# Locum Consultant Medical Oncologist - Breast > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-medical-oncologist-breast/fddb6b4a-994c-488e-a6fe-8030dba28a3b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-medical-oncologist-breast/fddb6b4a-994c-488e-a6fe-8030dba28a3b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Manchester - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Oncology - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum, Pro Rata - **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed Term) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-22T13:30:44.727Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Manchester/The_Christie_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical_Oncology/Medical_Oncology-v8101708 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8101708?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.christie.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is looking to appoint an enthusiastic locum consultant in medical oncology (breast) to join our multidisciplinary teams for four sessions (16 hours) per week in a substantive role. The successful candidate will join the multidisciplinary team consultants across Medical Oncology, clinical fellows, a specialist registrar, nurse clinicians, a pharmacist, clinical nurse specialists, research nurses, project managers and clinical trial administrators. The role will involve two clinics per week and attendance at the Wednesday MDT. Suitable SPA and admin time is provided. ### Main duties of the job The duties and responsibilities of the role, which may be adjusted in the light of changing/developing priorities, include: - Attendance and review of patients in the weekly breast Medical Oncology clinics. This will include new and follow up patients, on treatment. - Completion of patient administration tasks - Completion of and maintenance of Good Clinical Practice Certification (regulatory requirement for clinical trial participation, if appropriate). - Become familiar with ongoing clinical trials, as appropriate (for context when seeing outpatients in clinic). - Maintaining knowledge of local, national and international developments in diagnosis and treatment of Breast Cancer through attendance at conferences, as appropriate. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description for detailed description of main responsibilities. Job Plan Timetable The timetable below is indicative and will be confirmed on commencement in post. It is the requirement of the Trust that all new consultant colleagues must have 0.25 SPAs within their job plan to support Trust appraisal and supervision requirements.  This can either be as appraiser or a supervisor for medical staff or Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP). NB  This timetable is indicative - Job Plan PA Summary | Total PAs - Direct Clinical Care (DCC) | 2.75 - Outpatient clinics | 1.5 - MDT | 0.5 - Admin | 0.75 - Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) (including 1.5 core SPA) | 1.25 - Supervision role (minimum 0.25 must be allocated) | 0.25 - Total Programmed Activities (PAs) | 4 On call Commitments This role does not require participation in the on-call rota. ## Job Details The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is looking to appoint an enthusiastic locum consultant in medical oncology (breast) to join our multidisciplinary teams for four sessions (16 hours) per week in a substantive role. The successful candidate will join the multidisciplinary team consultants across Medical Oncology, clinical fellows, a specialist registrar, nurse clinicians, a pharmacist, clinical nurse specialists, research nurses, project managers and clinical trial administrators. The role will involve two clinics per week and attendance at the Wednesday MDT. Suitable SPA and admin time is provided. ## Job Description The duties and responsibilities of the role, which may be adjusted in the light of changing/developing priorities, include: - Attendance and review of patients in the weekly breast Medical Oncology clinics. This will include new and follow up patients, on treatment. - Completion of patient administration tasks - Completion of and maintenance of Good Clinical Practice Certification (regulatory requirement for clinical trial participation, if appropriate). - Become familiar with ongoing clinical trials, as appropriate (for context when seeing outpatients in clinic). - Maintaining knowledge of local, national and international developments in diagnosis and treatment of Breast Cancer through attendance at conferences, as appropriate. ## Responsibilities Please see attached job description for detailed description of main responsibilities. Job Plan Timetable The timetable below is indicative and will be confirmed on commencement in post. It is the requirement of the Trust that all new consultant colleagues must have 0.25 SPAs within their job plan to support Trust appraisal and supervision requirements. This can either be as appraiser or a supervisor for medical staff or Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP). AM: Monday: NWD, Tuesday: NWD, Wednesday: Admin MDT, Thursday: Clinic (Ribociclib), Friday: NWD PM: Monday: NWD, Tuesday: NWD, Wednesday: Clinic, Thursday: SPA, Friday: NWD NB This timetable is indicative Job Plan PA Summary | Total PAs Direct Clinical Care (DCC) | 2.75 Outpatient clinics | 1.5 MDT | 0.5 Admin | 0.75 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) (including 1.5 core SPA) | 1.25 Supervision role (minimum 0.25 must be allocated) | 0.25 Total Programmed Activities (PAs) | 4 On call Commitments This role does not require participation in the on-call rota. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Appropriate experience across disease groups in Medical Oncology - Evidence of wide experience and training in general and oncological medicine at specialist registrar or similar (e.g. specialty doctor) level - Experience in teaching undergraduates - Experience of clinical audit - Evidence of contribution to teaching ### Attainments **Essential** - MRCP or equivalent qualification - GMC registration with a license to practice - Evidence of productive ethical research relevant to oncology - Wide experience of Oncology - Up to date Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training **Desirable** - Recent publications in peer-reviewed journals ### Personal Skills **Essential** - Evidence of communication skills training in advanced techniques for communicating significant news to patients - Knowledge of General Medical Council requirements for revalidation and the UK National Health Service process of appraisal - Ability to adapt to changing circumstances within a team - Evidence of clinical leadership skills - Proven ability to lead a team - Dynamic, decision-making motivator. - Integrity, management and communication skills including teaching - Confident in ability but knowing own limitations. - Demonstrates knowledge, logic and efficiency - Excellent written and oral communication skills. - Flexibility, commitment and teamwork with colleagues and staff in the department - Hardworking, enthusiastic achiever. Good attendance record. Patient friendly. - Professional demeanour - Must be resilient and well organised - Ability to work under pressure - Self-motivator and able to motivate team ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 279.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10395904) - [strategy brochure (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1645) - [travel to the christie (pdf, 3.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1960) - [the christie values and behaviours (pdf, 919.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1643) ## 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.