Specialty Doctor in Breast Surgery

Specialty Doctor in Breast Surgery

The closing date is 11 February 2026

The Breast Surgery Department in Hull is the Breast Cancer Centre for the Humber and Yorkshire Coast Cancer Network.

The department is based in a modern purpose built unit at the Castle Hill Hospital (CHH) site and is one of the busiest in the country, diagnosing and treating over 500 new breast cancers per year. Within this unit all symptomatic and screening patients are assessed on a multidisciplinary basis. Incorporating radiology, a multidisciplinary team meeting room and office space, all in‑patient facilities are based on the Castle Hill site.

As an employee of the Trust the post‑holder will work in close co‑operation with, and support, other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients.

The successful candidate will join a hardworking and forward‑thinking clinical team led by Mr Brendan Wooler. The role offers a wide range of opportunities, including outpatient clinic and theatre (inpatient and day‑case) work across a Monday – Friday timetable, as well as MDT participation.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – the Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital;
Scunthorpe General Hospital;
Goole and District Hospital (for NLAG);
Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital (for HUTH).

As teaching hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For more information on this advertised post, please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

• Full Registration with the GMC

• Valid ALS certificate
• Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in postgraduate training

• Experience of a modern breast surgery unit in the NHS, including one‑stop clinics and MDT.
• Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on a range of acute medical conditions.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.

• Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams.
• Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage a high‑intensity workload.
• Ability to develop, present and ope rationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery.

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
• Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students.
• Evidence of participation in audit.
• Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients.
• Evidence of having conducted a practice‑changing audit.
• Experience of teaching/training in clinical courses such as the IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor.
• Original peer‑reviewed research publications.

• Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service.
• Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other health professionals and adjust style as appropriate.
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels.
• Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a disclosure will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust