Job overview
The RMH breast unit (Sutton and Chelsea) is the largest cancer service in the trust and one of the largest breast units in the UK treating over 700 new breast cancers per annum. We provide one of the UK’s most comprehensive breast services both as a secondary and tertiary provider, with all the usual core services as well as additional services including secondary care specialist nurses, psychological medicine and a regional genetics service. RMH has a 40% primary post-mastectomy reconstruction rate and a mature oncoplastic team with fortnightly oncoplastic MDMs.
The Sutton oncoplastic team consists of 5 breast surgeons. We manage approximately 400 new cancers, 150 of which are screen-detected. We work in close collaboration with our plastic surgical colleagues, 4 of whom have clinics and operate in Sutton.
At the Sutton site there are 9.5 sessions of oncoplastic breast surgery each week and 5 rapid diagnostic clinics. There are also 3 plastics lists (predominantly breast reconstruction) each week. There is a parallel plastics clinic alongside one of the breast clinics. We have a large Open Access Follow Up service to better meet the needs of our growing numbers of survivors.
Main duties of the job
This post is aimed at offering a surgical registrar who would like to commit to a dedicated time for research while maintaining some clinical sessions in the Breast Diagnostic Clinic. The job plan and training will be tailored to the individual. Research and audit can be carried out to follow on from existing projects or the candidate can develop their own project with the support of the Breast Surgery Team. This post is Sutton based.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached for further details about the post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent
2. Higher Medical or Surgical Degree
3. Possession of CCT or date within 3 months
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Experience in Breast Surgery, especially in outpatient clinics
5. Evidence of working in a multi- disciplinary team
6. Experience in cancer management
Skills
Essential criteria
7. Professional skills of a high standard
8. Evidence of commitment to teaching
9. IT skills
Desirable criteria
10. Undertaken research in relevant field
11. Management experience
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
12. Commitment to achieving and maintaining national targets
Desirable criteria
13. Experience in developing effective and collaborative working relationships
The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff
At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.
The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.