The information book - Paediatric Integrated Cancer Service

6 Tell Me…
What does that person do?
Your child’s team at the Children’s Cancer Centre will have medical, nursing,
allied health, support people – and more. The people and services will vary
from hospital to hospital.
Doctors
Consultant Medical Staff/ Consultant Oncologist
Consultants are specialist doctors with many years of training and
experience in a particular area of medicine. The consultant supervises the
Resident doctors, Registrars and Fellows. Consultants work full-time and part
time, with public and private patients.
In the Children’s Cancer Centre, your child’s oncology consultant is the
specialist oncology doctor who provides overall supervision of your child’s
medical care.
Medical Staff
Clinical Fellows are doctors training to specialise in cancer and blood disorders
and supervise Registrars who are doctors doing specialist training, working
towards being a consultant. Residents (Resident Medical Officers) are qualified
doctors who are getting more experience in the hospital.
In the ward, day to day medical care is provided by the Paediatric Registrar
and Residents. The Registrar and Residents make a daily ward round to check
all children. The Registrar and Residents are available to answer questions
about the day-to-day management for your child. They arrange for tests and
do procedures such as putting in an intravenous line (IV) or doing a lumbar
puncture.
Nursing staff
Nurse Unit Manager
The Nurse Unit Manager has overall responsibility for your child’s nursing
care in the ward. The Nurse Unit Manager is sometimes called the Unit
Manager or Charge Nurse.
Tell Me… Sec.6:1
Updated March 2011