Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 January 2026 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7692838/249-7692838 |
Summary
Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon – Permanent Substantive Post
Applications are invited for the post of a permanent Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon based at the Great Western Hospital.
The Breast Centre is a friendly and forward thinking department with a fully digital environment with 4 Dimensions Hologic Mammography unit. The Breast Centre has also benefitted from the completion of the Radiotherapy Centre which has been opened in recent years. The Breast Centre is also an NHS Breast Screening unit.
The Breast team perform well overall in relation to the national Cancer Waiting Times (CWT) and Referral to Treatment standards (RTT).
The successful candidate will work within the Breast team and will join an existing team of three Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons, one Breast and General Surgery Consultant Surgeon and three Specialty Doctors.The Breast team are well supported by the wider Breast Multidisciplinary team (MDT) which includes Radiology, Radiography, Oncology and Clinical Nurse Specialist support.
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:
Service We will put our patients first
Teamwork We will work together
Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
Respect We will act with integrity
As a Trust, we place high importance on staff wellbeing, you will be offered a wide variety of support to help you maintain your wellbeing and to help colleagues maintain theirs. The Trusts Health and Wellbeing team has won a National Award during 2020 for the work they have done locally.
The Breast team are located in the main Hospital building, which has excellent travel links (including good onsite parking), with many cities within easy range. The Trust is located on the edge of Swindon with access to a variety of outstanding areas to live which include both urban and village areas with short commutes to the site.
The Duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.
Clinical Duties:
• To provide a comprehensive Oncoplastic Breast Surgery service, and to provide continuing responsibility for care of patients
• To continue to develop Breast surgery services appropriate to the strategic aims of the Trust.
• To participate in the gold standard one stop Rapid Access Outpatients service for new referrals and also ongoing care Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care (with secretarial support)
• Development of sub specialty interests that fit in with Directorate needs and the strategic direction of the Trust, including active participation in audit and development of new services if they fit within the
future planning, case mix and development of the department.
• Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues’ periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
Please find attached the full job description and person specification
This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Jan 2026
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