Clinical Lectureship- Medical Oncology- Digital

Key Dates & Information

Advert closing date: 14th August 2026

Interview date: TBC 10th September 2026 – 17th September 2026 (Subject to change)

Interview venue: Remote interviews via Microsoft teams (access to a microphone, camera and good Wi-Fi connection is essential)

Posts commence on: 1^st March 2027 – ST3 entry

Interview Process

Document checking: Please have ready one form of Photo Identification for document checking.

Length of interview: 30 minutes.

Interview structure: A single station interview covering different criteria from the person specification

Preferencing Posts: For vacancies advertising multiple posts, preferencing will be made available via Oriel, more information will follow at a later stage.

Entry Grade

For ST3 entry, applicants must hold a current NTN in Medical Oncology and must be ST3 at post start date

Or

Must have completed a separate standard clinical application to Medical Oncology ST3 national recruitment (called Clinical Benchmarking) and have attended an assessment/interview for Medical Oncology ST3 in 2026 and have been found appointable.

Important information about training grades

Please note that the grade/s advertised are the grade/s at post start date. This means that applicants must be eligible to train at the advertised grade/s at the start date of the post.

Please be aware that trainees are not permitted to repeat training for the purposes of taking up a CL post and trainees are not permitted to start at a grade that is not advertised.

As an example, if a post is advertised at ST3 grade, then a current ST3 trainee who is on track to become an ST4 trainee at the post start date would NOT under any circumstances be permitted to take up the CL post at ST3 grade as this would entail repeating training that has already been completed. If you are in receipt of an ARCP at the grade you are applying to, you will not be eligible for that grade.

If you are in any doubt as to your eligibility, please submit a query via our applicant enquiries portal below.

Clinical Benchmarking

As stated above, applicants without a Deanery Reference Number (DRN) or National Training Number (NTN) in the GMC core/specialty training programme and level to which they are applying must have been found appointable at the core/speciality training interviews in the 2026 Recruitment Round 1/Round 2 (where applicable). If no national recruitment is available at the core/specialty training programme and level to which they are applying, applicants without a DRN/NTN are ineligible. Please click here for more information.

Please note that if you have not been found appointable at the specialty recruitment in 2026, then you will not be eligible to proceed any further in the process.

If you have any questions regarding eligibility or benchmarking, please submit a query via our applicant enquiries portal.

General Information

This award is for completion of CCT/ CESR (CP) subject to satisfactory progression.

Person Specifications

Please note the NIHR supplementary person specification is available via the ‘Documents tab’ on this page

Competencies

All applicants applying to medical specialties are required to have essential competencies or equivalent depending on the level they are applying for as demonstrated on the person specification.

Please upload all required evidence of competencies to your online application form when completing the application form online. For those experiencing difficulties when uploading evidence, please ensure you contact the team via the PGMDE support portal: https://lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home

Supporting documentation

Applicants with an NTN based outside of the region to which they are applying must provide a ‘Support for Reapplication to Continue Training in Another Region’ form.

Applicants who have previously relinquished a specialty training programme must provide a ‘Support for Reapplication to a Specialty Training Programme’ form

Applicants with an NTN based inside of the region to which they are applying must provide their most recent ARCP.

Applicants who are in a dual training programme, much provide both ARCP demonstrating satisfactory progression.

All supporting forms can be accessed on the National Website Platform

Bespoke training, networking and mentorships schemes have been devised in addition to courses aimed at developing specific research skills. The latter include courses of grant writing, peer reviewing publications and writing scientific papers. The ICR has Athena Swan Silver status and is committed to the development of academics from all backgrounds.

• To spend 50% of their time undertaking research in one or more of the research teams/laboratories across 8 Research Divisions at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) that will fit with their own research interests and the Digital Theme of this post.
• The clinical training component of this programme will occupy 50% of the CLs timetable, and the post holder will already have a national training number.
• The post holder will receive generic and tumour focused training in the management of oncology patients in both an in-patient and out-patient settings including planning disease-specific care and treatment.  
• The post-holder will be expected to understand the principles and processes of clinical research and to manage patients within clinical trials in accordance with the principles of Good Clinical Practice.

For more information regarding reasonable adjustments and disability confident scheme please refer to the Medical Specialty Recruitment website.

Please ensure that you include specific details of your reasonable adjustments within the relevant section of your application, in addition to reasons and evidence.

Fitness to Practice

If you have made a positive declaration in the FTP section, you must follow this up by completing our form on the support portal, you must contact London recruitment office via support portal by the close of the application window. Failure to provide the outlined information by the close of application may result in your application being withdrawn. 

Eligibility Criteria for recruitment to Specialty Training – Immigration Requirements

All medical practitioners are on the shortage occupation list, so all specialty recruitment applicants will be exempt from the resident labour market test.

NHS England (NHSE) is responsible for the sponsorship of Medical and Dental trainees for their Skilled worker visa application in England. The Medical Specialty Recruitment website has guidance for applicants requiring a visa.