Consultant in Clinical Oncology (Lung/Breast)

Job summary

Required to fill this new post within the Clinical Oncology Department at St Jamess University Hospital. This is a substantive 10 PA Clinical Oncology Consultant post with a special interest in Lung and Breast cancers, delivering both systemic therapy and radiotherapy. The post will support established and experienced multi-disciplinary non-surgical Oncology Lung and Breast teams. The Lung work will be delivered both at the Leeds Cancer Centre and at a peripheral Trust Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust. The Breast work will be based at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust. Leeds Cancer Centre is one of the most prestigious oncology departments in the UK, providing an ideal infrastructure for high quality multidisciplinary cancer services and ensuring the best outcomes for the catchment population of West Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Cancer Network.

Main duties of the job

There will be opportunities to contribute to Lung and Breast MDTs in addition to departmental meetings, teaching, research and service developments. This is an exciting time to join our Lung and Breast services as we are currently looking at pathway redesign and developing the services and the wider teams. To deliver care to patients with Lung cancers through: Provision of Lung and Breast Out-patient clinics Responsibility for the delivery of radiotherapy Responsibility for the delivery of systemic therapy Contribution to specialist MDT meetings and QA meetings Provision of in-patient care for Lung patients Contribution to the LTHT clinical oncology on call rota

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Details

• Date posted: 05 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 001219
• Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

LTHT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients. By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across WYAAT, we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care.

The successful applicant should possess FRCR (or equivalent) and should be included on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview, if currently within a training programme within the UK. In accordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categories of doctors must be on the Specialist Register.

Applicants should have established skills in Clinical Oncology and its related specialties, including Lung and Breast cancers. A strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and a research interest is desirable.

Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.

If shortlisted, you will be required to give a 10-minute presentation on:

"How can we grow oncology services to meet expanding SACT and RT indications in the NHS?"

Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact:

Alison Young – Clinical Director: alison.young9@nhs.net

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD: Tuesday 4 August 2026

To link with consultant colleagues in other relevant site specialist teams within the Leeds Cancer Centre and

across the Yorkshire Cancer Network. To work with consultant colleagues in all specialties across the Trust to

coordinate & deliver care for patients with Lung cancers. The post holder will be encouraged to facilitate

and contribute to the current clinical research programs on going in the department.

To contribute to research, teaching and new developments within the Leeds Cancer Centre. The post holder will

be encouraged to facilitate and contribute to the current clinical research programmes in the department.

To work with colleagues in clinical oncology to deliver acute on call (currently 1 in 26) for clinical oncology. This

includes attendance at hand-over, twice daily ward rounds to review and manage patients admitted acutely and

provide out-of-hours cover and advice to the resident on-call team.

The Bexley Wing is one of the largest oncology facilities in the UK, within one of the largest acute general hospitals in Europe. There are 350 beds, day-care and out-patient facilities and a patient hotel. The Bexley Wing incorporates services in non-surgical oncology, haematology, the Academic Unit clinical offices and support areas and substantial services in cancer surgery. There is a dedicated Clinical Research Facility for patients in early-phase clinical trials.

Clinical and Medical Oncology are based in the Bexley Wing, and run as an integrated service within a single bed base, and integrated site specialist teams. The service provides comprehensive non-surgical oncology services to the Trust and to the population of West and the majority of North Yorkshire. They are key components of the Leeds Cancer Centre. There is a hub and spoke arrangement with the surrounding cancer units in Airedale, Bradford, Dewsbury, Halifax, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Pontefract, Wakefield and York. This covers a population of approximately 2.7 million. In addition, there are other tertiary referrals from a more extensive catchment area from East Yorkshire, East Lancashire and North Yorkshire.

The Leeds radiotherapy service treats over 7000 new patients a year with radiotherapy. The department has twelve linear accelerators. There are three CT simulators and an MRI simulator. The building houses a dedicated brachytherapy suite containing two theatres. Shielded treatment rooms on the wards support unsealed source therapy. There are dedicated clinical cancer research facilities with beds and a nursing research team. The links to the Academic Unit of Cancer Medicine are strong and there are world class molecular oncology labs and research programmes on site. The Leeds radiotherapy service has a workforce which includes 135 radiographers, 10 nurses, 32 clinical scientists and 62 clinical technologists.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.