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Job overview

The Royal Marsden is recognised world-wide for the quality of its cancer services. The Trust’s strategic aim is to achieve excellence in cancer treatment and diagnosis, through partnership and collaboration. The Royal Marsden with its associated Institute of Cancer Research constitutes a centre of excellence for research and development, education, treatment, and care in cancer. It is acknowledged to be one of the largest comprehensive Cancer Centres in the world.

The successful candidate will join a cohesive team of Nuclear Medicine Physicians and Radiologists delivering the Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT and Radioisotope Therapy services within the Trust. It is expected that the candidate will have already received specialist training in Nuclear Medicine and will be encouraged to develop a specialist interest to complement those of colleagues.

Main duties of the job

This is a full-time post although candidates wishing to work part-time will also be considered. Applicant must be accredited in Nuclear Medicine and be on the GMC’s Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the Specialist Register. The appointment is instance permanent Consultant position. Ideally, the post holder will be able to start as soon as possible.

For advice and guidance on Trust’s recruitment process and how to fill in and submit your application form please go to: http://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/careers/how-to-apply. Here you can also find our policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders.

The Trust is committed to developing and delivering excellent customer focused service by treating patients, their families, friends, carers and staff with professionalism respect and dignity.

Due to the high volumes of applications, we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received enough applications.  We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied in your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.