# Locum Consultant Medical Oncologist in Breast & Lung > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-medical-oncologist-in-breast-and-lung/634f631d-d583-46a9-a7a9-dcad7bb6257a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-medical-oncologist-in-breast-and-lung/634f631d-d583-46a9-a7a9-dcad7bb6257a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Oncology - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum plus London weighting (pro rata) - **Contract type:** 12 months (fixed term) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T09:51:58.961Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Pond_Street/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical_Oncology/Medical_Oncology-v7966840 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7966840?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Trust as a locum Consultant Medical Oncologist covering breast and lung cancer. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and busiest Trusts in London with a well-established national and international reputation for clinical excellence and world-class care. In January 2025, the Royal Free London and North Middlesex University Hospitals Trusts merged, and we now deliver care to over 2 million people a year through our four main health units.  There are chemotherapy infusion suites to treat cancer patients at The Royal Free, Finchley Memorial, North Middlesex and Chase Farm health units whilst radiotherapy is delivered at the Royal Free and North Middlesex health units. The Trust is one of the highest volume providers of breast and lung cancer care within London. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder will join the oncology team at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) as an 8PA locum consultant in breast and lung cancer. The post will be working at The Royal Free and Barnet health units. The successful candidate will join an existing multi-disciplinary team in breast and lung cancer. The post 2 holder will support the delivery of systemic therapy in breast cancer at Royal Free and lung cancer at Barnet hospital. Additionally, the position had the opportunity to lead the AOS service at Barnet hospital. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Trust as a locum Consultant Medical Oncologist covering breast and lung cancer. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and busiest Trusts in London with a well-established national and international reputation for clinical excellence and world-class care. In January 2025, the Royal Free London and North Middlesex University Hospitals Trusts merged, and we now deliver care to over 2 million people a year through our four main health units.  There are chemotherapy infusion suites to treat cancer patients at The Royal Free, Finchley Memorial, North Middlesex and Chase Farm health units whilst radiotherapy is delivered at the Royal Free and North Middlesex health units. The Trust is one of the highest volume providers of breast and lung cancer care within London. ## Job Description The post-holder will join the oncology team at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) as an 8PAlocum consultant in breast and lung cancer. The post will be working at The Royal Free and Barnet healthunits. The successful candidate will join an existing multi-disciplinary team in breast and lung cancer. The post2 holder will support the delivery of systemic therapy in breast cancer at Royal Free and lung cancer at Barnethospital. Additionally, the position had the opportunity to lead the AOS service at Barnet hospital. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - The highest ethical and professional standards in research, education and clinical practice - Member of a medical defence union **Desirable** - Knowledge and understanding of the principles of resource and budgetary management within the NHS ### Experience **Essential** - Experience and commitment to multi-disciplinary working - Wide experience in oncology - Experience of breast, lung and acute oncology - Experience and an interest in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching - Clinical audit experience - Clinical trials experience - Experience of acute oncology - Proven clinical ability in Medical Oncology - The ability to work as a member of a collaborative group - The authority, decision-making skills needed to lead a multidisciplinary team in a complex environment - The ability to promote teamwork and motivate colleagues - Ability to organise and prioritise workload to delegate responsibly as appropriate and to supervise doctors in training and other staff - Willingness to be personally accountable for actions - Ability and commitment to teach in a clinical setting - Leadership skills and the ability to take forward service developments - Excellent communication skills – verbal and written. Good command of written and spoken English - Ability to relate to patients from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their concerns and needs - Willingness and skills to recognise and challenge unacceptable behaviour and if necessary, escalate - Proven ability to translate research activities into a clinical and organisational context - Knowledge of the Clinical Governance Framework of the NHS (including research governance) and understanding of current changes in the organisation and management of structures of the NHS. Ability to act within these parameters - Awareness and understanding of health, safety, and security issues for self and others - The highest ethical and professional standards in research, education and clinical practice **Desirable** - Proven ability and commitment to carry out high quality research in the field, leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals - Knowledge and understanding of the principles of resource and budgetary management within the NHS ### Royal Free World Class Values **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values ### Education and Professional Qualifications **Essential** - MBBS or equivalent medical qualification - Membership of the Royal College of Physicians - Accreditation by the RCP or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT (or equivalent) at time of interview - Eligible for GMC registration and entry onto the GMC Specialist Register in the area of Medical Oncology **Desirable** - Post graduate medical degree eg MD / PhD ## Documents - [fr (pdf, 111.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10319797) - [jd medical oncology lung & breast (pdf, 680.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10248495) - [ps medical oncology breast & lung (pdf, 496.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10248496) - [medical and dental - benefits, about rfl, values and governing objectives (pdf, 940.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2754) ## 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.