Job responsibilities Duties of the post To see patients in review oncology clinics To provide routine prescribing of protocol based SACT regimes To deal with both routine and emergency attenders To work as a core member of the hospital Acute Oncology team including review of patients on our Medical Assessment Units, and patients admitted to outlying wards To undertake procedures as required for which procedure training will be provided if required, medical assessment for chemotherapy patients during their treatment as part of review clinics and on an as required basis To be involved in complex clinical, patient management problems and multi-disciplinary planning treatment attending cancer MDTs if required To ensure all dictation of clinic letters is performed within 24 hours (mandatory) To use the Trusts Cancer Clinical Database to record all oncology annotations To contribute to service developments To participate in continuing medical education and clinical audits To participate in the consenting and follow up of patients in clinical trials (with the appropriate Consultant supervision) To provide support to the complaints process (this may include attending complaint meetings with patients, families and their relatives) To participate in all areas of clinical governance monitoring including reporting, responding to incidents reported, liaising with management re risks that need adding to the cancer risk register To undertake all mandatory training, including annual safeguarding training (in-house) The Trust encourages the development towards a special area of interest in oncology and involvement in Clinical Governance. The duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and will be periodically reviewed and amended with the agreement of the post holder when necessary.