# Locum Breast Upper GI consultant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-breast-upper-gi-consultant/d1ebf51e-0834-4188-92b9-e64e499a8222 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-breast-upper-gi-consultant/d1ebf51e-0834-4188-92b9-e64e499a8222.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust - **Location:** Lister Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Oncology - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (n/a) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T14:50:14.508Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/oncology_Breast_UGI/oncology_Breast_UGI-v8318851 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8318851?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Locum Consultant in Medical Oncology with a special interest in breast and upper GI malignancies, based at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Lister Hospital, and the New QEII Hospital. This is a fixed-term post for 12 months for maternity cover and comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) and an on-call commitment. The post holder will also be part of the Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) MDT. Mount Vernon is a well-respected cancer centre, providing care to over 5,000 new patients a year, based in Northwood, Middlesex. It is currently run by East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (ENHT) and is in the process of merging with University College London Hospital (UCH), a leading tertiary cancer services provider. Mount Vernon will continue to provide high-quality care for cancer patients during the transition period across to UCLH, which is expected to complete by September 2025. The cancer centre will move to an established local acute hospital site, with access to intensive care facilities, whilst remaining a separate cancer centre. A networked satellite radiotherapy service will be developed to enhance the provision of cancer care to patients in the north of the area. We welcome applications from those who would relish the opportunity to be a part of the development of a new state of the art cancer centre. ### Main duties of the job At Mount Vernon, the post holder will be expected to work with members of the MDTs in supervising the oncology treatment of patients. At the Lister Hospital and QEII Hospital sites, the post holder will work closely with the breast and upper GI multidisciplinary teams to provide a safe and high-quality outpatient oncology service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors. - Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Broad range of experience in Haemato-oncology - Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues - Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion - Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice **Desirable** - Fully competent in clinical and laboratory haematology ### Qualifications / Training **Essential** - Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register - FRCPath or equivalent - Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs **Desirable** - Postgraduate degree (or equivalent) - Royal College Fellowship ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 424.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10699065) - [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905) - [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549) - [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551) - [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748) - [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.