Job summary
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 focussed on oncoplastic breast surgery and as such the candidate must have proven 2 year's experience in an Oncoplastic unit. The post holder may also be required to undertake planned surgery and outpatient clinics at Newark Hospital which is also part of the trust.

The appointee will join an existing multi-disciplinary team providing a comprehensive Breast Service to central North Nottinghamshire and, 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 be aware of local policies and procedures and comply with the standing orders and standing financial instructions of this Trust. In particular, where the consultant manages employees of the Trust, he/she will be expected to observe local employment and personnel policies and procedures.

Main duties of the job
The over-riding 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 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.

About us
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 are working closely with partners in health and social care through the Mid Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership to take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population we serve.

We put the patient at the centre of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation.

Details

• Date posted: 15 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Grade: Consultant
• Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year pro rata
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 4 months
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 214-SACC26-8320909
• Job locations: King's Mill and Newark Hospitals, Mansfield Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

Closing date
The closing date is 05 November 2026. Apply through our website.

Person Specification
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
• Desirable: MD/MSc/MMEd
• Desirable: 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: Statement regarding appropriate training and experience including that relating to a specialist interest (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 malignant breast conditions
• Essential: Evidenced experience in oncoplastic techniques such as volume displacement, volume replacement and implant based reconstruction
• Essential: Excellent practical skills in the full range of breast clinical problems
• Essential: Good understanding of the management of breast disease
• Essential: Evidence of participation in change projects

Teaching

• Essential: Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role
• Essential: Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Essential: Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
• Desirable: Higher degree

Research

• Essential: Ability to convert research evidence into clinical practice
• Desirable: Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Management and administrative experience

• Essential: Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload
• Essential: Leadership skills to take forward service developments
• Essential: Computing and IT skills

Other

• Essential: Communication skills - to have excellent language competency and communication skills necessary to do the job safely and competently. Ability to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Essential: Ability to work under pressure
• Essential: Ability to be flexible and considerate, take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
• Essential: Ability to see patients as people
• Essential: Ability to empathise and work co-operatively with others
• Desirable: Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels

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. 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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
Head of Service for Breast Surgery, Ms E Gutteridge, eleanor.gutteridge2@nhs.net, 01623622515

Employer's website: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/