Clinical and Radiation Oncologist

Cancercare SA


Date: 11 hours ago
City: East London, Eastern Cape
Contract type: 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

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