Job overview

Exciting opportunities are now open at East Cheshire NHS Trust (ECT) 

Thank you for your interest in the post of Consultant Breast Surgeon. This new post offers a rare opportunity for an inspiring individual to join our dedicated team at Macclesfield District General Hospital and help shape the future of our service.

We are seeking a talented and motivated individual who can support our team to achieve our strategic ambitions and to ensure we are delivering outstanding patient-centred care.

The successful applicant will join an expanding service making this an exciting time to help shape the service for the future.

The post is intended to be full time on 10 PAs. 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to work flexibly to deliver high quality care with particular emphasis on:

• Optimising use of all resources allocated to the post to develop appropriate services and techniques required to meet clinical needs.
• Work together with colleagues to ensure effective management of cross-specialty referrals, in-patients, and outpatient clinic programmed activities.
• Adapt, assimilate and integrate best practice from elsewhere to continuously improve care.
• Develop and maintain robust systems to ensure effective clinical audit in the speciality as appropriate, inclusive of undertaking personal audit.
• Further develop services as indicated by department needs and work with colleagues to identify additional resources needed to develop the service.

Working for our organisation

NHS Medical and Dental salaries are set at a national level.  For new starters not already working to UK Medical and Dental terms and conditions of service will be appointed to the minimum paypoint.  The starting salary paypoint can only be increased when there is evidence of relevant, completed year’s experience in terms of nature, type and level of role.  The evidence required to increase a starting salary would be Payslips and details noted in the application form i.e. complete employment history

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.