# Senior Oncoplastic Clinical Fellow in Breast Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-oncoplastic-clinical-fellow-in-breast-surgery/94775562-aee4-4533-860b-5c4f2ea32f90 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-oncoplastic-clinical-fellow-in-breast-surgery/94775562-aee4-4533-860b-5c4f2ea32f90.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Homerton University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** General Surgery - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £45,715 - £69,976 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (to cover a temporary staffing gap with potential for extension based on future service design) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-27T13:01:12.050Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London_England_United_Kingdom/Homerton_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Breast_Surgery/Breast_Surgery-v8222859 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8222859?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Department: Department of Surgery Responsible to: Breast Clinical Lead – Mr. Mangesh Thorat, Breast Surgeon Mr Ioannis Spyrou, Breast Surgeon ### Main duties of the job Responsible for: Diagnosis, treatment and continuing care of patients presenting as emergencies or referred; teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff and other staff; conducting research and participating in development activities of the department. Main purpose: To provide, in conjunction with consultant colleagues at the Homerton University Hospital a comprehensive out-patient, day stay and in-patient service for residents and for those referred from further afield to the breast unit. The post is designed for a fixed period to allow the candidate to gain additional experience in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery. To ensure we can continue to offer this opportunity to others, the contract will run for a limited time and is not intended to be an ongoing post, except in exceptional circumstances. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities The post will be based in the Department of General Surgery. The post involves supporting the supervising consultant in the full spectrum of clinical activity including main theatres, day surgery theatres, out-patient one-stop and follow-up clinics, paper clinics and ward work. Homerton Breast Unit provides a full spectrum of Oncoplastic and Reconstructive services. This will provide an excellent opportunity to learn from experienced surgeons, particularly as they look to provide high-quality clinical care. The appointee will be expected to perform a full-time surgical practice with an interest in breast surgery. They will be a member of the breast multidisciplinary team and is expected to contribute to and practice according to the local, network and national clinical practice guidelines. There is no on-call commitment in the post. Research Responsibilities Homerton University Hospital has an active research environment. The breast unit is actively involved in multicentre trials. The appointee will be encouraged start new research projects or audits in addition to participating in any ongoing trials and national audits. Management and Clinical Audit The appointee will be expected to take part in the routine management and administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the supervision of junior medical staff. The appointee will also be expected to take an active part in multi-disciplinary audit, to be involved in attempting to improve the quality of care to patients and the timeliness of communications with general practitioners, and to achieve improvements in clinical risk management. There is a monthly half day session set aside within the clinical directorate at the Homerton for Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance during which all elective clinical duties are suspended to ensure attendance. A yearly timetable is available. There is also an open-ended audit programme for all breast cancer patients, continuously auditing and evaluating several parameters as proposed by the recent NICE guidelines on breast cancer audit. Homerton University Hospital is committed to implementing the New Deal for junior doctors, particularly on junior doctor’s hours. All the Trust’s consultants are responsible for ensuring that the hour’s targets are met and the junior doctors’ timetabled educational programmes are maintained. Continuing Medical Education Continuing Medical Education is an integral part of the fellow post. The appointee will be encouraged to ensure that his/her full entitlement to CME/Study Leave is taken. Financial assistance with Course fees and travel is available. Teaching Homerton Hospital considers the teaching of medical students and surgical trainees of high priority. Homerton University Hospital has both undergraduate and postgraduate students, for which there are active teaching programmes. There trainees attend monthly half-day regional teaching sessions set aside for postgraduate teaching. There are also two PRHO teaching sessions each week (in line with the University guidelines) and the successful candidate will be expected to help in giving lectures. Please see job description and person specification for full details of the 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** - Clinical and operative skill levels consistent with a senior registrar would be appropriate. - Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and respond appropriately to service need - Awareness of the overall business environment in which the hospital operates Understanding of the importance of good clinical coding - Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching - Evidence of contribution to effective audit and clinical risk management - Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English IT skills and computer literacy **Desirable** - Familiar with current structure of the health service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes - Management of team or programme or project - Experience of educational supervision, teaching skills course/ qualification ### Experience **Essential** - Clinical training in breast surgery and minimum 1 year work experience in a breast unit ### Qualifications **Essential** - GMC registration and a minimum of 5 years’ experience in General Surgery/Breast Surgery - MRCS or equivalent post-graduate qualification **Desirable** - FRCS (general surgery) or FEBS (Breast Surgery) qualification ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938) - [breast scf jd (pdf, 571.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10573515) - [breast scf ps (pdf, 128.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10531739) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937) ## 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.