Provisional Fellow

An exciting opportunity exists for a Provisional Fellow located within The Kinghorn Cancer Centre and St Vincent’s Hospital. The GI/Lung Fellow will either be in their final (3rd or higher) year of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) medical oncology advanced training program or recently qualified as a medical oncologist.

Where you'll be working

St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney (SVHN) forms part of the NSW region of St Vincent’s Health Australia which is the largest diversified health care organisation within Australia’s not for profit and Catholic health care sectors. SVHN comprises some of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious hospitals; these include St Vincent’s Hospital and Sacred Heart Hospice. Along with three co-located research institutes – the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research – we work in close partnership with other research bodies, universities, and health care providers.

St. Vincents Hospital is a major public hospital and a principal tertiary referral hospital. St Vincents specialises in heart/lung transplantation; bone marrow transplantation; cardiology; neurosurgery, cancer; clinical genomics, HIV medicine; palliative care, respiratory medicine; mental health; and drug and alcohol services, aged psychiatry, homeless health and prisoner health. We are a clinical and education leader with a national and international reputation in medical research

Centrally located in Darlinghurst, it sits on the edge of Sydney’s business district. St. Vincents follows the philosophy of the Mary Aikenhead Ministries in its service to all regardless of race, nationality or creed. St Vincent’s Health Australia provides compassionate healthcare to people from all walks of life, but reflecting our mission, we are especially committed to people from vulnerable and marginalised backgrounds.

The Hospital has a long-standing reputation for treating the highest acuity and complex patient loads, attracting referrals on a state-wide and national basis. The Hospital is a teaching hospital of the UNSW and University of Notre Dame and has academic associations with the Australian Catholic University, Sydney University and the University of Technology, Sydney.

What you'll be doing

The Fellow will be located within The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst. The Fellow will be assigned to the Medical Oncology Department for the specified term of 1 year and will undertake specific tasks and responsibilities in the clinical care of people with GI/Lung cancer, with additional exposure to neuro-oncology and head and neck cancers, as well as related research activities. The Fellow will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and supervise medical students, junior medical officers (JMOs), and medical oncology advanced trainee registrars. It is also expected that the Fellow participates in clinical meetings and teaching and be subject to training and performance reviews. 

Routine clinical service responsibilities will be appropriate to the position. There is a requirement to undertake intermittent clinical duty coverage (outpatient and/or inpatient) of other medical oncology fellows or trainees who are absent due to leave or sickness.

The position will allow protected time (0.4FTE) for clinical and/or translational research that will focus on cancer-related projects.  Research will be supported by the highly motivated and translationally focused lung /GI medical oncologists.  There will be an expectation of working towards specific KPIs such as publications, diplomas, degrees, intellectual property, and/or research data to support future grant applications.