Job summary
This post is for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Burns & Plastics Surgery. This is a 6 Months Fixed Term whole-time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Surgeon looking to progress their career in burns, plastics, and reconstructive surgery to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
Due to the short term nature of the role, the successful candidate must hold full registration with the GMC and have existing right to work in the UK, at the time of application. Candidates who are not GMC registered or do not hold existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application will not progress through the shortlisting stage
Provisional Interview date: 6th November 2024
Please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated, should sufficient number of applications be received, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
Main duties of the job
To assist Consultants and Specialty Doctors with patient management. The successful candidate will assist with the day to day running of the service and to supervise, help and instruct the junior doctors as part of the team. The successful post holder will be expected to assist and manage the ward patients as well as taking referrals from ED and other departments. Duties will include at outpatient clinics and operating lists, attendance on other departmental activities e.g., Audit M&M meetings.
Audit and Education
The hospital has a clearly defined programme of medical audit to which the appointee will be expected to contribute. All specialities spend one half day per month on audit and clinical governance. This occurs at the same time for all specialties, allowing an exchange of views between specialties and encourages multi-disciplinary audit. The audit NHD occurs on a different half day each month, rotating from Tuesday morning to Thursday afternoon.
The hospital has a weekly grand round held in the Postgraduate Centre on Tuesday lunchtime. All disciplines take part on a rotational basis. The Centre has a purpose-built lecture theatre, 3 seminar rooms and a library, including electronic databases and internet access. There is a varied programme of lectures and seminars and sub-specialty educational meetings.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and one of the few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.
The Trust's vision is to provide 5 Star Patient Care.
Every single member of staff plays a huge part in this, no matter what your role, you will make a difference and support the delivery of this vision.
It is vital to our ongoing success that we all share the same aspiration, the same focus, and provide the same high standards right across the organisation and we can do this by focussing on 5 key areas.
CARE that is consistently high quality, compassionate, and provides the best possible experience for our patients and their families.
SAFETY that is of the highest standards, where staff feel empowered to further improve services and reduce the risk of harm.
PATHWAYS that reduce variations in care to improve outcomes, whilst respecting the individual needs of patients.
SYSTEMS that are efficient, user-friendly, and reliable. Drawing upon best practice to ensure our processes support the needs of our patients.
COMMUNICATION that is open and inclusive. Always showing patients, their families and our colleagues, the dignity and respect we would wish for ourselves.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post will provide the successful applicant with especially good exposure to Burns in a Regional Burns Centre with a catchment area of over 6 million in population, and in a department which has an international reputation in publishing including journal editorships and a number of key textbooks. The role provides numerous opportunities for the successful candidate to enhance their clinical skills and have clinical exposure in a wide range of other areas. The Burns and Plastic surgery directorate is amongst the largest in the UK with 29 Consultant Plastic Surgeons. Duties will involve the full range of clinical, outpatient and operative experience.
The Work of the Directorate
The Mersey Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery Unit comprises of a 28 bedded ward (including 12 en-suite cubicles), a plastic surgery trauma unit, prosthetics department and medical photography department. The separate burn ward has 12 beds and is near 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. There are 6 day case theatre sessions per week in the main theatre suite on the St Helens site and a Plastic Surgery Day Case Unit (PSDU) on the St Helens site. The Mohs Suite is also situated within PSDU. The Whiston hospital site houses most other surgical and medical specialities occasionally needed by plastic surgical patients. We have excellent pathological and radiological departments on site with recently enhanced MRI facilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post will provide the successful applicant with especially good exposure to Burns in a Regional Burns Centre with a catchment area of over 6 million in population, and in a department which has an international reputation in publishing including journal editorships and a number of key textbooks. The role provides numerous opportunities for the successful candidate to enhance their clinical skills and have clinical exposure in a wide range of other areas. The Burns and Plastic surgery directorate is amongst the largest in the UK with 29 Consultant Plastic Surgeons. Duties will involve the full range of clinical, outpatient and operative experience.
The Work of the Directorate
The Mersey Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery Unit comprises of a 28 bedded ward (including 12 en-suite cubicles), a plastic surgery trauma unit, prosthetics department and medical photography department. The separate burn ward has 12 beds and is near 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. There are 6 day case theatre sessions per week in the main theatre suite on the St Helens site and a Plastic Surgery Day Case Unit (PSDU) on the St Helens site. The Mohs Suite is also situated within PSDU. The Whiston hospital site houses most other surgical and medical specialities occasionally needed by plastic surgical patients. We have excellent pathological and radiological departments on site with recently enhanced MRI facilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Hold a current licence to practice with the GMC
- MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
- ATLS, Basic Surgical Skills, CCriSP, MRCS and Microsurgery or equivalent
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience and an understanding of Audit
- Evidence of active participation in audit
- Experience and an understanding of Research
- Knowledge/experience of managing plastic surgery patients
Desirable
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
- Evidence of contributing to teaching and learning of others
Skills
Essential
- Experience of applying sound clinical knowledge and judgment and prioritise clinical need
- Experience technical competence/diagnostics skills and judgment required
- Communication skills, capacity to communicate effectively and sensitively to others, able to discuss treatment options with patients in a way they can understand
- Validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date
- Awareness of own limitations
- Judgement to work under pressure, capacity to work effectively under pressure and remain objective in highly emotive/pressurised situations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Hold a current licence to practice with the GMC
- MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
- ATLS, Basic Surgical Skills, CCriSP, MRCS and Microsurgery or equivalent
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience and an understanding of Audit
- Evidence of active participation in audit
- Experience and an understanding of Research
- Knowledge/experience of managing plastic surgery patients
Desirable
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
- Evidence of contributing to teaching and learning of others
Skills
Essential
- Experience of applying sound clinical knowledge and judgment and prioritise clinical need
- Experience technical competence/diagnostics skills and judgment required
- Communication skills, capacity to communicate effectively and sensitively to others, able to discuss treatment options with patients in a way they can understand
- Validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date
- Awareness of own limitations
- Judgement to work under pressure, capacity to work effectively under pressure and remain objective in highly emotive/pressurised situations
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
