual appraisal provides a framework not only for reflection and personal development, but will also contribute significantly to job planning as well as providing a basis for revalidation.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Infection Control

Infection control is everyone's responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non-clinical, are required to adhere to the Trust's Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures and the Health Act (2006) Code of Practice for the prevention and control healthcare associated infections and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the risk of Healthcare Associated infections.

Every staff member must take personal responsibility for the prevention and control of infection, as laid down in the Trust's policies and procedures, which reflect the statutory requirements of the Hygiene Code.
• To work in close collaboration with the Infection Control Team.
• To ensure that monitoring of clinical practice is undertaken at the agreed frequency.
• To ensure that the ward environments are cleaned and maintained to the highest standards; ensuring that shortfalls are rectified or escalate as necessary.
• To ensure that all relevant monitoring data and issues are provided to the Directorate's Governance structures.
• To ensure that all staff are released to attend infection control-related educational sessions and staff with specialist roles, e.g. link practitioners, are released to undertake their duties.

Health and Safety at Work

The post holder is required to:
• Take reasonable care for the health and safety of himself/herself and other persons who may be affected by their actions or omissions at work.
• Co-operate with the employer in ensuring that all statutory and other requirements are complied with.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT

You must always be aware of the importance of maintaining confidentiality of information gained by you during your duties, which will in many cases include accessing personal confidential data relating to patients and staff. You must treat all information in a discreet and confidential manner and if applicable to your role comply with your professional obligations and codes of practice relating to confidentiality (such as the GMC's Confidentiality Guidance).

Your obligation to respect the confidentiality of information you encounter during the course of your duties continues after your employment with the Trust has ceased.

Personal confidential data regarding patients and staff must not be disclosed either verbally or in writing to unauthorised persons. It is particularly important that you should ensure the authenticity of telephone enquiries.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values.

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent.

Desirable criteria

• Postgraduate medical degree.

Experience / Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable knowledge of the environment in which the service needs to be delivered
• Excellent clinical skills in clerking and managing oncology patients
• Good teaching skills and ability to supervise the clinical work of other multidisciplinary staff
• Strong oral and written communications skills in English
• Ability to work well within a diverse multidisciplinary team.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of general nuclear medicine
• Administrative experience in planning a service
• A record of regularly presenting cases and discussing imaging at multidisciplinary meetings
• Evidence of publications/research in the field.

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria

• Member of Medical Defence organisation.

• Covid-19 Vaccination

  Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
  We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.

• AT* - Apprenticeship Training. Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
• By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
• If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK.
• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
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• The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.
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Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.

Please note:

• Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
• Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
• Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 288.4KB)
• Person specification (PDF, 96.7KB)
• FR (PDF, 111.5KB)
• Work Schedule (PDF, 257.9KB)
• Medical and Dental - benefits, about RFL, values and governing objectives (PDF, 940.0KB)