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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Oncology
Grade
Locum Consultant
Contract
6 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (Plus On Call)
Job ref
413-MD-RR2026-000134-OO
Employer
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Clinical Oncology - E00084
Town
Manchester
Salary
£113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum Pro Rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/07/2026 23:59

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Locum Consultant - Clinical Breast-Oncology

Locum Consultant

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a full-time locum consultant post, offered on a fixed term basis for 6 months.

Working with the Breast team at The Christie to provide a comprehensive service for patients. This includes patients in the outpatient, inpatient, and ambulatory settings, along with radiotherapy and providing input into the Breast MDT. 

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be expected to develop a significant interest in Breast oncology delivering radiotherapy and systemic therapy. The post holder will be actively involved in delivering all aspects of radiotherapy and systemic therapy. The well supported team structure and ethos facilitates cross-cover of clinical work. 

There is collaborative working within the breast clinical oncology research teams which the successful applicant will be expected to participate in.  

There are opportunities in breast for involvement in advanced technical radiotherapy including SABR, breast VMAT, protons and MR Linac. The team has a strong commitment to research and trial activity in which the appointee would be expected to be involved in.

Working for our organisation

The postholder will contribute to the delivery of high‑quality consultant‑led care across 7 days. This includes participation in planned weekend and weekday clinical activity to support safe, timely decision‑making and continuity of care for patients.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The appointee will be expected to develop a significant interest in Breast oncology delivering radiotherapy.
The post holder will be actively involved in delivering all aspects of radiotherapy and systemic therapy. The well supported team structure and ethos facilitates cross-cover of clinical work.

There is collaborative working within both the breast and lymphoma clinical oncology research teams which the successful applicant will be expected to participate in. There are opportunities in breast for involvement in advanced technical radiotherapy including SABR,
breast VMAT, protons and MR Linac. The team has a strong commitment to research and trial activity in which the appointee would be expected to be involved in. New patients are expected to be in the region of 280 per annum with approximately 150 FU appointments per year.
All appointees will have access to appropriate secretarial support and an office, including IT and clinical equipment provision. Flexible working requests are reviewed in line with the trust’s flexible working
policy.

Job Plan Timetable
The job plan outlines the requirements of the post and may be altered by joint agreement with the Divisional Clinical Director and Service Manager and in response to service needs. Job Plans are prospectively agreed subject to an annual individual job plan review (May – September). It is expected that the initial Job Plan discussion will take place within the first six months of employment at the Trust
and then be aligned to the Trusts annual Job Planning review cycle.
The annual review will examine all aspects of the job plan (including any educational and supervision components) and will also include an assessment of professional development with defined goals for
the future. For more information refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this Job Description and also the Trust’s Job Planning Policy
The consultant job plan will include a combination of Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) delivered across the 7‑day week.

The timetable below is indicative and will be confirmed on commencement in post.
It is the requirement of the Trust that all new consultant colleagues must have 0.25 SPAs within their job plan to support Trust appraisal and supervision requirements. This can either be as appraiser or a
supervisor for medical staff or Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP).

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

AM

Travel (0.25PA)

Breast Clinic (1PA)

Admin (0.5PA)

VSIM (1PA)

MDT (1PA)

Core SPA (1SPA)

PM

Breast clinic (1PA)

Travel (0.25PA)

Radiotherapy planning/technical (1PA)

Core SPA (1SPA)

Breast Peer Review meeting (0.5PA/0.5SPA)

Breast clinic (1PA)

NB  This timetable is indicative

 

Job Plan PA Summary

Total PAs

Direct Clinical Care (DCC)

7.5

Outpatient clinics

3

Radiotherapy planning

2

MDT/peer review

1.5

Administration

0.5

Travel

0.5

Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) (including 1.5 core SPA)

2.5

Supervision role (minimum 0.25 must be allocated)

0.25

Core SPA

2.25

Total Programmed Activities (PAs)

 

10

 

On call Commitments
This role does require participation in the on-call rota. 

This role does require participation in the on-call rota. Consultants in the department share in an on-call rota that involves a commitment to a full week in every twenty weeks. This covers the Specialist Registrar who is second on-call. The on-call consultant provides a post-take ward round each morning to review all newly admitted patients and any sick patients escalated by the team. This takes place seven days per week. Given the low frequency of on-call (1:20) the PAs associated with the predictable element of weekend on-call work form part of the job plan rather than time in lieu. This may be reviewed in the future if requirements for on-call change.

 Contacts

Arrangements to visit the hospital or to discuss the role further, may be made direct with:

Name &

Role Title

Email

Number

Jordan Protano Byrne

[email protected]

 

Dr Rohan Iype

[email protected]

 

 

Leadership Team

Name

 

Role Title

Jordan Protano-Byrne

Service/Operational Manager

David Woolf

Clinical Director

Robert Metcalf

Divisional Medical Director

 

 

Person specification

Attainments

Essential criteria
  • MRCR(UK) or equivalent qualification
  • An appropriate higher degree
  • GMC registration with a license to practice
  • Evidence of productive ethical research related to oncology
Desirable criteria
  • Recent publications in peer-reviewed journals

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Wide experience of Oncology, including Breast
  • Appropriate experience across disease groups in clinical oncology as well as clinical trials experience
  • Experience in teaching undergraduates
  • Experience of clinical audit
  • Evidence of contribution to teaching
Desirable criteria
  • An appropriate higher degree
  • Breast clinical experience
  • Relevant experience

Personal Skills

Essential criteria
  • Team player
  • Evidence of clinical leadership skills Proven ability to lead a team
  • Confident in own ability but knows limitations
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Flexibility, commitment and team work
  • Hardworking, enthusiastic achiever
  • Professional demeanor
  • Self motivated and able to motivate team

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Rohan Iype
Job title
Consultant Clinical Oncologist
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Jordan Protano-Byrne - Service Operational Manger

[email protected]

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