Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Trust as a substantive Consultant Clinical Oncologist covering Skin and Breast cancers. In January 2025, the Royal Free London and North Middlesex University Hospitals Trusts merged, and we now deliver care to over 2 million people a year through our four main health units. There are chemotherapy infusion suites to treat cancer patients at The Royal Free, Finchley Memorial, North Middlesex and Chase Farm health units whilst radiotherapy is delivered at the Royal Free and North Middlesex health units. The Trust is one of the highest volume providers of skin and breast cancer care within London. The post-holder will work alongside medical and clinical oncology colleagues at the Royal Free and Chase Farm health units and will be essential for service provision as well as the development of skin, breast and MSCC pathway. The successful candidate should have experience of working within a multidisciplinary team; have a wide experience in Clinical Oncology but in particular in skin and breast cancer management with an interest in acute oncology mainly metastatic cord compression. If you believe you meet the criteria of the person specification contact Dr Neha Chopra, Clinical Service Lead for Oncology at Royal Free Hospital on email neha.chopra@nhs.net. Interviews: June 2025
Main duties of the job
To develop and support the skin cancer service at Royal Free health unit and breast cancer services at Royal Free and Chase Farm health unit To lead the MSCC pathway for the trust. To attend weekly tumour specific skin and breast MDTs. To take responsibility for the designated clinical workload including all relevant MDMs and out-patient clinics. To take part in radiotherapy clinical trials in skin and breast cancer at Royal Free health unit. To provide dedicated time to deliver SABR for extra cranial oligometastatic disease at RFL Trust. To participate in the radiotherapy (1 in 7) and acute oncology (1 in 18) on call rota. To attend monthly consultant departmental meetings. To provide postgraduate teaching for junior staff. To provide clinical supervision for specialist registrars. To participate in undergraduate medical student teaching. To comply with all the clinical governance processes and procedures of the Trust. Compliance with Patients' Charter and Purchasers' requirements. To lead and participate in medical audit as per Royal College of Physicians guidelines. To maintain Continuing Professional Development accreditation as per Royal College of Physicians guidelines. To participate in the Trust appraisal programme and GMC revalidation processes. The Trust supports the requirements for Continuing Medical Education as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
The proposed job plan will provide 8 PAs for DCC and 2 PAs for Supporting Professional Activates (SPAs). An indicative job plan for this role is proposed to be:
Day (Location)
Time
Activity
PAs
Monday (Royal Free)
09.00-11.00
Breast Radiotherapy planning
0.5 (DCC)
11.00-13.00
Skin Radiotherapy mark-up
0.5 (DCC)
13.00-14.00
SABR MDT
0.25 (DCC)
15.00-17.00
Metastatic breast MDT
0.5 (DCC)
Tuesday (Chase Farm)
09.00-14:00
CFH breast clinic
1.25 (DCC)
14.00-15.00
Clinic Admin
0.25 (DCC)
15.00-17.00
RT planning
0.5 (DCC)
Wednesday (Royal Free)
08.00-11.00
RFH Breast MDT
0.75 (DCC)
11.00-14.00
RFH Breast clinic
0.75 (DCC)
14.00-15.00
Spinal MDT
0.25 (DCC)
15.00-16.00
Clinic admin
0.25 (DCC)
16.00-17.00
Breast RT peer review
0.25 (DCC)
Thursday (Royal Free)
9.00-11.00
Skin MDT
0.5 (DCC)
11.00-13.00
Skin Clinic
0.5 (DCC)
13.00-14.00
Clinic Admin
0.25 (DCC)
14.00-17.00
SPA
0.75 (SPA)
Friday (Royal Free)
09.00-11.00
RT planning
0.5 (DCC)
11.00-16:00
SPA/CPD
1.25 (SPA)
Inpatient responsibility
08:45-12:45
Frequency x3/yr = total 60 hrs
0.357 (DCC)
DCC 8.1
SPA - 2
TOTAL 10.1
On-call commitments: 1 in 7 (category A rota) radiotherapy rota for weekend radiotherapy emergencies
On-call commitments: 1 in 18 (20) (category B rota) oncology rota for oncological inpatient management/ attending system
SPA activity will include:
MSCC Lead
UG teaching for UCL students
PG teaching for registrars
Job description
Job responsibilities
The proposed job plan will provide 8 PAs for DCC and 2 PAs for Supporting Professional Activates (SPAs). An indicative job plan for this role is proposed to be:
Day (Location)
Time
Activity
PAs
Monday (Royal Free)
09.00-11.00
Breast Radiotherapy planning
0.5 (DCC)
11.00-13.00
Skin Radiotherapy mark-up
0.5 (DCC)
13.00-14.00
SABR MDT
0.25 (DCC)
15.00-17.00
Metastatic breast MDT
0.5 (DCC)
Tuesday (Chase Farm)
09.00-14:00
CFH breast clinic
1.25 (DCC)
14.00-15.00
Clinic Admin
0.25 (DCC)
15.00-17.00
RT planning
0.5 (DCC)
Wednesday (Royal Free)
08.00-11.00
RFH Breast MDT
0.75 (DCC)
11.00-14.00
RFH Breast clinic
0.75 (DCC)
14.00-15.00
Spinal MDT
0.25 (DCC)
15.00-16.00
Clinic admin
0.25 (DCC)
16.00-17.00
Breast RT peer review
0.25 (DCC)
Thursday (Royal Free)
9.00-11.00
Skin MDT
0.5 (DCC)
11.00-13.00
Skin Clinic
0.5 (DCC)
13.00-14.00
Clinic Admin
0.25 (DCC)
14.00-17.00
SPA
0.75 (SPA)
Friday (Royal Free)
09.00-11.00
RT planning
0.5 (DCC)
11.00-16:00
SPA/CPD
1.25 (SPA)
Inpatient responsibility
08:45-12:45
Frequency x3/yr = total 60 hrs
0.357 (DCC)
DCC 8.1
SPA - 2
TOTAL 10.1
On-call commitments: 1 in 7 (category A rota) radiotherapy rota for weekend radiotherapy emergencies
On-call commitments: 1 in 18 (20) (category B rota) oncology rota for oncological inpatient management/ attending system
SPA activity will include:
MSCC Lead
UG teaching for UCL students
PG teaching for registrars
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of Breast and Skin Oncology
- Consultant
RCP or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT
Essential
Desirable
- Possession of MBBS or equivalent medical qualification Physicians Accreditation by the RCP or be within 6 months
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of Breast and Skin Oncology
- Consultant
RCP or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT
Essential
Desirable
- Possession of MBBS or equivalent medical qualification Physicians Accreditation by the RCP or be within 6 months
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).
