Locum Consultant Plastic Surgeon-Skin Cancer & Laser Surgery Interest

Job description

Job responsibilities

Our vision is to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time. To support us in this ambition, we enjoy close links with our leading universities, including the University of Liverpool, John Moores University and Edge Hill University, and we have specific strengths in education and training. To complement this, we also have strong research portfolios and host a number of professional units in medicine and surgery. We believe that staff engagement is an absolute priority and our strong leadership and development programmes, demonstrate how much we value our staff.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the leading acute Trusts in the North West of England. We provide a full range of acute adult and paediatric in-patient, out-patient, day case and emergency services to the local communities of St Helens, Knowsley, West Lancashire, Cheshire and Merseyside and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and the Isle of Man.

The Trust has excellent management, robust systems and innovative processes all of which have underpinned a period of sustained and improved performance with a CQC rating of outstanding.

The Trust is developing and expanding its services and driving the quality of patient care ever higher, ensuring that it has a healthy long-term future and continues to thrive in the changing healthcare economy. At the heart of its current success and forward planning is the delivery of the 5 Star Patient Care strategy, defining how the Trust provides an excellent experience for every patient, every time.

Surgical Care Group

The Surgical Care Group at Whiston and St Helens Hospitals is made up of all Surgical Directorates including anaesthesia. The Clinical Directors report to Mr John McCabe, Divisional Medical Director for Surgery. The Clinical Directorates have Directorate Managers who report to the Assistant Director of Operations.

Additional Clinical Departments

The burns and plastic surgery department at Whiston is supported by a medical photography service, on-site radiology and the provision of a mobile x-ray facility appropriate for hand surgery. The LRS at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and the Plastic Surgery

Department have developed close links. The Mohs service has a TIG fellow, and the Hand Fellow post is part of the Plastic Surgery Hand service spending six months within the unit. The Department, along with the Breast Unit is recognised as a national centre for breast onco-plastic training. A Breast Surgery Fellow spends six months with the reconstructive breast surgeons. The Prosthetic Department is part of the B&P directorate and offers patients viable and safe alternatives to surgery to enable them to maintain their dignity and their place in society.

The Work of the Unit

The Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit comprises of a 28 bedded plastic surgery ward (including 12 en-suite cubicles), 5 assessment cubicles in its plastic surgery trauma unit, and a prosthetics department. The separate burn ward has 12 beds and is in close proximity to critical care and the burn theatre. The unit has 3 theatres for plastic surgery, 1 for burns and 1 for day case skin work on the Whiston site and 7 day case theatre sessions per week in the main theatre suite on the St Helens site along with 2 day case theatres in the Plastic Surgery Day Case Unit (PSDU) on the St Helens site. Our Mohs Suite is also situated within the PSDU. Our laser service is based at the St Helens hospital site. Whiston hospital houses most other surgical and medical specialities occasionally needed by plastic surgery patients.

We have excellent pathological and radiological departments on site with recently enhanced MRI facilities. The service delivered by the burns and plastic surgery team is of high volume and high complexity; they manage a varied mix of cases referred to them both from within the region and nationally and have excellent outcomes as identified during the last GIRFT report.

Burns & Plastic Surgery Activity 2021/22

Elective 1,247

Day case 9,839

Non-Elective 3,315

OP 1st & F/Up seen 45,188 (exc. satellite activity)

Burns & Plastic Surgery Activity 2022/23

Elective 1,197

Day case 11,801

Non-Elective 3,314

OP 1st & F/Up seen 48,485 (exc. satellite activity)

Job Plan

The draft Job Plan can be viewed in the Job Description.

The job plan is a basic 10 PA job plan, the PAs include travel time, SSMDT prep time and a monthly Consultant meeting, in addition travel expenses will also be paid. SPA time for this post is 2 PAs per week for professional revalidation, personal appraisal, personal job planning, mandatory training, participation in departmental and governance meetings.

SPA activity must be relevant to the Trust and Individuals needs and must be agreed at the job planning session.

There is no Consultant predictable emergency on-call commitment with this post however any unpredictable emergency work will be remunerated at premium rate pay.

Management, Professional Development and Mentorship

The appointee will have a responsibility for the running of their clinical service, integrating this with the department as a whole and ensuring appropriate communication with general practitioners, managers, and hospital committees. The appointee will be responsible for contributing to the achievement of relevant aspects if the Trusts contractual obligations and business plans.

The appointee will be expected to ensure their clinical service is in accordance with the principles of Clinical Governance which must include appropriate clinical audit, clinical targets, key performance indicators (KPIs), evidence-based practice, continued personal educational and professional development.The post holder will also be expected to comply with existing appraisal procedures, job planning and revalidation procedures.

The Trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development as laid down by the Royal College of Surgeons and is committed to allocating time and financial support accordingly for this.

The Trust has the required arrangements in place as laid down by the Royal College of Surgeons to ensure that all doctors have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports doctors going through the revalidation process.

The successful candidate will be offered the option of having a senior consultant colleague as a mentor for the first year or, longer, if required.

Location

Your principal place of work will be on either the Whiston Hospital or St Helens Hospital site however there is a peripheral site clinical commitment attached to this post.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

A £338 million (PFI) investment has re-built and modernised both Whiston and St Helens Hospitals, resulting in modern state of the art health care facilities for the treatment and care of patients. St Helens Hospital was completed in 2008 and Whiston Hospital in 2010. The hospitals include 887 inpatient beds with state-of-the-art CT and MRI facilities existing on both hospital sites. CT and MRI scanners at St Helens have also recently been upgraded including installation of a high field 3 Tesla MRI scanner. The DEXA scanner is also located at St Helens Hospital.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk, and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery, and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

As a Trust, our aim is to provide a high-quality service to all patients. We strive to meet the best standards for professional care whilst being sensitive and responsive to the needs of individual patients. Our valued workforce is recognised for their unique skills and talents with our teams of experts winning national awards on a regular basis.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC registration at time of interview
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCS (UK) or equivalent medical qualification
• FRCS (Plast) or equivalent
• Valid Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider Status

Desirable

• Member BAPRAS

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Evidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: oGood clinical care oMaintaining good medical practice oGood relationships and communication with patients oGood working relationships with colleagues oGood teaching and training oProfessional behaviour and probity Delivery of good acute clinical care
• Demonstrate skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
• Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
• Experience in management of skin cancer and laser surgery.
• Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Demonstrates the necessary range, depth, and breadth of competencies suitable for a Skin Cancer post with experience in laser surgery
• Laser core of knowledge
• Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: In depth knowledge and experience in skin cancer and laser surgery
• Teaching: Evidence of appropriate teaching experience within the last 3 years
• Communication Skills: Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation.
• Communication Skills: Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate
• Problem Solving & Decision Making: Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
• Managing Others & Team Involvement: Capacity to work effectively with others.
• Managing Others & Team Involvement: Able to work in multi-professional teams
• Managing Others & Team Involvement: Able to supervise junior medical staff
• Empathy & Sensitivity: Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding;
• Empathy & Sensitivity: Sees patients as people
• Organisation & Planning: Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively.
• Organisation & Planning: Capacity to prioritise own workload.
• Organisation & Planning: Basic IT skills
• Vigilance & Situational Awareness: Capacity to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
• Coping with Pressure: Capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrates initiative & resilience to cope with changing circumstances

Desirable

• Fellowship in Skin Cancer
• BTEC in laser
• Evidence of relevant research e.g. presentations, publications in peer reviewed journals within the last 3 years relevant to plastic surgery and skin cancer surgery.
• Evidence of relevant academic achievements, e.g. degrees, awards, in the last 3 years.

Other

Essential

• Professional Integrity: Capacity to take responsibility for own actions.
• Demonstrates respect for all.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR

Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)