Consultant in Breast Surgery
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
St Helens, WA9 3DAView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
6 November 2026
18 days leftJob description
This post is for a Consultant in Breast Surgery. This is a whole-time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Surgeon to join a d...
MWL wish to appoint a full-time Consultant Breast Oncoplastic Surgeon. The new appointee will join a team of four Consultants and one Associate Specialist working at consultant level providing a one stop service in a screening and symptomatic nationally recognised unit.
The Trust sees over 7000 referrals and continues to grow, seeing over 10,000 outpatients and we operate on over 300 cancers.
Direct Clinical Care (DCC - 7.5) will include the following:
- Outpatient Clinics (symptomatic, screening and oncoplastic)
- Operating Sessions
- Clinical Administration / Pre op and post op Ward Rounds
- MDT
There is no out of hours on call commitment with this post.
Cover for Breast patients is provided on a daily rotational basis within the Breast team and any out-of-hour post op complications are dealt with by the team as a professional obligation to the patient. We work as a team and one would be expected to cover colleagues but any extra sessions covered over the 10 PA contract could be claimed for.
Supporting Professional Activities (SPA 2.5) will include:
- Audit
- Mandatory Training
- CPD
- Teaching
- Appraisal
Research and activities serving the wider NHS is encouraged and hence we offer 2.5 SPAs which will be reviewed annually at the job planning meeting.
SPA activities will be where possible be undertaken on site.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Values
Essential: - We are kind; - We are open; - We are inclusive
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration and on Specialist Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview
- Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to provide evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT on successful application
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCP or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable: - MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in Breast Oncology and Plastics
- Clinical training and experience to manage, supervise and offer expert clinical opinion on patients presenting to Rheumatology Department
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both emergency and elective within speciality
- Fellowship and/ or advanced clinical experience in Level 2 Oncoplastic techniques
Skills
Essential
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
- Ability to organise and manage patient priorities, surgical waiting lists and operating lists
- Ability to manage and lead a surgical team
Desirable
- Experience of supervising PRHO's and SHO's
- Evidence of formally supervising medical students, F1, F2, ACCS and specialist trainees
- Evidence of relevant research e.g. presentations, publications in peer reviewed journals
- Ability to teach clinical and operative skills upto SPR level
Other
Essential: - Is up to date and fit to practice safely
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
22 September 2026
Last checked
24 September 2026
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