Job overview

Applications are invited for a Consultant in Oncoplastic and Gender Affirming Breast Surgery This post is based within the gender affirmation service at North Manchester general hospital , Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

The Breast Surgery Unit at MFT is the largest unit in the country and is looking to appoint a Clinical Fellow with an interest in delivering Masculinising chest & Oncoplastic Breast Surgery to join our team on a permanent basis.

Main duties of the job

The Trust (MFT) fellow post is a substantive post appointed by MFT for a UK-based or overseas candidate.

The appointee will join a team of chest wall contouring and oncoplastic breast surgeons working between North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH) and Trafford General Hospital (TGH). The post will appeal to appropriately trained surgeons who have a proven sub-specialty interest in oncoplastic breast surgery and wish to gain specialised experience and knowledge in gender affirming chest wall contouring surgery.

Candidates that are non-GMC registered at the point of application will be considered for this position, under the Trusts International Fellowship Scheme (please note, there is a £500 admin charge for this scheme). More information re this scheme can be found on our website – link in job description. 

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.