Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Fixed term - 12 months

The post holder will provide safe, timely and compassionate care for adults with cancer, working within the Clinical Oncology team under appropriate consultant supervision. The role will support assessment, investigation, treatment and ongoing management across outpatient, inpatient and acute settings, including radiotherapy, systemic anti-cancer therapy and supportive care appropriate to the post holder’s competence and authorised scope of practice. The post is deliberately generic and may support one or more tumour-site teams according to service need. Duties, supervision and clinical autonomy will be matched to the post holder’s training, previous experience and demonstrated competencies.

Please see Job Description.

Qualifications

Essential

• Medical degree or equivalent.
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise by the start date.
• Evidence of satisfactory progression and professional development appropriate to career stage.
• Completion of Foundation Training or equivalent competencies.

Desirable

• MRCP, FRCR examinations or another relevant postgraduate qualification.
• Life-support or acute-care certification relevant to the duties.

Experience

Essential

• Experience assessing and managing acutely unwell patients.
• Ability to work safely within competence and seek senior support appropriately.

Desirable

• Previous Clinical Oncology, Medical Oncology, acute oncology, palliative medicine, general medicine or related specialty experience.
• Exposure to radiotherapy or SACT pathways.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026

Smoke Free Policy: 

All of our hospitals operate a strict no smoking policy. Smoking cigarettes or tobacco products is not allowed on any of the grounds or in any of the buildings run by us. This applies to patients, staff, carers and visitors to Trust premises.

Our goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone we care for and, by making sure that our NHS services are smoke-free, we benefit the health of people who use our services as well as the health of the people who work for us.