# Speciality doctor in Breast Surgery

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust
- **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** General Surgery
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £63,696 per annum/pro -rata
- **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed term)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-24T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18T12:00:44.763Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Breast_Surgery/Breast_Surgery-v8237309
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8237309?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Specialty Doctor in Breast Surgery

Barts Health NHS Trust are currently welcoming applications for a full time 10PA Speciality doctor to join the Breast Surgery department at the Barts Cancer Centre. This position will initially be offered on a fixed term basis for a period of 6 month.

Bart’s Breast Unit is a tertiary referral centre for the treatment of breast disease. Part of Bart’s Health NHS Trust, the unit is located at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in the City of London, which is a large, state of the art cancer and cardiac centre. Outpatient clinics are undertaken in a purpose-built unit with adjacent imaging and biopsy facilities. We offer the full range of breast procedures, including oncoplastic breast conservation and mastectomy with immediate and delayed reconstruction.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of a team of Specialist Registrars and Consultants in Breast Surgery, as well as the wider multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will assist in the provision of elective breast surgery, outpatient clinics, inpatient ward cover and the preparation of the multidisciplinary team meeting. The post holder will have the opportunity to operate independently within their own competencies for specific procedures and will be supported by the consultant body to develop further competencies within the field of breast surgery, with ample opportunity to be involved with major cases in oncoplastic breast surgery and breast reconstruction. The clinical commitments will depend on service requirements, but will span outpatient clinics (one stop and routine follow-up) and theatre.

The successful applicant will be expected to play a key role in the on-going development of the Breast Unit and will work alongside the consultants to develop and expand the service.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- To be an active member of the Breast Surgery Unit and help the consultant team to deliver the departmental mission of excellence in clinical care and teaching.
- With support from the existing surgical team, to contribute to the provision of a comprehensive, efficient and highquality evidence-based Breast Surgery service, with continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
- Be responsible for a clinical caseload, ensuring highest quality of clinical care.

To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with General Practitioners, Community Services and all health care agencies, as well as clinical colleagues across the Trust.

- To continually improve on clinical performance, developing protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Participate in the weekly process of vetting of referrals from GPs, secondary referrers and internal referrals.
- To participate in Clinical Audit activities, which is an essential and regular part of clinical practice.
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### 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

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- FRCS or equivalent
- Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a Licence to Practice
- 12 years full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis), of which a minimum of six years should be in Breast Surgery

**Desirable**

- Higher medical or surgical degree

## Documents

- [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119)
- [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446)
- [speciality doctor in breast surgery (pdf, 782.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10547814)
- [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120)

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