Consultant Practitioner (Breast)
| Posting date: | 04 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £64,455.00 to £74,896.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £64455.00 - £74896.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 December 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M20 4BX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9413-25-0840 |
Summary
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Communication The post holder will provide and receive highly complex, and sometimes sensitive information on aspects of patient care. This may include diagnosis, results of scans or other investigations, management options and details of prognosis and life expectancy. Persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or re-assurance skills will be routinely utilised and they will be required to achieve consensus amongst themselves, the consultant medical colleagues and other members of the MDT. The post holder will lecture to radiographers, postgraduate scientists, doctors in training and others and assist in the organisation of the departments teaching programmes. They will consent patients for treatment and procedures as per hospital policy. The post holder will accept and make appropriate referrals from/to other professional colleagues. Check and interpret referrals and take action as clinically indicated. They will educate patients and their carers on issues surrounding health promotion and illness prevention and promote and facilitate changes to lifestyle where appropriate. They will prepare accurate and concise records and reports both verbal and written. They will communicate with the patients referring specialist, GP, other specialist clinical teams and other community at regular intervals as appropriate. They will co-ordinate breast RT treatments with referrers and the RT department as indicated. They will support breast MDTs They will ensure effective communication with patients, relatives and members of the multidisciplinary team and work with team members on issues relating to patient management and advocacy and will collaborate within the Cancer Network and offer clinical support to colleagues within cancer units, relating to individual patient management. The post holder will participate in strategic review of the service including representing the service at internal and external strategy planning meetings, advisory boards and relevant working groups as appropriate. Knowledge Training and Experience The post holder will have highly developed specialist knowledge across radiotherapeutic, palliative and other medical aspects of patient care within Radiotherapy. This will be underpinned by theoretical knowledge and extensive relevant practical experience, acquired through a combination of in-depth experience and postgraduate post-registration study, such as that obtained through a masters degree. They will have significant formal training in, or experience in advanced practice and specialised radiotherapy.[MV(NCT1] [SM2] They will maintain and develop this expertise and competence in order to enable collaboration with senior colleagues and medical staff, and to facilitate the management of patients. They will exhibit the knowledge, skills and experience to allow them to act as an expert resource and provide advice and support to ward/departmental areas and to The Christies local, regional, national and international partners. The post holder will maintain professional registration and practice through CPD including maintaining a professional portfolio to demonstrate competency in line with the trust competency framework so as to ensure that skills remain optimal and new elements can be added to the skills portfolio. They will identify their own development needs in line with service requirements and participate in setting a personal development plan. To support this they will work with a named mentor from within the medical team. Analytical and Judgemental Skills The post holders key function will be as a Consultant practitioner (Breast service) supervising critical elements of the patient pathway in patients under the care of a Clinical Oncologist who acts as the consultant of record. As such they will act as part of a clinical team led by the oncologist. They will assess complex facts and situations, using analytical skill, interpretation and comparison of a range of options using a wide variety of assessment methods. The post holder will continually review and evaluate their own role and clinical practice informing the annual review process. They will practice evidence based health care and by assessing clinical evidence, best practice guidelines and national policy statements will be responsible for defining developing, monitoring and updating Trust clinical policies in relation to their own area of practice. They will analyse relevant national policies in specific tumour sites, advise on impact for service, and contribute to the implementation of changes and evaluation of processes in partnership with the MDTs. Planning and Organisational Skills The post holder will plan and organise complex treatment and clinical management plans. Plans will be formulated and adjusted to respond with developments and changes in circumstances such as changes in the patients conditions. This will involve developing, structuring and scheduling activities, including the allocation of tasks to colleagues, within the Trust or from partner organisations. They will have responsibility to lead on translating developments within their specialist area for implementation in the clinical setting. The post holder will plan and manage own workload and the workload of the service, in a flexible manner, ensuring that service provision meets the need of patients. Responsibility for Patient Care As a Consultant Practitioner (Breast), the post holder will provide highly specialist clinical and technical services. They will provide highly specialised advice to the Radiotherapy Multi-Professional Team which contributes to the design, implementation and monitoring of their radiotherapy and other elements of the clinical pathway of patients undergoing breast treatment. The post holder will prescribe drugs, , unlicensed medication and drugs used within clinical trials as qualified Supplementary and/or Independent Prescriber; medications so prescribed will include opioids and as such the post holder will comply with the relevant Controlled Drugs policies and regulations. They will comply with the Trusts non-medical prescribing (NMP) policy. They will prescribe blood products as per hospital policy. The post holder will recognise patients needs and act as an advocate for patients, carers and support partners. They will develop patient specific information and ensure patients receive appropriate information, advice and support in relation to their illness and treatment. They will refer patients to other professionals as appropriate and provide an environment that encourages patient centred involvement. The post holder will assess, recognise and manage radiotherapy radiation-induced toxicity and cancer-related side effects during and after treatment. The implementation of assessments and treatments according to the patients clinical needs, using advanced clinical reasoning, specialist investigative and highly developed analytical skills and knowledge. At all times, they will ensure interventions are undertaken in line with best practice guidance and will perform clinical procedures safely according to defined protocols. The post holder will undertake contouring of tumour volume, organs at risk, nodal groups/involvement with regards to radiotherapy treatment planning. The post holder will prescribe radiotherapy treatment. The post holder will contribute to the clinical governance process, including adverse incident reporting/investigation and the management of complaints, as appropriate. They will be provide care, support and information to those involved in their patients life and care, including partners, family, friends and informal or formal carers. They will ensure that the emotional and physical well-being of patients, families and carers are fully considered at all times in the context of their care and actively participate in decision-making. They will maintain the safety, dignity and confidentiality of their patients at all times. They will triage and communicate management plans in line with best practice, for patients who have been referred to the speciality service; liaising with the appropriate clinical team members in order to ensure correct management plans are reached within a suitable timeframe. Pursuant to the Ionising Radiations (Medical Exposures) Regulations, 2000 (as amended) (IR(ME)R), act in the role of Referrer, Practitioner and/or Operator for imaging, treatment and treatment verification exposures and will at all times make follow departmental and diagnostic group policies in regards to referral, optimisation, justification and authorisation of radiotherapy. Responsibility for Policy/Service Development The post holder will be specialised in breast radiotherapy. They will propose changes to policy and service across radiotherapy, clinical oncology and the related disciplines relevant to this patient group. They will have an impact beyond their own area and will ensure that they collaborate with colleagues such that they implement service improvements across all sites. They will work with colleagues in local, regional, national and international partners to develop the clinical management strategies and work practices. The post holder will be an active member of relevant Trust committees and groups contributing to developing/implementing local/national strategy. This will include but not be limited to contributions to site-specific service development, including technical aspects of treatment, treatment planning and delivery. PLEASE REFER TO THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR A FULL LIST OF DUTIES.