Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration: As per Named NSW (Non-Declared) AHO Medical Officer Agreement 2024
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM29801
What you'll be doing
The Cunningham Fellow in Breast Cancer will be in their final (third) year of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) medical oncology advanced training program, or a junior consultant who is less than 5 years from obtaining their FRACP (Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians). The Cunningham Fellow will be located within The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst. The Cunningham Fellow will be assigned to the Medical Oncology Department for the specified term of 1 year and will undertake specific tasks and responsibilities in the clinical care of people with breast cancer as well as breast cancer related research activities. The Cunningham Fellow will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and supervise medical students, junior medical officers (JMOs), and medical oncology advanced trainees. It is also expected that the Cunningham Fellow participates in clinical meetings and teaching and be subject to training and performance reviews. Initiative to undertake a higher degree in combination with this work eg PhD, MD is encouraged.
Routine clinical service responsibilities will be appropriate to the position. There is a requirement to undertake intermittent clinical duty coverage (outpatient and/or inpatient) of other medical oncology fellows or trainees who are absent due to leave or sickness.
The position will be under the day-to-day supervision of A/Prof Rachel Dear who is a breast cancer medical oncologist in the Department of Medical Oncology. The position will allow protected time for clinical and/or translational research/audit that will focus on breast cancer-related projects agreed with the Department Head. There will be an expectation of working towards specific KPIs such as completion of research projects and publications that might support future grant applications.
