Trust Fellow in Paediatric Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplant

Closing date is 15 April 2026.

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well-integrated team.

This post is suitable for a trainee with knowledge and experience of Paediatric Oncology and Haematology care as well as having a solid grounding in Acute Paediatric Medicine. A comprehensive training programme is available within this post which is equivalent to the training delivered through the UK National Grid training programme to achieve Specialty Certification.

Main duties of the job

Newcastle Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology Unit is one of 22 tertiary Paediatric/ Adolescent Oncology Units (Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group units) in the United Kingdom.

Almost 100% of children under the age of 15 years diagnosed with a malignancy in the northern part of the Northern Region are referred to the unit.

The unit has approximately 80 new patients per annum under the age of 15 and about 30 new patients over the age of 15 are referred to the Teenage Cancer Unit for treatment.

Most patients are entered into national and international protocols of treatment and the consultant members of the Unit are all active members of the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group, Medical Research Council Working Party and the International Society for Paediatric Oncology. Over 1000 children are now either on treatment or on long term follow up. Children's services in Newcastle have been co-located in the newly built Great North Children's Hospital since 2010. This purpose built facility provides primary services for children in Newcastle and secondary, tertiary services for the surrounding region.

About us

As a flexible‑working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting‑edge care (supported by state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Staff benefits information is available under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

Job responsibilities

The post will include the responsibility and supervision of children (both in‑patient, day case and out‑patient) with leukaemia, solid tumours and adolescents with malignancies.

The postholder will rotate through three‑month blocks as appropriate with special responsibility for patients divided into the following groups:

• Children, teenagers and adolescents with extracranial solid tumours
• Teenagers and adolescents with extracranial solid tumours
• Young people with brain tumours
• Young people leading up to and following allogeneic stem cell transplantation and chimeric antigen receptor T‑cell therapy

The care of children receiving conditioning and delivery of stem cell transplantation.

The post holder will gain experience in the clinical management of young people with a comprehensive range of malignancies and haematological disorders.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Comprehensive basic Paediatric internship training.
• Greater than 18 months middle grade Paediatric Oncology experience at a tertiary centre.
• Full GMC registration or eligibility to obtain this within 3 months (or within 6 months for non‑EEA applicants).

Clinical Skills and Knowledge

• Good history & examination skills.
• Able to formulate a working diagnosis.
• Able to order appropriate investigations.
• Image interpretation relevant to practice.
• Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.
• Advanced level of skills and knowledge in paediatric oncology / haematology.

Maintaining Clinical Competence

• Written evidence of satisfactory training to date (e.g. workplace assessments).
• Completion of Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course.

Teaching

• Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors.

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

• Experience of audit projects.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.