Fellow - Medical Oncology

Req ID:  7143
Date:  1 Apr 2026
Site:  VCCC (Parkville)
Location: 

MELBOURNE, VIC, AU, 3000

Company:  Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Unit:  Medical Oncology
Division:  Chief Operating Officer
Department:  Medical Oncology
Enterprise Agreement:  Doctors in Training (Victorian Public Health Secto
Medical Oncology

At Peter Mac we aim to continuously improve cancer care, research and education across all cancers and for all people affected by cancer: changing lives, breaking new ground. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values, Excellence, Compassion and Innovation. Welcoming people from a wide variety of different backgrounds and experiences is critical to fostering innovation, cultivating compassion, attracting and retaining top talent and providing the best possible cancer care for our patients.

 

YOUR ROLE IN OUR FUTURE - Breast Fellow

Overview:

The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is a globally recognised leader in cancer care and research. The Medical Oncology Unit at Peter Mac includes world leading experts in multiple tumour types, and is supported by Australia’s largest cancer clinical trials unit. We invite applications to join our team as the Breast Cancer Clinical Fellow, offering a unique blend of clinician trial expertise and specialised multidisciplinary cancer care.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide high-quality care to patients with breast cancer receiving both standard of care treatments and clinical trials, largely in the outpatient setting
  • Contribute to delivering expert medical oncology care within a multidisciplinary team
  • Seeing and managing breast cancer clinical trial patients
  • Support our medical oncology registrars and junior medical staff where appropriate, with opportunities for teaching including medical student teaching

Opportunities:

  • Gain hands-on experience in managing patients independently whilst maintaining support and supervision from leading global experts
  • Work in a multidisciplinary environment renowned for being drivers for cancer care and research
  • Learn about managing patients on early to late phase clinical trials in breast cancer
  • Opportunities to transition to a research higher degree

Ideal Candidate:

This position is ideally suited to motivated Advanced Trainees completing or recently completed their Medical Oncology training, with a passion for learning and providing high quality cancer care and research

Enquiries to: Linda.Mileshkin@petermac.org

Posting end date: 4 May 2026

Position Summary

To provide high quality patient treatment and care, contribute to a research program and participate in education 

Enterprise Agreement

Doctors in Training (Victorian Public Health Sector) (AMA Victoria) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2021-2024

Classification or Salary Range

As per Award/EBA 

Immunisation Risk Category

Immunisation Category A

Key Relationships

Internal:

  • Effective working relationships with medical oncology registrars, haematology registrars and other fellows, resident staff, consultants, nursing and allied health staff.
  • Effective working relationships with all staff involved in clinical trials. 
  • Readiness to take direction and willingness to learn from supervisors, other members of the team and other colleagues.

Education

Skills

Essential Requirements: 

  • Medical Qualifications registerable by the Medical Board of Victoria
  • Completed at least two core years of registrar level of training in medical oncology
  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team setting
  • Ability to establish and maintain good interpersonal relationships with medical staff and other disciplines
  • Previous clinical trial experience an advantage 

Certifications, Licenses & Registrations

Key Accountabilities

Key Accountabilities Demonstrated by / Key Perfomance Indicators
1. Provides high quality patient care using an evidence based, cost effective approach. 

 

  • Attendance to selected outpatient clinics and clinics in Day Ward
  • Completes all patient related documentation according to the Centre’s needs
  • Participates in after-hour and weekend cover roster for medical oncology
  • Liaises and communicates with the multidisciplinary treating team
  • Contributes to team meetings and educational activities
  • Actively and regularly participates in peer review patient related activities 
  • Participates in departmental research projects and audits
  • Works effectively with all internal and external stakeholders
  • Close liaison with specialist members of the medical oncology Unit 
  • Follows hospital policies and procedures 

 

2. Clinical Research Protocol Development

 

  • Enrols and manages patients on clinical trials
  • Participates in clinical trial management (if appropriate) 
  • Develops clinical research protocols, including preparation, submission to committees, analysis and manuscript preparation (if appropriate) 

 

3. Manuscript preparation 

 

  • Prepares and submits manuscripts (trial results, case reports, reviews, book chapters etc.) 

 

4. Translational Research development 

 

  • Participates in laboratory research activities (as applicable) 

 

5. Medical Oncology and Protocol Development 

 

  • Coordinates and develops/updates medical oncology protocol book/intranet site 

 

 

Key Accountabilities (Contd..)

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For further information about this opportunity, click Apply to be redirected to the Peter Mac Careers page where you can review the position profile. Alternatively, please contact us for a confidential discussion.

 

 

Peter Mac is a child safe organisation and has a commitment to child safety and wellbeing.

 

 

WHY WORK FOR PETER MAC

 

  • Peter Mac offer a range of benefits which support our people both personally and professionally.
  • Our staff benefits include award winning facilities, professional development and events, a health and wellbeing program, flexible work practices and policies and financial benefits such as salary packaging.
  • We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with a disability.