This is a fixed-term twelve month Clinical Fellow post within the Prostate Cancer Centre of Excellence (ProEx) at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB)/Belfast Health and Social Care Trust aimed at senior trainee in oncology with an interest in gaining specialist experience in the management of prostate cancer in an academic environment.
The focus of the role will be supporting the work of the academic prostate cancer team at the Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, and depending on the post-holder’s experience, will include a combination of outpatient clinics including SACT clinics, limited inpatient duties, brachytherapy sessions, radiotherapy planning, and academic clinical and translational research commitments. The Clinical supervision will be provided by the academic consultant prostate cancer consultants. The Fellow will be a valued member of the multidisciplinary team, working with the clinical trials centre, medical physicists, clinical nurse specialists and advanced practice radiographers.
The Fellow will have the opportunity to gain experience in stereotactic radiotherapy, radioligand therapy, brachytherapy, clinical trials, translational research, and advanced systemic therapy in prostate cancer.
About the person:
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:
To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.
Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.
What we offer:
Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/.
Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.
Candidate Information
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