Consultant Breast Oncoplastic Surgeon

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 27 January 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for 2 consultants to join the Breast Surgery team at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in the Surgical Oncology Directorate

Substantive Consultant Breast Oncoplastic Surgeon x2

Full Time - 10PAs

Surgical-Oncology is supportive of flexible working and would welcome a conversation from potential candidates who may wish to work less than full time.

• To provide specialist level of care to all patients referred to Guy's Breast unit with all aspects of Breast disorders / diseases or at increased risk of breast cancer.
• The post is a clinical post however the successful candidate should have research and teaching and managerial experience and actively take part in these activities.
• The candidate is expected to actively participate in ozone undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and education.
• To participate in day to day management of the department

Each year the Breast Unit at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital treats over 450 new cases of breast cancer. The aspiration of the Unit is to diagnose patients in a timely and sensitive manner and guide them throughendphp seamless pathway with availability state of the art breast surgery, customised reconstruction when necessary and multidisciplinary oncological involvement so that as many as possible are able to participate in randomised trials and clinical research.

Symptomatic cases are derived from One-stop clinics based at Guy's and at UHL (outreach clinics). NHSBSP (screening) cases are assessed at SE London Screening Centre (KCH) or through remote MDMs and then seen by the Guy's Team, given the diagnosis and the treatment is carried out at Guy's. One-stop clinics are supported by our registrars and Advanced Nurse Practitioners. The aim is to assess all referred symptomatic referrals within 10 days and to give cancer cases their definitive diagnosis won and treatment plan as swiftly as possible after.

To this end there are two multidisciplinary meetings every week, with results clinics being supported by a team of breast care nurses.

Experience in oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery is essential as are any additional qualifications in these fields, to supportajib busy service. A higher research qualification / experience is also desirable to help strengthen the research portfolio.

Clinical:

The post holder will, together with consultant colleagues, be responsible for the provision of Breast services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include:

(a) Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centers or clinics or other premises as required.

(b) Continuing clinical `. responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.

Teaching:

All consultants are expected to take part in undergraduate teaching during their normal clinical work.

Consultants taking on additional teaching responsibilities will have time allocated for these in their job plan.

Training:

All consultants will be expected to contribute to the training and support of doctors in training, including the role of Educational Supervisor in the educational contracts for junior staff in the specialty. The post holder will also be responsible for the management of the FY2s within the serviceन्ज“.

Research:

Consultants are encouraged to become involved in clinical research. Clinical research undertaken as part of the trust research and development program will be allocated specific time in a consultants job plan. Consideration will be given to the support required for any research agreed as part of the job plan.

Provide High Quality Care to Patients

• The post holder must be medically /dentally qualified and maintain GMC or GDC specialist registration and hold a license to practice
• Towaar develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
• To ensure patients are involved in decisions about…