About this role
Job summary
Consultant Breast Surgeon
Division: Surgery and Aneasthetics
Care Group: Surgical Services
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum/pro rata
Interview date- 9th July 2026
We are recruiting for a Consultant Breast Surgeonwho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be required to undertake a minimum of one 360 appraisal in a five year period to comply with the Revalidation process andto participate fully in the annual job planning review
Our values areBold,Every Person Counts,Sharing and Open andTogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
The NHS are striving towards "we work flexibly" as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description Job responsibilities
The key areas for the post-holder will include:
Contribute to the breast MDT and play an active part in the further modernisation and development of the service. Play a major role in maintaining the 28 day, 31 day and 62 days targets for cancer patients and ensuring that other targets are met. Assessment, care and treatment of patients presenting to the breast service. Provision of clinical leadership in the delivery of a high quality breast service. Providing teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level. A role in the teaching of medical students is expected. Participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes, including reviews of manpower requirements. Be involved in research Abide by the clinical and corporate governance policies of the trust. All Consultants will be required to undertake a minimum of one 360 appraisal in a five year period to comply with the Revalidation process.
The successful applicant will be expected to participate fully in the annual job planning review
Trust has an established formal development programme for newly appointed consultants including a mentorship approach to settling down as a new consultant.
There is a commitment from the trust and department to the appointee, that they will have equitable working conditions to their colleagues. Achieved through team job planning and the Medical Job Planning Consistency Committee.
Person Specification
Experiance Essential
Full registration with GMC and a licence to practise Entry on the GMC specialist register: (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview if it has not already been awarded). FRCS or equivalent
Experience Essential
Sub-speciality training in breast surgery at level of the year 5 and 6 of the HST programme. Experience in oncoplastic and reconstruction breast surgery- preferable Sub-speciality training in breast surgery at level of the year 5 and 6 of the HST programme. Experience in oncoplastic and reconstruction breast surgery- preferable Clinical training and experience equivalent to that of gaining UK CSST.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Address Medway Maritime Hospital
Windmill Road
Gillingham
ME7 5NY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)