Consultant Medical Oncologist (Breast)

Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals Nhs Trust; England; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a permanent medical oncology consultant to join a team of 13 consultants at Queen's Hospital, Romford. The post covers breast and one other tumour subsite, with opportunities in acute oncology and related subspecialties, serving a population of 750,000.

The successful candidate will lead in high-quality diagnosis, treatment and care, contribute to MDTs, and participate in on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Full and Specialist registration and a license to practice.
• Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or CCT date is within six months of interview.
• Experience of teaching and training of undergraduates and junior medical staff
• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level
• Involvement in clinical trials
• Understanding the principles of clinical audit

Responsibilities

• Provide the full range of oncology services to patients, including diagnosis, treatment and care.
• Manage breast malignancy cases; handle 170–200 new patients per year (~4–5 weekly over 42 weeks).
• Participate in Acute Oncology Service and provide oncology guidance to nurses.
• Engage with MDT site-specific teams and deliver outpatient chemotherapy and inpatient opinions.
• Participate in out-of-hours on-call service.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Team player

IT skills

Teaching/training experience

Education

CCT or near completion

MD/PhD (desirable)

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a candidate interested in a permanent medical oncology consultant post at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic medical oncologist to join our well-established, dedicated and supportive team. The successful candidate will join a team of 13 consultant oncologists supported by three specialty doctors and five clinical oncology SpRs to serve a population of 750,000. The department treats the full spectrum of malignant disease including breast, lung, lower and upper GI, haematology, gynaecology, urology, neuro-oncology, skin, and head and neck. The post will cover breast and one other tumour subsite depending on your interests. Acute oncology, renal, neuroendocrine or cancer of unknown primary would be strongly encouraged. You will be primarily located at Queen's Hospital, Romford, Essex where the Oncology department is based.

Main duties of the job

To provide, to a high standard, the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment and care to patients requiring oncology services, as outlined in the proposed program which includes the following:

• Medical oncology management of breast malignancy.
• New patient numbers approx. 170-200 per annum. This will be four to five patients per week on a 42-week year.
• Input into the Acute Oncology Service; this service is led by a team of three acute oncology nurses who field calls and review patients. The acute oncology ward round/consultant supports the AOS nurses in this role and undertakes ward reviews and offers oncology advice as necessary.
• This will be reviewed in at the initial job planning meeting and level of input will be based on any tumour subsite specialty in addition to breast, taking into account the overall workload.
• Clinic reviews.
• To work with and support the established multi-disciplinary site-specific teams.
• Outpatient chemotherapy and inpatient clinical opinions.
• Participate in the out of hours on-call service.

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&E in 2023.

Patients across northeast 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.

Details

• Date posted: 23 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Grade: Consultant
• Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 162-M7266-O

Essential

• Full and Specialist registration and a license to practice
• Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or CCT date is within six months of interview
• Understand and be competent at management of all stages of Oncology to CCST or higher
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of treatment regimens and research developments
• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions
• Experience of teaching and training of undergraduates and junior medical staff
• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level
• Involvement in clinical trials
• Understanding the principles of clinical audit
• Communication skills training
• A real team player
• IT skills and computer literacy
• Excellent written and spoken communications
• Empathetic
• Ability to respond and cope with setbacks and pressure
• Honesty
• Appreciation of ethical dilemmas

Desirable

• MD, PhD or equivalent
• Leadership Qualities Management Course
• Formal training in teaching techniques
• Published Audit
• Publications
• Completed CCST portfolios/appraisal/revalidation

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.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer contact: Sarah Rust, Medical Staffing Coordinator, [e-mail], 01708435000

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