Consultant Breast Surgeon

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

The closing date is 18 May 2025

Job summary

This is a 10 PA post for a Consultant Breast Surgeon to work in the Surgical Care Group at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust. The post is currently based at King George Hospital (no oncall requirements) and the successful applicant will support the delivery of breast surgery services.

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Breast Surgeon. This is an opportunity to join a busy, dynamic multidisciplinary team to help us improve the service that we provide to our population.

The aim of the Surgical Care Group is to become a world leader in the field of surgical management through innovation, evidence based safe and effective patient care and the successful applicant must therefore have the pre-requisite procedural and leadership skills as well as teamwork, drive and ambition to succeed in achieving these goals.

The appointee will join the existing team to provide specialist care to this growing population of patients and raise departmental profiles through teaching and education.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will:

Provision of high quality surgical/oncological management to patients with breast cancer and benign breast disease
Provision of 2WW Breast Clinics to achieve the constitutional cancer targets
Have a continuing responsibility for the clinical care of patients in his/her charge and for the proper functioning of the department
Deliver a high quality responsive surgical service to the patients who use it
Be responsible for providing appropriate inpatient cover to patients
Undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of a clinical department
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current surgical practice
Maintain his/her professional development with all available training opportunities and ensure compliance with mandatory training
Work with other Consultant colleagues as a team

The appointee must have FRCS. Wide experience is required in elective and emergency general surgery in the NHS.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Date posted

17 April 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

162-M7409-A

Job locations

Surgery Medical Staffing

King George Hospital

Ilford

IG3 8YB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Azeez, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4440.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

Full GMC Registration, MBChB or FRCS equivalent
At least 3 years recent experience working in a breast department setting ideally in the UK.
Work experience at the middle grade level in breast surgery or substantial experience at senior SHO level

Desirable

Higher surgical or Breast related qualification
Evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required in the job.
Previous UK Surgical experience

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

Full GMC Registration, MBChB or FRCS equivalent
At least 3 years recent experience working in a breast department setting ideally in the UK.
Work experience at the middle grade level in breast surgery or substantial experience at senior SHO level

Desirable

Higher surgical or Breast related qualification
Evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required in the job.
Previous UK Surgical experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).