Resident Doctor Oncology

Job Description

Role: Resident Doctor Oncology

Town / Site: Manchester, The Christie Private Care, Part of HCA Healthcare

Part Time or Full Time: Part Time or Full Time (40 hrs per week)

Permanent: There are opportunities for additional shifts, by joining our Bank

Salary: Offering a highly competitive salary

About The Role

The Christie Private Care, Part of HCA Healthcare UK, is seeking a dedicated resident doctor in oncology to join our established team delivering high-quality, patient-centred cancer care. Working at our CQC-rated 'Outstanding' Joint Venture partnership with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

In this role you will support the safe, effective and compassionate delivery of oncology care, working closely with consultants across many specialties including Medical Oncology, Clinical Oncology, Haemato-oncology, Surgery and Palliative care. The Resident Doctor team ensures excellent continuity of care throughout the patient journey, playing a vital role in patient assessment and ongoing clinical review of our inpatients.

About The Christie Private Care, HCA Healthcare

Located in Manchester, The Christie Private Care is part of HCA Healthcare UK, the UK’s largest provider of private healthcare. The Christie Private Care is based within The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; the largest single site cancer centre in Europe operating as a Joint Venture partnership.

We collaborate with world-leading specialists to offer the latest treatments and advancements in cancer therapies. Services include systemic anti-cancer therapies, radiotherapy, interventional radiology, surgery and stem cell transplantation.

It is a unique opportunity to join a company at the very forefront of clinical innovation, working with world-leading consultants in a world-class environment, equipped with robotics and advanced therapies licensed in the UK, including bispecific antibody therapies. With exceptionally strong colleague-to-patient ratios, you will have time to provide bespoke care to your patients.

While we are a consultant-led service, we empower our Resident Doctors. You will have the chance to be involved in audits, projects, quality improvement initiatives and a variety of internal networks.

Working at The Christie Private Care has allowed me to spend more quality time with my patients, developing meaningful relationships with both them and their families throughout their diagnosis. By working in a model where we report directly to the patient’s consultant, we have unique exposure to the knowledge and guidance of world-renowned experts. - current TCPC resident doctor.

At HCA UK we care about what you care about

We care that you want to deliver the very best care, have a proud career, and work in conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.

Duties

• Provide day-to-day inpatient management; lead daily ward rounds and clerk planned and unplanned admissions.
• Manage acutely unwell patients and respond to medical emergencies.
• Care for patients admitted due to acute oncology presentations, treatment-related issues, troublesome cancer symptoms and post-operative complications.
• Work closely with our supportive care team to contribute to advanced care planning and end-of-life care.
• Manage post-operative care including cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS and HIPEC).
• Support our haemato-oncology department out of hours, including stem-cell transplantation and bispecific antibody therapies.
• Collaborate with our close-knit multidisciplinary team.
• Develop close working relationships with internationally recognised consultants.

What You’ll Bring

• GMC registration and licence to practice in the UK, ideally with NHS experience.
• Experience in oncology.
• Completion of Foundation Years training and additional 2-year minimum experience is preferable.
• Full MRCP is preferable, but not essential.
• A passion to join our established diverse resident doctor team that focuses on collaborative, holistic care delivered with compassion and empathy, aiming to make a positive impact on every patient.

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we are one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare, investing over £500 million in treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. As part of a large multisite, established healthcare group, we offer unrivalled career progression opportunities and work conditions that prioritise mental and physical wellbeing.

Benefits

• For 40‑hour full‑time contracts, 264 hours holiday each year (inclusive of bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you. This is pro‑rata for part‑time contracts.
• Private healthcare insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals.
• Private pension contribution increasing with length of service.
• Season ticket loan and Cycle‑to‑Work scheme.
• Group life assurance from day one.
• Critical illness cover.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities, including maternity packages at The Portland.
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits.
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers.
• Access to wellbeing support tools, through our Thrive 365 channels, onsite mental health first‑aiders, and free counselling up to six sessions per annum.
• Paid indemnity.

How We Can Support Your Development

• Access to a dedicated study budget and study leave for courses relevant to your specialty.
• Access to a comprehensive learning academy where you can enrol on courses or Harvard Business Course case‑review forums.
• Work closely with globally recognised professors and medical mentors to help produce publications, papers or research documents.

Culture And Values

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring, knowing that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients and each other.

Our mission is simple: We’re committed to the care and improvement of human life. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values.

• Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual.
• Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion.
• Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness.
• Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity.

Reasonable Adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a disability‑confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements and offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and workplace to anyone that needs them.

International Candidates

HCA Healthcare UK holds a Tier 2 sponsorship licence that permits us to recruit the best talent in the UK as well as overseas. The licence allows us to support general visas and the intra‑company transfer visa for candidates that meet the role requirements. Your recruiter will discuss whether this would be applicable to you during the application process, and potential financial support with relocation could be offered.