The successful candidate will be required to start as soon as possible.
The working hours will be 24 hours over 4 days per week.
Roles and Responsibilities: In general terms, the responsibilities will include covering the Cancer Trials Unit, but not limited to: Patient Care: Pre eligibility case review Patient Visits: Consent, Screening, On treatment visits, unscheduled visits, EOT visits Clinical care & management of toxicity (refer to protocol) Protocol Adherence: Complete eligibility review/sign off, and record cancer staging as per protocol specification AEs/SAEs assess & manage as per protocol.
Document grade, causality, source documentation for reporting Laboratory Assessment: review, grade and manage as per protocol Clinical patient assessment and determine protocol requirements in order to proceed with treatment/defer treatment/dose reduce/omit dose/discontinue Support nurses/data managers in communicating with sponsor/answering eCRF queries Education to staff with in the Unit Clinical Trial Administration: Attend disease portfolio meetings Attend SIV Review protocols of potential trials and complete protocol review checklist Attend Cancer Trial Ireland DSSG meetings.
This post will include clinical activities that will involve patients care in outpatient setting: outpatient clinic (twice a week, including Late effects clinic) and for patients attending the day ward (once a week).
General Information: Cork University Hospital Group, being the largest statutory / HSE hospital in Ireland and the only Model 4 hospital in the state with all acute surgical and medical specialities integrated on the same campus (Adults, Paediatrics, Maternity and Mental Health).
It is consistently one of the busiest Model 4 hospitals in Ireland, and aspires to be one of the best.
Cork University Hospital is a regional centre for secondary and tertiary care for the catchment area of HSE South, and also provides a number of supra-regional services in a range of specialities to the entire southern one third of Ireland, spanning 3 other RHA areas.
At a national level CUH is one of two designated Level 1 trauma centres in the country, one of two 24/7 neurosurgical and stroke thrombectomy centres, one of five 24/7 PPCI centres, one of four cardiothoracic surgical centres, one of two comprehensive coagulation & haemophilia centres, a cystic fibrosis centre, and one of eight (NCCP) Cancer Centres, the only one with all tumour pathways, diagnostics, modalities and treatments under one provider.
98% of children cared for by CUH receive all their care in Cork.
Cork University Hospitals Group (CUHG) is the HSE statutory acute hospital provider for Cork (the largest county in Ireland, and its second largest city).
The group comprises 3 acute hospitals, Cork University Hospital Wilton (Model 4), Mallow General Hospital (Model 2) and Bantry General Hospital.
University College Cork is the academic partner of the South-South West Hospital Group.
Cork University Hospital has very strong relationships with each of the five schools within the College of Medicine and Health.
CUH Group has over 5000 staff across its various sites, and is the primary teaching hospital for University College Cork, simultaneously delivering the largest number of academic clinical placements and the largest number of clinical research trials of any hospital in Ireland.
Skills: IMC registration Part-time Oncology experience