Consultant in Plastic Surgery (Lower Limb Reconstruction &Trauma)

NHS; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job description

Consultant in Plastic Surgery (Lower Limb Reconstruction & Trauma)

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Applications are invited to apply for the above post for the Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the Oxford University Hospitals.

The post-holders will have responsibility for general plastic surgery services and will have a specialist interest in trauma surgery and trauma related reconstruction of both lower and upper limbs.

This is an opportunity to join the dynamic and enthusiastic team of limb reconstructive surgeons to gain experience in a high performing department for trauma reconstruction. There is an excellent collaborative working relationship between the plastic and orthopaedic parts of the team and good support and mentoring is provided for new consultants when they join the department. The department uses the BSSH hand trauma triage algorithms through an integrated online referral service thereby reducing the patient footfall to clinic and allowing timely consultant review of decisions made by junior staff. Plastics Trauma consultants lead the service for both upper and lower limb trauma. In addition, this post has allocated time at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre establishing a formal Orthoplastics service for Prosthetic Joint Infection.

Main duties of the job

The post-holders' duties will be primarily at The John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals in Oxford, but it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust's locations and its partner hospitals. Flexible working is essential, and the job plans are annualised to reflect this.

Applications are invited for a substantive Consultant Post in Plastic Surgery with an interest in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction in the department of Plastic Surgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

We are looking for dedicated and enthusiastic Consultant to join our innovative team.

Oxford is a large department with 25 consultants who cover the full spectrum of Plastic Surgery. Oxford has an active teaching programme with a microsurgery practise station available 24/7, cadaver training, teaching opportunities and high level quality improvement projects. Oxford is a Major Trauma Centre and has consistently performed well on the National Dashboard for BOAST 4 compliance for 5 years. There are 6 Plastic Surgery Consultants with an interest in trauma who work closely together to ensure a high quality of care is delivered at all times and we have an excellent working relationship with our orthopaedic trauma colleagues.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will have responsibility for general plastic surgery services at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. It will have a specialist interest in Trauma reconstruction surgery of both upper and lower limbs, and provide care to the Oxford Major Trauma Centre as part of the dedicated Plastics Trauma consultant team of six consultants. One day a week will be spent at the Nuffield Orthopaedic service as part of the Multidisciplinary response to prosthetic joint infection. There will be an on-call commitment (presently 1 in 14).

The Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery provides a comprehensive reconstructive surgery service to Oxford and its surrounding areas. We have a consultant-based service. Services provided by existing consultants in the department include plastics trauma surgery, craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and palate, upper limb, bone infection, sarcoma, breast reconstruction, skin cancer, autologous transplantation, head and neck cancer in addition to hypospadias. We have Burn Facility status as part of the London and South East Burn Network. We are fortunate to have our offices, outpatient clinics, theatres, adult and children's wards and day case units co-located in a new block on the John Radcliffe site. The Head & Neck Unit is located in the Cancer Centre at the nearby Churchill Hospital. The Department has a substantial presence at the nearby Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, where the plastic surgery service has a hand surgery workload, and provides reconstructive support to the Bone Infection Unit and Sarcoma services.

For a more detailed description please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

• Full GMC registration and licence to practise
• FRCS Plast or its equivalent
• To have completed a minimum of 6 years training in Plastic Surgery
• To have a Certificate of Completion of Training
• Higher medical degree
• Further training at Fellowship level in breast reconstruction
• Further training at Fellowship level in hand surgery
• Further training at Fellowship level in lower limb reconstruction

Experience

• Broad experience in general plastic surgery
• Competence in all aspects of microsurgical reconstruction.
• Competence in all aspects of Plastic Surgery lower and upper limb trauma, including hands
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
• Experience of working at consultant level in a major trauma centre
• Leadership at consultant level of the management of complex trauma in a major trauma center
• Experience of working as a consultant with a role in breast reconstruction

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
• Peer reviewed publications
• Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
• Leadership training

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.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust