Job summary
RCS job approval pending
We are seeking a full-time (8 PA) Consultant to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking team, which has undergone significant growth in the last decade. The department is currently involved in many exciting initiatives and are looking for individuals with appropriate skills to complement this team and help build the Paediatric Plastics Service to be in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.
The post-holder will be expected to work independently in out-patient clinics, elective and emergency operating. The department sees:
General Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- General Plastics Soft Tissue Trauma and Hand Trauma
- Surgery for skin and subcutaneous lesions and tumours (including neurofibromatosis)
- Scar management (Keloids, post trauma, contractures)
- Congenital breast/chest wall anomalies and gynaecomastia
Complex Plastic Surgery
- Congenital and acquired hand and upper limb deformities (Polydactyly, Syndactyly, Macrodactyly, absent digits)
- Congenital and acquired ear deformities (Microtia, Prominence)
- Combined Facial Palsy Clinic
- Vascular anomalies service and birth marks (CMN) including laser treatment
- OrthoPlastic Clinics for complex upper and lower limb deformities
Main duties of the job
The main duties are to work kindly and efficiently within our established team of professionals to provide high quality care to all our patients/families. To collaborate with clinical, academic and non-clinical staff to ensure all the pillars of Governance are maintained and improved upon (i.e. audit/research/education & training/risk management etc).
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is made up of two of London's best known teaching hospitals and employs over 13,000 staff and has over 2 million patient contacts a year. Our annual turnover is now £1.2 billion.
The Evelina Children's Hospital is a purpose-built Children's hospital opened in 2005, bringing together existing Children's services at St Thomas' and Guy's Hospitals onto one site. As part of King's Health Partners, we are now one of the UK's first Academic Health Sciences Centres aiming to bring together world class teaching, research and clinical services.The new Children's Day Surgery Unit has now opened in July 2023. This purpose built unit has two operating theatres and will be open six days a week once fully operational and is an expansion of Evelina London's theatre capacity, allowing us to treat up to an additional 2,300 patients a year. The newly built unit is housed within a new five storey building adjacent to the main Evelina London Children's Hospital, allowing us to expand our children's services.
The post holder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Your job plan is anticipated to contain 8 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out on Guys & St Thomas sites and includes on-call commitments. This is an outline programme and you will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Clinical Director within 3 months of your start date.
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.
The job plan will be negotiated between the consultant and their clinical director at least annually.
Direct Clinical Care Activities
- The post holder will hold a number of Plastic Surgery outpatient clinics per week
- The post holder will assist in the management of paediatric plastics trauma
- The post holder will offer to cross cover theatre and procedure room lists when other Consultants are on annual leave and will help work through the current waiting lists with the current group of surgeons.
- The post holder will develop some one stop treatment clinics and support the needs clinics for children in the transition age group.
- The post holder will conduct routine ward rounds and will lead a teaching ward round with the junior staff
Other Programmed Activities
- The post holder will be expected to be involved in the teaching programme in the department, including teaching mornings, audit and core skill training
Job description
Job responsibilities
Your job plan is anticipated to contain 8 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out on Guys & St Thomas sites and includes on-call commitments. This is an outline programme and you will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Clinical Director within 3 months of your start date.
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.
The job plan will be negotiated between the consultant and their clinical director at least annually.
Direct Clinical Care Activities
- The post holder will hold a number of Plastic Surgery outpatient clinics per week
- The post holder will assist in the management of paediatric plastics trauma
- The post holder will offer to cross cover theatre and procedure room lists when other Consultants are on annual leave and will help work through the current waiting lists with the current group of surgeons.
- The post holder will develop some one stop treatment clinics and support the needs clinics for children in the transition age group.
- The post holder will conduct routine ward rounds and will lead a teaching ward round with the junior staff
Other Programmed Activities
- The post holder will be expected to be involved in the teaching programme in the department, including teaching mornings, audit and core skill training
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise. Entry on GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attaining CCT/CESR at the time of interview
Desirable
- Higher degree e.g. MD, PhD
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in paediatric plastic surgery
- Adequate training in Child Safeguarding
Desirable
- Experience in the management of vascular anomalies
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients, their parents and other professionals
Audit Management & IT
Essential
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical governance including audit and clinical risk management
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical input to hospital management
- Ability to use IT applications for routine clinical and administrative work
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline and clinical pathway development
Research, Teaching Skill & Experience
Essential
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training and supervision
- Evidence of original research
Desirable
- Teaching qualification or experience in organising and running teaching programs
Leadership & Management Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate
- Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
- Demonstrate empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others
- Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
- Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable
- Management training or qualification
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
- Knowledge of finance and budgets
Personal Qaulities
Essential
- Excellent inter-personal and communications skills
- Flexibility and willingness to cover colleagues where appropriate
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
- Leading by example in completing Trust mandatory training requirements
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise. Entry on GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attaining CCT/CESR at the time of interview
Desirable
- Higher degree e.g. MD, PhD
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in paediatric plastic surgery
- Adequate training in Child Safeguarding
Desirable
- Experience in the management of vascular anomalies
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients, their parents and other professionals
Audit Management & IT
Essential
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical governance including audit and clinical risk management
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical input to hospital management
- Ability to use IT applications for routine clinical and administrative work
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline and clinical pathway development
Research, Teaching Skill & Experience
Essential
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training and supervision
- Evidence of original research
Desirable
- Teaching qualification or experience in organising and running teaching programs
Leadership & Management Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate
- Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
- Demonstrate empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others
- Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
- Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable
- Management training or qualification
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
- Knowledge of finance and budgets
Personal Qaulities
Essential
- Excellent inter-personal and communications skills
- Flexibility and willingness to cover colleagues where appropriate
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
- Leading by example in completing Trust mandatory training requirements
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).
