Senior Clinical Fellow - Microsurgery Fellow in Plastic Surgery

Job Summary

This post is for a Microsurgery Fellow in Plastic Surgery. This is a whole-time fixed term post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Surgeon looking to progress their career in microsurgery to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care from the Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery unit at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

Applications are invited from individuals seeking specialist training in breast reconstruction with a focus on microsurgical reconstruction. The Plastic Surgery Department at MWLT performs around 170 free flap breast reconstructions per year. There is also a significant non-microsurgical breast reconstructive workload including asymmetry correction, congenital, breast reduction, revisional breast surgery and subtotal breast reconstruction carried out in the department.

The successful candidate will be expected to have full Registration with the GMC at the time of appointment. Candidates without GMC will progress if shortlisted for interview, though will be expected to have full GMC registration at the time of appointment.

Main Duties of the Job

It is anticipated that this postholder would be involved in a number of free flap cases per week and will attend breast reconstruction focused clinics each week as well as preparing and presenting the monthly Breast Reconstruction MDT.

Once in post the microsurgery fellow can expect to be trained in the full remit of breast reconstruction with a heavy focus on microsurgical cases. They will contribute to the general plastic surgery on call and will be encouraged to attend flap salvage cases out of hours on an informal basis.

Due to the clinical demands of this post, it is ideally aimed at individuals who have completed their FRCS (Plast), or who are post-accreditation, but seeking further specialist microvascular training.

Job Responsibilities

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 as required. Duties will include at outpatient clinics and operating lists, attendance on other departmental activities e.g., Audit M&M meetings. The successful applicant will participate in the on-call rota.

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.

The Trust has for decades been one of the three major providers of clinical training for undergraduate medical students from the University of Liverpool.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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
• FRCS(Plast) or equivalent
• Completion of a recognised Plastic Surgery Training Programme

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience and an understanding of Audit
• Evidence of active participation in audit
• Knowledge/experience of managing plastic surgery patients
• Evidence of commitment to microsurgical breast reconstruction as a career

Desirable

• Experience and an understanding of Research
• Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
• Evidence of contributing to teaching and learning of others

Skills

• 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
• Validated logbook demonstrating breast microsurgical experience
• 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.

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Details

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR

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