Specialist Doctor in Breast Surgery in Oxford

Main area Breast Surgery Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (10PAs per week) Job ref 321-MS-TP-8378814-S5

Site Churchill Hospital Town Oxford Salary £104,401 - £115,341 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/11/2026 23:59

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.

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.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .

In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles

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If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

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.

Person specification

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Possession of MBBS or an equivalent primary medical qualification.
• Full registration with the General Medical Council and a licence to practise.
• A minimum of 12 years’ medical work, either undertaken continuously or in aggregate, since obtaining a primary medical qualification.
• A minimum of six years’ experience in breast surgery or another directly relevant specialty. Equivalent relevant experience gained in other medical grades or overseas will be considered.
• Evidence of meeting the national Specialist Grade Generic Capabilities Framework.
• Membership of a relevant Royal College or an equivalent professional qualification, for example MRCS or FRCS.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in a relevant specialty.
• Higher surgical qualification relevant to breast or oncoplastic breast surgery.

Clinical Experience

• Substantial clinical experience in breast surgery, including experience within an oncoplastic breast surgery service.
• Evidence of autonomous assessment and management of patients presenting with breast symptoms and breast cancer within an agreed scope of practice
• Evidence of independent clinical decision-making and responsibility for patient care
• Experience of independent and joint elective operating, including day-case breast surgery.
• Experience of managing postoperative patients, complications and follow-up care.
• Experience of supervising doctors in training and supporting other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of planned weekend operating
• Experience of working across more than one hospital site

Leadership, Management and Service Development

• Experience of leading or making a significant contribution to clinical audit, quality improvement or patient-safety activity.
• Experience of contributing to service development, pathway improvement or workforce planning
• Experience of leading a clinical service, workstream or improvement project

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

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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.

Band 5 Nurse and Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker recruitment is centralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered for a number of roles across the Trust. If you have any questions please email: nursing.careers@ouh.nhs.uk.

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