Consultant Clinical Oncologist (Breast)

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Consultant Clinical Oncologist (Breast) The closing date is 22 October 2026 Apply for this job Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for a candidate interested in a substantive clinical oncology consultant post at Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic clinical oncologist to join our well established, dedicated and supportive team. The successful candidate will join a team of 13 consultant oncologists supported by three specialty doctors and six clinical oncology trainees (ST3-ST7) to serve a population of 750,000. The department treats the full spectrum of malignant disease including breast, lung, lower and upper GI, haematology, gynaecology, urology, neuro-oncology, skin, and head and neck. The post will cover breast and one other tumour group. You will be primarily located at Queen's Hospital, Romford, Essex where the Oncology department is based. Main duties of the job To provide, to a high standard, the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment and care to patients requiring oncology services, as outlined in the proposed program which include the following: Clinical oncology management of breast malignancy Clinical oncology management of one other small tumour site. New patient numbers approx. 170-200 per annum. This will be four to five patients per week on a 42-week year. To work with and support the established multi-disciplinary site-specific teams. Outpatient chemotherapy and inpatient clinical opinions. Participate in the out of hours on-call service: (Please see attached JD for full details of the On-Call service) To take an active role in research and clinical trials. Contribute actively to clinical governance within the department. To support and develop quality improvement projects within the department. Flexibility to undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions at the request of the Clinical Lead. Actively participate in the department's teaching programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies. (Please see attached JD for full details of the main duties) About us We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care. We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance. We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. The majority of our