Locum Consultant in Clinical Oncology in Breast Cancer

Locum Consultant in Clinical Oncology in Breast Cancer

We are seeking a Locum Consultant in Clinical Oncology with a specialist interest in breast malignancy to join our dynamic and supportive Breast Oncology team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a well‑established oncology service, with opportunities for professional development, quality improvement initiatives, and research involvement. The post‑holder will join the breast oncology team at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) on the North Middlesex Hospital Health Unit site as a 6 PAs (less than full time) as a locum consultant on a fixed term contract for 4 1/2 months to cover a period of sabbatical (May to September 2026).

The North Middlesex hospital oncology team consists of 12 substantive oncology consultants. The breast oncology team has 2 Medical Oncology Consultants and 1 Clinical Oncologist (
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To discuss this post further please contact Dr Neha Chopra Service Line lead RFH, BCFH email  and Dr Atia Khan , Radiotherapy lead North Middlesex Hospital.

Interviews will be planned for February 2026

Other Roles and Responsibilities Consultants have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of their department. They are expected to undertake administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their clinical departments. The appointee will be expected to take responsibility for maintaining their CPD.

Education and Training role The North Middlesex University Hospital has gained a reputation for teaching excellence in the region due to our dedicated consultant teachers and a rich variety of clinical cases.

Formal teaching sessions are organised differently in various departments and there will be opportunity to be involved in training and teaching sessions.

Our trust has over 71,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Across our hospitals, our vision is clear: to deliver world class expertise and local care. We combine globally recognised clinical expertise with local and friendly hospital care to represent the NHS at its best.

Our mission is to be world class in terms of healthcare treatment, clinical research and teaching excellence. We aim to deliver and develop leading local healthcare in all our hospitals, to improve lives and help people thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities*

Clinical responsibilities

The following is not an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties of a consultant. The appointee is expected to:

The core responsibilities of the post holder will be as follows:

1. To support the Breast oncology (systemic and radiotherapy treatment) service at the North Middlesex Hospital

2. To attend the weekly tumour specific Breast MDTs

3. To take responsibility for the designated clinical workload including all relevant MDMs, out-patient clinics, and review and responsibility for in-patients.

4. To take part in clinical trials in breast cancer

5. To participate in the consultant on-call rota for oncology at North Middlesex Hospital (1 in 16)

6. To participate in the consultant led review of breast oncology inpatients on the North Middlesex Hospital.

7. Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trusts resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit.

8. To provide postgraduate teaching for junior staff

9. To provide clinical supervision for specialist registrars

10. To participate in undergraduate medical student…