Locum Breast Consultant

Job summary
Applicants are invited for a locum post as a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon (across sites) and will join a multi-disciplinary team with the highest standards of clinical care. You will act as part of this multidisciplinary team to deliver breast case services for patients covered within UHB Breast services, participating in clinics, theatre, MDT and Advice and Guidance The involvement in continuing medical education is an integral part of the advertised post and as such, you will be required to significantly increase the recruitment to clinical trials and practice evidence-based medicine. Within this role you will be required to participate in all aspects of clinical governance as developed by the Trust to monitor, maintain and develop the quality and effectiveness of care. The Trust is committed to the development and maintenance of the highest clinical standards through individual appraisal. This will include the audit of personal and clinical practice as well as involvement in departmental and speciality reviews. It will also involve attention to continuing professional development and to meeting requirements for continuing medical education as required by the relevant Royal College. It will also involve the awareness of professional standards and the responsibility to undertake safe and ethical clinical practice and the importance of responding promptly to any circumstances, which may result in increased clinical risk or adverse outcome.

Main duties of the job
We are excited to recruit a Locum Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) working across Birmingham Women's Hospital, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals. The UHB Breast Service is one of the largest in the UK, annually assessing around 12,000 patients, accounting for almost a quarter of UHB's cancer referrals and diagnosing and treating over 1,000 new breast cancers per year.

In addition to outpatient facilities, the unit provides digital mammography, Breast MRI and vacuum assisted biopsy facilities together with the screening office for the South Birmingham Breast Screening. Parallel oncology clinics are held with the breast cancer oncologists and breast clinical nurses.

Several major Breast cancer clinical trials, led by members of the breast team, are run through the Birmingham Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit and participation in clinical trials is a priority of the service.

Breast reconstruction is run as a joint service with the dedicated Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons and breast plastic surgeons. A full range of immediate and delayed reconstructive procedures are carried out. We are expanding our Oncoplastic Services footprint, so Oncoplastic skills are essential.

The Breast service provides a regional service for breast sarcoma, particularly radiation induced angiosarcoma and primary angiosarcoma. This is an area which has developed over the past five years and is an expanding part of the practice and research.

Essential Qualifications

• CCT in general surgery or equivalent.
• GMC registration specialist register
• Evidence of Oncoplastic Training / Fellowship
• Successful completion of CESR
• Submitted CESR application and/or expected to receive positive CESR outcome within 6 months of appointment.

Desirable Qualifications

• Research Degree (MD/PhD or equivalent) -- experience in conducting translational research

Essential Experience

• Experienced Breast surgeon with level 2 Breast training
• Experience of independent Oncoplastic working -- at least 15 Oncoplastic cases performed in past 12 months
• Logbook evidence submitted to summarise the experience of managing Oncoplastic cases in the last 24 months.

Desirable Experience

• Oncoplastic fellowship

Essential Additional Criteria

• Able to demonstrate clinical interest complimentary to the current breast surgeons.
• Commitment to research and audit. Delivery of post graduate training or equivalent experience. Evidence of Management experience in a clinical or research setting

Contract Locum
Duration 6 months
Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working
Salary £113,565 to £150,569 a year
Reference number 304-1103641PM
Closing date 05 November 2026

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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. 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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
Hiring Manager: Jamie Vatish, jamie.vatish@uhb.nhs.uk, 01213716635

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality and inclusion. Reasonable adjustments are made for disabled staff. Apply through our website.