Clinical and Radiation Oncologist

2 days ago

East London, South Africa Cancercare SA Full time

Patient care

Full spectrum of patient care for oncology patients seen in Cancercare; Ward care; After hours calls

**Interpersonal Factor**
- As a professional all services delivered needs to be in line with the Cancercare Values, of CARE. Each task needs to be consistently executed whilst at all times displaying a positive influence on all stakeholders and within the general working environment. It is expected from the employee to deliver all the tasks reflecting a willingness to operate outside the scope of the job description as per operational requirements. The factors below cannot therefore be reviewed and assessed in isolation.
- To display the company values: C - Compassion, A - Accountability, R - Respect, E - Ethics (CARE)

**New patients**
- Recruiting new referrals
- See patient/make treatment decisions
- Patients on treatment

**Radiotherapy planning**:

- Deciding on treatment
- Delineating volumes
- Approving RT plans
- Treatment checks
- Weekly plan meetings
- Patients on treatment seen weekly by clinical and radiation oncologist or by medical officer
- Plan discussion of all new pt on treatment

**Ward hospital care**
- See every patient in ward daily by self or colleagues

**Follow up patient care**
- See high risk FU only
- FU after initial treatment
- Evaluate outcome
- Re-referral back to community care or
- for combined sharing of FU with surgeon

**Chemotherapy Visits**:

- See patient on chemo therapy
- Sign for continue of chemo
- Evaluate blood counts and treatment toxicity + PS
- Pt ready for chemo therapy in chemo rooms
- Evaluate toxicity and outcome

**Admin Task**
- Communication with referring doctors and GP’s
- SAOC/ ICON completion
- Special motivation to funders etc
- Unit meetings
- Checking results
- Completion of insurance and medico-legal reports
- Cancercare communication
- Discus at unit level monthly profitability

**Combined Clinics**:

- Combined clinics
- Expanding sphere of influence
- CME

**Medical meetings**
- Industry meetings
- CME

**After hour calls**
- Be available for after hour emergencies and see patients in ward

**Required minimum education**:
MB ChB MMed or equivalent

**Required minimum experience**:
Completed post graduate training

**Required minimum work-related experience**:
4 years after initial degree

If you are interested, please contact Firoza Theunissen on 021 944 3609.

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