Specialist Grade Doctor- Breast Surgery

Overview

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 substantive part‑time (7 PAs) specialist grade doctor post to start in Spring/Summer 2026. Applicants must be on the GMC’s register with a Licence to Practice or be eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice. They require broad clinical experience and expertise in the management of breast patients and broad experience in the management of new breast patients attending rapid diagnostic one‑stop clinics.

The Breast Surgery Department is looking to appoint a part‑time (7 PA) Specialist Grade Doctor on a substantive contract, to start in Spring/Summer 2026. 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. There is no on‑call commitment with this post.

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 and broad experience in the management of new breast patients attending rapid diagnostic one‑stop clinics.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Optional benefits include 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 COVID‑19. 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 COVID‑19 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.

The job plan for this post will be made up of new patient and follow‑up 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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