Locum Specialist Grade Doctor- Breast Surgery

Imperial College Healthcare NHS; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a full-time Specialist Grade Doctor for the Breast Surgery Department. The successful candidate will focus on achieving key diagnostic standards and play an active role in clinical initiatives. Qualifications include GMC registration and expertise in managing breast patients. The position is based at Charing Cross Hospital with no on-call commitment and offers benefits such as flexible working and career development.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Optional Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Must be on the GMC Register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice.
• Broad clinical experience and expertise in the management of breast patients.
• Broad experience in the management of new breast patients attending rapid diagnostic one-stop clinics.

Responsibilities

• Work towards achieving the 28-day Faster Diagnostic Standard.
• Participate in the sector-wide initiative for patients presenting with breast pain.
• Contribute to involvement in Family History clinics.

Skills

GMC Registration and Licence to Practice

Broad clinical experience in breast patient management

Experience in rapid diagnostic clinics

Job description

Overview

The Breast Surgery Department is looking to appoint a full-time (10 PA) Specialist Grade Doctor on a locum (12 month) contract, to start in the late summer of 2025. The post will be based at Charing Cross Hospital with some activity at St Mary’s Hospital. The post-holder will play a key role in ensuring the department achieves the 28-day Faster Diagnostic Standard and the 62-day treatment target for patients referred with suspected cancer. The post-holder will also be involved in running a sector-wide initiative for patients presenting with breast pain only and will have involvement in Family History clinics. There is no on-call commitment with this post.

Responsibilities

• Work towards achieving the 28‑day Faster Diagnostic Standard and the 62‑day treatment target for patients referred with suspected cancer.
• Participate in the sector-wide initiative for patients presenting with breast pain only.
• Contribute to involvement in Family History clinics.
• Work across Charing Cross Hospital with some activity at St Mary’s Hospital.

Qualifications and Experience

• Must be on the GMC Register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice.
• Broad clinical experience and expertise in the management of breast patients.
• Broad experience in the management of new breast patients attending rapid diagnostic one-stop clinics.

Employer and Department

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is the largest provider of breast services in north-west London. The breast surgery department sees approximately 21,000 outpatients and undertakes 900 surgical procedures a year. The department provides a broad range of services including daily rapid diagnostic clinics, a comprehensive surgical service with the full range of reconstructive options, and a well-established family history clinic.

Benefits and Culture

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values — expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Optional benefits include Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

Vaccination and Equal Opportunities

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. We strongly encourage vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and, as part of pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask candidates to confirm whether they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid-19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.