Locum Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon

Overview

A full time 10PA Locum Fixed Term Consultant in Breast Surgery for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based at the King's Mill Hospital, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire is required. This post will be focused on oncoplastic breast surgery and the candidate must have proven 2 years' experience in an oncoplastic unit. The post holder may also be required to undertake planned surgery and outpatient clinics at Newark Hospital, which is part of the trust.

The appointee will join an existing multidisciplinary team providing a comprehensive Breast Service to central North Nottinghamshire, in particular the residents of Mansfield, Ashfield and Newark Districts. The post holder will demonstrate a wide range of skills and will be required to work flexibly within the department and across two sites. The successful candidate will be expected to comply with local policies and procedures and with the standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust.

Where the consultant manages Trust employees, they will observe local employment and personnel policies and procedures.

Main duties of the job

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

• Provision of a service to Sherwood Forest Hospitals, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department.
• Out-of-hours responsibilities, including participation in the Consultant on-call rota where applicable.
• Cover for colleagues  annual leave and other authorised absences.
• Any responsibility which relates to a special interest.
• Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures.
• Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally.
• Participating in medical audit, the Trust s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD; CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory.
• Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate and compliance with standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust.
• Any other duties which may be required from time to time which are reasonable regarded to be part of the role of a consultant.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals is an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community healthcare services for 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We work with partners in health and social care to manage resources, deliver NHS standards, and improve the health of the population we serve. We aim to put patients at the centre of everything we do and expect staff to be caring, kind and courteous, and to look out for each other.

• Date posted 05 February 2026
• Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staff
• Grade Consultant
• Salary £109,725 to £145,478 a year pro rata
• Contract Fixed term
• Duration 6 months
• Working pattern Full-time
• Reference number 214-SRG
• Job locations King s Mill and Newark Hospitals, Mansfield Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL

Please see the attached job description and person specification for a full outline of the main duties and responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Essential:
  Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview
• Essential:
  Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or equivalent (FRCS)

Desirable

• Postgraduate thesis
• MD/MSc/MMEd
• Completed oncoplastic fellowship programme or equivalent experience

Experience

• Essential:
  Clinical Training and experience in oncoplastic breast surgery equivalent to that required of a UK CCST
• Essential:
  At least 2 years of experience in a unit providing the full range of oncoplastic procedures
• Essential:
  Excellent clinical skills and substantial experience of benign and…