Job summary
We are excited to invite applications for Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons within University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB).
The Trust are seeking two individuals; substantive full-time Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons.
The current opportunity is for consultants to join the dedicated team based at Birmingham Womens Hospital, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals.
The UHB Breast Service is one of the largest in the UK, annually assessing approximately 12,000 patients, accounting for almost a quarter of UHB urgent 2WW referrals and diagnosing and treating in excess of 1,000 new breast cancers through the symptomatic and screening pathways.
The Breast Unit is currently situated at the Birmingham Womens hospital and Solihull Hospital, with some activity at Good Hope Hospital. In addition to outpatient facilities, the unit has imaging including digital mammography, Breast MRI capacity and vacuum assisted biopsy facilities together with the screening office for the South Birmingham Breast Screening Service.
The Breast MRI service is provided by Queen Elizabeth Birmingham Hospital (QEHB) and the sentinel lymph node mapping is undertaken in the Department of Nuclear Medicine, located in QEHB. Parallel oncology clinics are held with the oncologists specialising in breast cancer and breast clinical nurse specialists.
Main duties of the job
Several major Breast cancer clinical trials, led by members of the breast team, are run through the Birmingham Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit and participation in clinical trials is a priority of the service.
Breast reconstruction is run as a combined service with the dedicated Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons and breast plastic surgical team. A full range of immediate and delayed reconstructive procedures are carried out. We are expanding out Oncoplastic Services footprint, so it is essential applicants are trained in Oncoplastic Surgery.
The Breast service also provides a regional service for breast sarcoma, particularly radiation induced angiosarcoma and primary angiosarcoma. This is an area which has developed over the past five years and is an expanding part of the practice and research.
The Cancer Centre provides a regional service for radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment and there is a palliative care team led by a dedicated Consultant.
Applicants are invited for a substantive post as a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon (across sites) and will join a multi-disciplinary team with the highest standards of clinical care.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will act as part of this multidisciplinary team to deliver breast case services for patients covered within UHB Breast services, participating in clinics, theatre, MDT and Advice and Guidance. Duties will include;
* Outpatient clinic sessions across sites
* Cross covering clinics for colleagues leave
* One to two Breast MDT meetings per week
* Theatre sessions including independent Oncoplastic and reconstructive work and joint operating with Plastics
* Ward rounds
* Recruiting to and being Principal Investigator for Clinical Trials
* Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate
* Clinical & Educational Supervisor duties
* Audit
There is a small on-call commitment associated with this post for cover of breast elective in-patients (cross-site) but breast surgery emergencies are managed under the care of General Surgery with input from the Breast Team.
The involvement in continuing medical education is an integral part of the advertised post and as such, you will be required to significantly increase the recruitment to clinical trials and practice evidence-based medicine. Within this role you will be required to participate in all aspects of clinical governance as developed by the Trust to monitor, maintain and develop the quality and effectiveness of care.
The Trust is committed to the development and maintenance of the highest clinical standards through individual appraisal. This will include the audit of personal and clinical practice as well as involvement in departmental and speciality reviews. It will also involve attention to continuing professional development and to meeting requirements for continuing medical education as required by the relevant Royal College. It will also involve the awareness of professional standards and the responsibility to undertake safe and ethical clinical practice and the importance of responding promptly to any circumstances, which may result in increased clinical risk or adverse outcome.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will act as part of this multidisciplinary team to deliver breast case services for patients covered within UHB Breast services, participating in clinics, theatre, MDT and Advice and Guidance. Duties will include;
* Outpatient clinic sessions across sites
* Cross covering clinics for colleagues leave
* One to two Breast MDT meetings per week
* Theatre sessions including independent Oncoplastic and reconstructive work and joint operating with Plastics
* Ward rounds
* Recruiting to and being Principal Investigator for Clinical Trials
* Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate
* Clinical & Educational Supervisor duties
* Audit
There is a small on-call commitment associated with this post for cover of breast elective in-patients (cross-site) but breast surgery emergencies are managed under the care of General Surgery with input from the Breast Team.
The involvement in continuing medical education is an integral part of the advertised post and as such, you will be required to significantly increase the recruitment to clinical trials and practice evidence-based medicine. Within this role you will be required to participate in all aspects of clinical governance as developed by the Trust to monitor, maintain and develop the quality and effectiveness of care.
The Trust is committed to the development and maintenance of the highest clinical standards through individual appraisal. This will include the audit of personal and clinical practice as well as involvement in departmental and speciality reviews. It will also involve attention to continuing professional development and to meeting requirements for continuing medical education as required by the relevant Royal College. It will also involve the awareness of professional standards and the responsibility to undertake safe and ethical clinical practice and the importance of responding promptly to any circumstances, which may result in increased clinical risk or adverse outcome.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *CCT in general surgery or equivalent.
- *GMC registration specialist register
- *Evidence of Oncoplastic Training / Fellowship
- *Successful completion of CESR
- *Submitted CESR application and/or expected to receive positive CESR outcome within 6 months of appointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *CCT in general surgery or equivalent.
- *GMC registration specialist register
- *Evidence of Oncoplastic Training / Fellowship
- *Successful completion of CESR
- *Submitted CESR application and/or expected to receive positive CESR outcome within 6 months of appointment.
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
