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Locum Specialist Grade Doctor- Breast Surgery | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Job details
Posting date: 07 June 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £83,945 to £95,275 per annum WTE
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 07 July 2024
Location: London, W6 8RF
Company: IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 6375450/290-LSGB-012

Summary


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 locum part-time (7PAs) specialist grade doctor post to start in the summer of 2024. 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. They also require 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 locum (12 month) contract, to start in the summer of 2024.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 planning of a sector-wide initiative that is looking to develop a new community-based pathway for patients presenting with breast pain only. There is no on-call commitment with this post.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

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.



The job plan for this post will be made up of four new patient clinics a week (5 PAs), MDT (0.5PA),one core SPA for continuing professional development. There will be an additional 0.5 SPA for involvement in the planning of a sector-wide initiative that is looking to develop a new community-based pathway for patients presenting with breast pain only. The aim of the initiative is to reduce the number of referrals into the one-stop clinics by approximately 20 per cent, relieving pressure on the service and releasing staff to focus on diagnosing and treating cancer patients.There is no on-call commitment with this post.

Full JD attached as a supporting document


This advert closes on Sunday 30 Jun 2024