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The RMH breast unit (Sutton and Chelsea) is the largest cancer service in the trust and one of the largest breast units in the UK treating over 700 new breast cancers per annum. We provide one of the UK’s most comprehensive breast services both as a secondary and tertiary provider, with all the usual core services as well as additional services including secondary care specialist nurses, psychological medicine and a regional genetics service. RMH has a 40% primary post-mastectomy reconstruction rate and a mature oncoplastic team with fortnightly oncoplastic MDMs. The Sutton oncoplastic team consists of 5 breast surgeons. We manage approximately 400 new cancers, 150 of which are screen-detected. We work in close collaboration with our plastic surgical colleagues, 4 of whom have clinics and operate in Sutton. At the Sutton site there are 9.5 sessions of oncoplastic breast surgery each week and 5 rapid diagnostic clinics. There are also 3 plastics lists (predominantly breast reconstruction) each week. There is a parallel plastics clinic alongside one of the breast clinics. We have a large Open Access Follow Up service to better meet the needs of our growing numbers of survivors.
Main duties of the job
This post is aimed at offering a surgical junior fellow who would like to commit to a dedicated time for research while maintaining some clinical sessions in the Breast Diagnostic Clinic. The job plan and training will be tailored to the individual. Research and audit can be carried out to follow on from existing projects or the candidate can develop their own project with the support of the Breast Surgery Team. This post is Sutton based.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached for further details about the post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration and licence to practice
Desirable
- Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent
- Higher Medical or Surgical Degree
- Possession of CCT or date within 3 months
Experience and Skills
Essential
- Experience in Breast Surgery, especially in outpatient clinics
- Evidence of working in a multi- disciplinary team
- Experience in cancer management
- Professional skills of a high standard
- Evidence of commitment to teaching
- IT skills
Desirable
- Undertaken research in relevant field
- Management experience
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This advert is for Breast Surgery Clinical Research Doctor with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor General Surgery role. The advertised salary is £73,992 per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 6 months (FTC). The application deadline is 10 Aug 2026.
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