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Why Work For Us? Careers Recruitment Process Benefits & Discounts

Are you thinking about joining the NHS? With over 350 different roles within Healthcare, there are lots of opportunities to develop your skills, boost your experience and climb that career ladder whilst helping and supporting our patients.

At Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, we provide comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. We also offer some tertiary services to a wider catchment in excess of two million people. The Trust employs around 7345 staff and is the largest employer in Portsmouth.

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We offer a range of career paths, which require our staff working in different areas of the trust to have varying skills sets. From Admin and Clerical, to Health Care Support Workers and from Estates and Facilities to Midwives, we have a role for YOU.

Our core values are, “Working Together – for Patients, with Compassion, as One Team and Always Improving”. We carry these values with us in everything we do including the training, development and recruitment of staff. If these values resonate with you and you are looking for an opportunity to build an exciting career, contact us now to discuss your options.

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Here at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, we are pleased to be able to offer benefits ranging from reduced cost lease cars and white goods, flexible working and an onsite nursery to apprenticeships and development opportunities.

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Last updated: 22 April 2021

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Megan Rowley

Oncology Research Fellow

What made you become an Oncology Research Fellow? - I wanted a post that provided me with some experience in oncology as I am hoping to train in medical oncology. I also wanted an opportunity to gain further research experience as research is vital in oncology and also generally within medicine. This post allowed me time to gain clinical experience in oncology alongside invaluable knowledge of research trials.

How did you become an Oncology Research Fellow? - After medical school I did 2 years of foundation training before completing 2 years of core medical training here at QAH. Following this I decided to take a year out of training before applying for a registrar specialty training post and applied for the oncology research post.

What do you do on a day-to-day basis? - My days are very variable and no 2 days are the same. I have a balance of clinical commitments and research time. Some days I have outpatient clinics in oncology and following clinic-based admin. Others I have largely ‘office days’ in which I can have meetings about various research projects or potential new projects, or spend time working on parts of my projects. In both aspects, I have a role in identifying, recruiting and following up patients for various research studies. I also have on-call commitments and as part of our role we are involved in teaching foundation doctors on various topics.

Why did you choose PHU? - I moved to Portsmouth after studying and completing my initial training in London. I wanted to move out of London to live closer to the sea and had heard great feedback about QAH as a place to train. I have really enjoyed my 2.5 years at QA so far and after completing my 2-year training post I knew I wanted to stay. The hospital is busy but provides excellent training opportunities by looking after patients with a wide range of conditions. I’ve always found QAH to have a friendly environment with hard working colleagues.

What do you enjoy about being an Oncology Research Fellow? - I enjoy how flexible and changeable my days can be. I get to have a mix of my chosen specialty and clinic experience but have dedicated time to work on projects or research studies of interest. Most of what we do in medicine is based on outcomes of various research projects and I enjoy knowing that in a small way I have contributed to this.

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