Specialist Doctor in Breast Surgery

Job overview

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced and motivated Specialist Doctor to join the Breast Surgery team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy specialist service, providing senior clinical care across the breast pathway. The post holder will work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to outpatient assessment, elective operating, peri-operative care and the ongoing development and delivery of the service.

The post will provide additional senior surgical capacity to support the service in delivering timely cancer care and increasing elective activity. The successful candidate will also play an important role in supporting the expansion of elective surgery through the Surgical Elective Centre (SEC), including delivery of additional operating capacity as the centre becomes operational.

We are looking for an experienced doctor who is able to work autonomously within their scope of practice, demonstrates sound clinical judgement and is committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred breast care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of the Breast Surgery multidisciplinary team and will undertake a broad range of clinical duties across the breast pathway.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Undertaking breast outpatient clinics, including assessment and follow-up of patients.
• Contributing to elective breast operating lists and providing appropriate peri-operative and post-operative clinical care.
• Supporting the delivery of timely cancer treatment and the service's ongoing work to improve cancer pathway performance.
• Participating in multidisciplinary working and contributing to relevant MDT meetings.
• Providing senior clinical assessment, decision-making and management of patients within the post holder's agreed scope of competence.
• Supporting additional elective activity, including weekend operating where required.
• Providing appropriate cross-cover for surgical activity to support continuity and effective utilisation of available theatre capacity.
• Supporting the delivery of breast surgical activity through the Surgical Elective Centre (SEC), including undertaking additional operating lists and reviewing patients within the SEC as required.
• Contributing to clinical governance, audit, teaching, service development and continuous improvement within the Breast Surgery service.
• Working flexibly across Oxford University Hospitals sites in accordance with service requirements and the agreed job plan.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will join the Breast Surgery team at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and will work as an experienced, autonomous clinician within the multidisciplinary breast service.

The post holder will undertake a broad range of clinical responsibilities across the breast pathway, working within their agreed scope of competence and in collaboration with consultant colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team.

Clinical responsibilities will include:

• Undertaking outpatient breast clinics, including the assessment, investigation and ongoing management of new and follow-up patients.
• Supporting the delivery of the symptomatic breast service and contributing to efficient patient pathways from assessment through to diagnosis and treatment.
• Undertaking and supporting elective breast surgery in accordance with the post holder’s clinical competencies and agreed job plan.
• Providing appropriate peri-operative and post-operative assessment, clinical management and follow-up of surgical patients.
• Making autonomous clinical decisions within the post holder’s area of competence, including appropriate escalation to consultant colleagues where required.
• Participating in the Breast multidisciplinary team and working closely with surgical, radiological, pathological, oncological, nursing and administrative colleagues.
• Supporting the service in the delivery of timely cancer diagnosis and treatment and contributing to ongoing work to improve cancer pathway performance.
• Contributing to additional elective surgical activity, including weekend operating where required, and providing appropriate cross-cover to support continuity of operating activity and effective utilisation of theatre capacity.
• Supporting the delivery and expansion of Breast Surgery activity through the Surgical Elective Centre (SEC), including undertaking elective operating lists and the clinical review and management of patients attending the SEC as required.
• Working flexibly across Oxford University Hospitals sites in accordance with clinical need and the agreed job plan.

Service development, governance and education

The post holder will also be expected to:

• Participate in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development activity within Breast Surgery.
• Contribute to the development of safe, efficient and patient-centred pathways.
• Participate in departmental meetings and relevant multidisciplinary discussions.
• Contribute to the education, training and supervision of junior medical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team, appropriate to the post holder’s experience.
• Maintain continuing professional development and participate in annual appraisal and revalidation requirements.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to support effective use of available outpatient, diagnostic and theatre capacity.

The precise duties and job plan will be agreed with the successful candidate and may be reviewed in line with service requirements and the development of elective surgical services.

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.