Job Overview
Plastic Surgery is a busy department with 8 Consultants and plans to expand further to deliver a truly 7‑day consultant led service.
The department manages trauma from a large catchment area, including patients from regional hospitals such as Hillingdon Hospital in Uxbridge and the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.
The elective workload includes skin cancer surgery, hand & wrist surgery, breast reconstruction (including breast microsurgery), abdomino‑perineal reconstruction and some aspects of congenital plastic surgery (eg polydactyly, syndactyly, pinnaplasty, skin lesions & hypospadias).
Main Duties of the Job
* Deliver elective skin cancer surgery, including clinics, operating lists and attendance at MDTs alongside other skin cancer surgeons, dermatologists, oncologists and clinical nurse specialists.
* Participate in the development of a one‑stop service in skin cancer, seeing and operating on 2‑week‑wait patients in a single visit.
* Manage a general plastic surgery caseload.
* Lead a Plastic Urgent Care (PUC) clinic, which sees open injuries and a trauma list.
* Join the on‑call rota (1:8), providing emergency cover and ward rounds.
Qualifications – Essential Criteria
* MBBS, FRCS(Plast).
* Applicants must be on the GMC specialist register (or within 6 months of achievement) and hold a current licence to practise.
Qualifications – Desirable Criteria
* Additional postgraduate qualifications e.g. MD, PhD, MSc.
Advanced Clinical Training and Experience – Essential Criteria
* Experience in skin cancer surgery and management (excision and reconstruction) and MDTs.
* Confidence in skin cancer diagnosis using dermoscopy.
* Experience assessing and treating hand injuries and general trauma.
Advanced Clinical Training and Experience – Desirable Criteria
* Fellowship in skin cancer surgery.
* Consultant experience in skin cancer delivery.
Teaching Experience – Essential Criteria
* Evidence of training staff and students.
Teaching Experience – Desirable Criteria
* Additional qualifications or awards in teaching and training.
* Evidence of both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at formal & informal levels.
Academic Achievements and Audit – Essential Criteria
* Evidence of interest in skin cancer surgery such as presentations, publications, relevant courses or positions of responsibility.
* Participation in audits (including national audits).
Academic Achievements and Audit – Desirable Criteria
* Participation in research.
Service Development – Essential Criteria
* Evidence of developing a service.
Service Development – Desirable Criteria
* Success in bid or grant writing to obtain funding at local or national level.
* Evidence of developing a new service.
Personal Attributes – Essential Criteria
* Commitment to work in a team and actively support colleagues in own and other disciplines.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Able to organise time efficiently and effectively.
* Able to motivate colleagues.
* Commitment to continuing professional development and the requirements of clinical governance.
* Demonstrates attributes consistent with the values of the department and the organisation.
Personal Attributes – Desirable Criteria
* Evidence of managerial training.
* Experience of management/leadership.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer. The appointment will be subject to the terms and conditions of the new Consultant contract.
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