Consultant Oncoplastic ReconstructiveBreastSurgeon: Sponsorship Available

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to appoint a full time (10 PA), Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon to join our innovative department at an exciting time in our Trusts future although less than full time applications may be considered

The clinical team consists of 4 Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons, 3 Associate Specialists and 8 Specialist Nurses, which work closely alongside the radiology teams.

The Breast service offers a one stop diagnostic breast clinic every week-day based at the Pinderfields site. Theatre capacity for breast surgical intervention is offered at Pinderfields General Hospital and with adoption of new localisation technologies is offered for other Trust sites: Pontefract and Dewsbury.

We are a busy service with close to 500 cancers treated annually and above 7000 symptomatic referrals seen.

The Breast Team cooperates closely with an experienced Plastic Surgery Team. The 3 Consultant Plastic Surgeons offer DIEP flaps reconstruction

Main duties of the job

Duties will be based primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) site although may require some cross site travel.

The main duties of the posts will include:
To provide a clinical service of the highest quality to patients with benign or malignant breast diseases.
To provide a high quality breast reconstruction service.
To work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that we work together as a supportive team.
To support the teaching and research activities of the team.
To provide leadership and act as a role model to junior members of staff.
This post does not include any Emergency on call commitments.
Post-operative cover is provided to all breast patients by the team across all sites.
Travel between sites may be required, which will be reflected within the job plan.
Administrative duties, for which appropriate office space, secretarial support, and networked computer facilities, are provided.
Cross-site working: the post may involve working across Trust sites and, where travel between sites is required within the working day, appropriate travel time will be incorporated within the job plan/PA allocation.
Equity: the Trust is committed to ensuring that newly appointed consultants have equitable working conditions to established consultant colleagues within the department.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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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).

Closing Date: 28 October 2026

To apply for this job please visit careers.midyorks.nhs.uk.