Home, community, hospital
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.
Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.
We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.
Our Trust values
These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.
- Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
- Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
- Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
- Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.
The Breast Service at Kingston & Richmond NHS Foundation Trust is based on the Kingston site.
The Service is provided by a Multidisciplinary Team comprising four Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons (3.2 WTE), two Consultant Medical Oncologists (joint posts with the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust), four Consultant Breast Pathologists, six Consultant Breast Radiologists (each with additional specialty / cross-sectional interests, four Breast Clinical Nurse Specialists, one Nurse Consultant, four Advanced Nurse Practitioners (one post currently vacant), an Advanced Clinical Practitioner and one Surgical Care Practitioner.
A business case for a second Surgical Care Practitioner is in progress. . The weekly Multidisciplinary Meeting is also supported virtually by Consultant Clinical Oncologists from the Royal Marsden (RM), with radiotherapy delivered at the Chelsea or Sutton RM sites according to patient preference.
Chemotherapy is delivered on site at Kingston in the RM Chemotherapy Suite through the RM / Kingston Partnership Agreement.
The Service receives approximately 6300 referrals per year and treats over 300 newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer. Around 25-30% of breast cancer patients treated are referred from the Regional Breast Screening Services, the majority from the South West London Breast Screening Service and a smaller cohort from the Jarvis.
The post holder will work alongside the Breast Surgery Consultants to provide an elective service in breast surgery, ensuring implementation of national guidelines and local policies.
This will include the running of One Stop clinics, routine and complex follow-up clinics and engagement in Day Surgery and Main Theatre Operating lists.
Currently there is an alternate week Day Surgery list plus two synchronous all-day and one half day Main theatre lists, providing exposure to a wide range of oncoplastic procedures. Additional operating lists are also scheduled with moderate frequency in order to meet Cancer Waiting Time targets.
Working alongside the Consultants and Breast CNS team in clinics will provide training in planning appropriate oncological and reconstructive procedures, plus supporting and counselling patients in their treatment decision making.
The post holder will provide review where appropriate of inpatients requiring a breast opinion (though the majority will be assessed in a clinic setting) and supervise the Surgical Care Practitioner(s) in the pre and postoperative management of surgical patients, including those with
complications.
The post holder will support the Nurse Consultant and ANPs in the management of patients with breast sepsis, plus assist with capacity for diagnostic punch and core biopsies as required.
There is no formal on call emergency commitment associated with this post.
Development and staff wellbeing
Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can’t expect the best from you if we don’t invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we’re committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly ‘shoutouts’ and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.
Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.
We welcome conversations about flexible working from day one, including options such as adjusted hours, compressed hours and other arrangements. If flexibility matters to you, please talk to us - we’ll be happy to explore what’s possible for the role and the service.
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Salary:
For applicants without prior NHS experience at the same pay band or higher, the salary will start at the lower value within the advertised range.
