# Oncology Consultant (Breast) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/oncology-consultant-breast/5d47acad-7e5e-45a2-aa87-35ed361d89b2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/oncology-consultant-breast/5d47acad-7e5e-45a2-aa87-35ed361d89b2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Oncology - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113565.00 to £150569.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-08T16:02:43.567Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C0020-26-1547 - **Application URL:** https://uhb.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/16097?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.uhb.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is recruiting to a substantive Consultant Oncologist (Breast) posts (10 PAs) to join a large, dynamic and forward thinking oncology service. The successful post holders will join an established and supportive consultant body delivering high quality systemic anti cancer therapy across multiple hospital sites.. This is an excellent opportunity to develop a long term consultant career within a major cancer centre with strong MDT working, active clinical trials and close links to academic and res ### Main duties of the job *Deliver specialist inpatient and outpatient oncology care, including independent consultant led clinics *Prescribe and manage systemic anti cancer treatments in line with Trust protocols *Participate fully in tumour site multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings across the Trust *Contribute to Acute Oncology services and inpatient ward attending commitments *Participate in the consultant on call rota (1 in 14) *Support undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and clinical supervision *Engage in clinical governance, audit and service development activity *Contribute to and support clinical research and trial recruitment, with opportunities to act as Principal Investigator *Develop subspecialty interests and, where appropriate, undertake additional leadership roles within the department ### About us University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role. ### Details - Date posted: 08 October 2026 - Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff - Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 16097 - Job locations: Trustwide, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities The site specialist interests will be agreed on acceptance of the post but will require specialist oncology tumour site experience and delivery of systemic treatment. Clinical The appointees should be able to demonstrate experience and specific interest in the management of Breast, Lung, Urology and Hepatobilliary tumour sites. The successful candidates will be encouraged to develop disease specific areas of interest, working alongside the current Oncology team. In keeping with the department's ambition as a teaching hospital, the appointees will have the opportunity to engage in research and would be encouraged to utilise world class expertise based on Campus within the University of Birmingham (UoB), the Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit and the Institute for Translational Medicine to progress the research strategy under the umbrella of Birmingham Health Partners. Inpatients The appointees will participate in the on-call rota, supported by and working with clinical teams trust-wide. They will be responsible for managing a cohort of inpatients and providing specialist liaison advice. Outpatients The appointees will be expected to participate in a number of clinics per week, predominantly dealing with their respective sub-specialties as per job plans, but also consideration for other subspecialist workload could be considered, depending on applicant's experience to date. The delivery of outpatient activity will include opportunities to support clinical trial recruitment and PI roles within the department. There will be the integrated weekly multidisciplinary team meeting, plus monthly quality meetings, educational sessions, quarterly audit meetings and mortality and morbidity meetings. For the ward attending commitments, the appointees will be expected to provide reciprocal cover for periods of leave. ### UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). ### Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - *Broad experience and understanding of oncology - *Significant experience in delivering SACT and managing side effects ### Qualifications **Essential** - GMC Registration with licence to practice OR GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months of getting CCT) - MRCP - FRCR (Clinical Oncology) ### Additional Criteria **Essential** - *Demonstrates good interpersonal skills with patients, relatives and member of the clinical team - *Ability to gain confidence and trust - Ability to cope with pressure - Ability to respond to change - *Conscientious and hardworking - *Positive contribution to MDTs - *Flexibility in working pattern - *Ability to communicate effectively - *(written and verbal) with patients and their families ## 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.