Locum Consultant in Breast surgery

Locum Consultant in Breast Surgery

The closing date is 22 March 2026

London North West Healthcare NHS trust is seeking to appoint a Part time (8 PA) Consultant in Breast Surgery committed to providing and developing high quality patient care within an innovative and growing breast unit.

The breast service is currently split over two sites Northwick Park and Ealing hospitals, and provides for the boroughs of Harrow, Brent and Ealing. Post holder is expected to work across both sites. As a whole, the service sees over 8000 new patients a year, and manages over 450 new cancers a year. All surgery takes place in at Northwick Park site.

The unit offers all forms of oncoplastic and reconstructive surgery, apart from free flaps. For this, there is an established and efficient reconstructive pathway to Imperial Healthcare's Plastic surgery unit, with these joint procedures taking place at Charing Cross Hospital. There is also a close link with the North London Breast Screening Unit.

The breast unit is a national leader in providing daycase surgery, and the wider multi-disciplinary team has particular expertise in MRI and mammotome biopsy. The postholder would be part of an enthusiastic and committed multi-disciplinary team that meets weekly, and aims to work flexibly to provide excellent care. The department currently has Three full time and two part time substantive surgical consultants.

Support is provided by a team of clinical nurse specialists, 2.5 full time staff grades, a surgical StR trainee (NW Thames rotation) and a GP ST1 trainee.

Date: 13/01/2026

• Monday: MDT & Admin, SPA
• Tuesday: Clinic, Clinic
• Thursday: Theatre, Theatre
• Friday: Clinic, SPA

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

• Be an integral member of the breast unit, working in a flexible and collaborative way with the other members of the department to provide the highest quality of care
• Manage all aspects of breast disease in the outpatient setting
• Be an independent operator for all types of breast cancer surgery, and ideally provide the whole range of oncoplastic and implant-based reconstructive procedures as well
• Contribute to undergraduate teaching of Imperial and Brunel Medical Students
• Share in the training of the NW Thames deanery trainee
• Develop the service in line with demand.

Qualifications

• MRCP

Registration

• GMC registered Medical Practitioner

Knowledge and Expertise

• IT Skills and computer literacy
• Broad based training in all aspects of symptomatic and screening related breast disease along with experience in oncoplastic breast surgical procedures

Teaching

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff

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.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year pro rata per annum