Job summary
Imperial College Health Care NHS Trust is the largest provider of breast services in north-west London. The breast surgery department sees approximately 21,000 outpatients and undertakes 900 surgical procedures a year. The department provides a broad range of services including daily rapid diagnostic clinics, a comprehensive surgical service which offers the full range of reconstructive options, and a well-established family history clinic. It is an essential service for patients referred from local primary care services as well as the Trust-hosted West of London Breast Screening Service.
We welcome applications for this locum full-time (10PAs) specialist grade doctor post to start in the late summer of 2025. Applicants must be on the GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice. They require broad clinical experience and expertise in the management of breast patients. They also require broad experience in the management of new breast patients attending rapid diagnostic one-stop clinics.
Main duties of the job
The Breast Surgery Department is looking to appoint a full-time (10 PA) Specialist Grade Doctor on a locum (12 month) contract, to start in the late summer of 2025. The post will be based at Charing Cross Hospital with some activity at St Mary's Hospital. The post-holder will play a key role in ensuring the department achieves the 28-day Faster Diagnostic Standard and the 62-day treatment target for patients referred with suspected cancer. The post-holder will also be involved in the running of a sector-wide initiative for patients presenting with breast pain only. They will also have involvement in Family History clinics. There is no on-call commitment with this post.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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The job plan for this post will be made up of New patient, Benign follow-up, Breast Pain and Family History clinics as well as MDT and one core SPA for continuing professional development. There will also be involvement in the running of a sector-wide initiative that is looking to develop the community-based pathway for patients presenting with breast pain only.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Outline of main job duties/responsibilities
- This text is required as part of the vacancy creation
- This is a new field and will allow candidates with different accessibility requirements to be able to read and understand what the role entails.
- If your job description is over the word count you may wish to consider outlining the main & specific responsibilities in the below field and uploading the full job description as a supporting document.
The job plan for this post will be made up of New patient, Benign follow-up, Breast Pain and Family History clinics as well as MDT and one core SPA for continuing professional development. There will also be involvement in the running of a sector-wide initiative that is looking to develop the community-based pathway for patients presenting with breast pain only.
(JD to be uploaded as a supporting document)
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Broad clinical and surgical experience and expertise in the management of breast patients.
- Broad experience in the management of new breast patients attending rapid diagnostic one-stop and family history clinics
- IT skills and computer literacy
Education & Training
Essential
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff
- Critically assesses own learning needs and ensures a personal development plan reflects both clinical practice and the relevant generic capabilities to lead and develop services.
- Promotes and participates in individual and team learning.
Audit
Essential
- Keeps up to date with current research and best practice in area of practice.
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit
Language
Essential
- Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
Leadership/Team working
Essential
- Awareness of leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour.
- Develops effective relationships across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams - promotes and participates in multidisciplinary and inter-professional team working.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Broad clinical and surgical experience and expertise in the management of breast patients.
- Broad experience in the management of new breast patients attending rapid diagnostic one-stop and family history clinics
- IT skills and computer literacy
Education & Training
Essential
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff
- Critically assesses own learning needs and ensures a personal development plan reflects both clinical practice and the relevant generic capabilities to lead and develop services.
- Promotes and participates in individual and team learning.
Audit
Essential
- Keeps up to date with current research and best practice in area of practice.
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit
Language
Essential
- Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
Leadership/Team working
Essential
- Awareness of leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour.
- Develops effective relationships across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams - promotes and participates in multidisciplinary and inter-professional team working.
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
