Consultant in Plastic Surgery with Special Interest in Skin Cancer
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Plastic Surgery is a busy department with 8 Consultants with plans to expand further to deliver a truly 7-day consultant led service.
The department manages trauma from a large catchment, including patients from regional hospitals such as Hillingdon Hospital in Uxbridge and the Royal Berkshire Hospital, in Reading.
The elective workload includes skin cancer surgery, hand & wrist surgery, breast reconstruction (including Breast microsurgery), abdomino-perineal reconstruction and some aspects of congenital plastic surgery (e.g. polydactyly, syndactyly, pinnaplasty, skin lesions & hypospadias).
Members of the Plastic surgery team are involved in the following weekly/monthly MDTs:
Job description
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full role requirements.
The successful candidate would slot into the proposed job plan (this may change according to availability of operating lists in particular)
This department runs a Consultant of the day on call with a view to achieve a consultant delivered service rather than consultant led.The appointed candidate would join the on-call rota of 1:8 with a fixed day on call every other week.
The appointment will be subject to the terms and conditions of the new Consultant contract.
The job plan will be made up of 10 programmed activities (PA). This includes the new on call system which sees the Consultant on-call deliver the following activity depending on whether it is a weekday or weekend.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS FRCS(Plast)
- Applicants must be on GMC specialist register (or within 6 months of achievement) and hold a current licence to practise
Desirable
- Additional postgraduate qualifications e.g. MD, PhD, MSc
Advanced clinical training and experience
Essential
- Experience in skin cancer surgery and management (excision and reconstruction) and MDTs
- Confident in skin cancer diagnosis using dermoscopy
- Experience assessing and treating hand injuries and general trauma
Desirable
- Fellowship in skin cancer surgery
- Consultant experience in skin cancer delivery
Teaching experience
Essential
- Evidence of training in teaching & training of staff and students
Desirable
- Additional qualifications or awards in teaching and training
- Evidence of both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at formal & informal levels
Academic Achievements and Audit
Essential
- Evidence of interest in skin cancer surgery such as presentations, publications, relevant courses or positions of responsibility
- Participation in audits (including national audits)
Desirable
- Participation in Research
Service development
Essential
- Evidence of developing a service
Desirable
- Success in bid or grant writing in obtaining funding at local or national level
- Evidence of developing a new service
Personal attributes
Essential
- Commitment to work in a team and actively support colleagues in own and other disciplines
- Good interpersonal skills
- Able to organise time efficiently and effectively
- Able to motivate colleagues
Desirable
- Evidence of managerial training
- Experience of management/leadership