Consultant Endocrinologist | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	24 December 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£109,725 - £145,478 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	23 January 2026
Location:	Manchester, M20 4BX
Company:	The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7702911/413-MD-V2025-24575-DM

Summary

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant Endocrinologist to deliver a high-quality, specialist endocrine service within the Directorate of Supportive Oncology at the Withington main site. This is a 10 PA post providing comprehensive outpatient endocrinology care alongside inpatient and in-reach endocrine support for oncology services.
The post holder will join an established consultant team within one of the UK’s first integrated Supportive Oncology Directorates, delivering expert care for complex endocrine disorders, with a particular focus on cancer-related endocrinology and late effects of cancer treatment. The role combines specialist clinical practice with opportunities for service development, multidisciplinary working, education, and research in a leading cancer centre.
The successful candidate will contribute to a progressive, patient-centred service that supports cancer survivors and oncology patients through integrated, equitable, and high-quality endocrine care

Deliver a high-quality consultant-led endocrinology service for inpatients and outpatients at The Christie, with clinical responsibility for a defined caseload including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Provide specialist endocrine input to oncology inpatients, managing cancer-related endocrine and metabolic complications, and contribute to general and specialist clinics in cancer-related endocrinology, metabolic bone disease, pituitary, adrenal, and thyroid services, as well as MDT meetings and joint clinics across Supportive Oncology and the wider Trust. Work within the consultant team to supervise junior doctors, support ward consults and day-case activity, and provide senior leadership, mentorship, and supervision to trainees and the multidisciplinary team, promoting a collaborative working environment. Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and endocrine oncology service evolution through clinical governance, including audit, guideline development, and risk management in line with national and Trust standards. Support undergraduate and postgraduate education, contribute to research and clinical trials, maintain CPD, and participate fully in appraisal, revalidation, mandatory training, and Supporting Professional Activities

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This role encompasses the management of Endocrine patients as part of a four-consultant team, which includes overseeing junior doctors, handling ward consults, supervising day-cases, and participating in multidisciplinary team meetings and specialist clinics, in addition to providing in-patient care for non-surgical oncology patients. You will actively contribute to clinical governance by maintaining protocols, undertaking clinical audits, and developing evidence-based guidelines. The position also involves advancing the team's research by contributing to current projects and creating new opportunities. A significant component of the role is dedicated to education, requiring you to teach undergraduate and postgraduate students and train junior doctors and other team members. Finally, you will be expected to maintain a high standard of continuing professional development in line with the recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
The Trust supports the requirements for CPD as laid down by the GMC and royal colleges and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.

Job Planning
The job plan outlines the requirements of the post and may be altered by joint agreement with the Divisional Clinical Director and Service Manager and in response to service needs. Job Plans are prospectively agreed subject to an annual individual job plan review (May – September). It is expected that the initial Job Plan discussion will take place within the first six months of employment at the Trust and then be aligned to the Trusts annual Job Planning review cycle.

The annual review will examine all aspects of the job plan (including any educational and supervision components) and will also include an assessment of professional development with defined goals for the future. For more information refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this Job Description and also the Trust’s Job Planning Policy

Essential Training/Mandatory Training
To ensure you maintain safe practice and understand Trust requirements, you must ensure your essential/mandatory training modules are maintained at all times using allocated core SPA time to complete them.

Job Plan
The timetable below is indicative and will be confirmed on commencement in post.

It is the requirement of the Trust that all new consultant colleagues must have 0.25 SPAs within their job plan to support Trust appraisal and supervision requirements. This can either be as appraiser or a supervisor for medical staff or Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP).

Job Plan PA Summary
Total PAsDirect Clinical Care (DCC)
7.5

Outpatient Clinics

3.06

Ward Rounds

2.4

MDT / Clinical Meetings

0.95

Annualised Work

0.84

Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) (including 1.5 core SPA)

2.5

Supervision role (minimum 0.25 must be allocated)

0.25
Total Programmed Activities (PAs)


10



On call Commitments
This role does not require participation in the on-call rota.






This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Jan 2026

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