Job summary
- Main area
- Burns & Plastic Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term for 12 Months)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PAs Plus 1 additional PA - including some weekend and evening working (No on-call commitment)
- Job ref
- 409-TH5860010-C
- Employer
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whiston Hospital
- Town
- Prescot
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 per annum (Grade YM 73)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 02/09/2024
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Burns & Plastic Surgery - Skin Cancer Interest
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Job overview
Applicants are invited to apply for the whole-time position of Locum Consultant Plastic Surgeon with an interest in Skin Cancer Surgery.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated surgeon to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary care both from the Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery unit based at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The post has a weekly all day peripheral site clinical commitment, one Saturday LA theatre commitment per month and no on-call commitment.
Interviews Date: 2nd September 2024
Main duties of the job
The appointee will have a responsibility for the running of their clinical service, integrating this with the department as a whole and ensuring appropriate communication with general practitioners, managers, and hospital committees. The appointee will be responsible for contributing to the achievement of relevant aspects if the Trusts contractual obligations and business plans.
The appointee will be expected to ensure their clinical service is in accordance with the principles of Clinical Governance which must include appropriate clinical audit, clinical targets, key performance indicators (KPI’s), evidence-based practice, continued personal educational and professional development. The post holder will also be expected to comply with existing appraisal procedures, job planning and revalidation procedures.
The Trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development as laid down by the Royal College of Surgeons and is committed to allocating time and financial support accordingly for this.
The Trust has the required arrangements in place as laid down by the Royal College of Surgeons to ensure that all doctors have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports doctors going through the revalidation process.
The successful candidate will be offered the option of having a senior consultant colleague as a mentor for the first year or, longer, if required.
Working for our organisation
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
- CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
- SAFETY that is of the highest standards
- COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
- SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
- PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
- Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information regarding the main responsibilities and requirements essential for this role please refer to the ‘supporting documents’ heading and review the job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including a proposed job plan.
The service delivered by the burns and plastic surgery team is of high volume and high complexity; they manage a varied mix of cases referred to them both from within the region and nationally and have excellent outcomes as identified during the last GIRFT report.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the leading acute Trusts in the North West of England. We provide a full range of acute adult and paediatric in-patient, out-patient, day case and emergency services to the local communities of St Helens, Knowsley, West Lancashire, Cheshire and Merseyside and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and the Isle of Man.
The Trust has excellent management, robust systems and innovative processes all of which have underpinned a period of sustained and improved performance with a CQC rating of outstanding.
The Trust is developing and expanding its services and driving the quality of patient care ever higher, ensuring that it has a healthy long-term future and continues to thrive in the changing healthcare economy. At the heart of its current success and forward planning is the delivery of the ‘5 Star Patient Care’ strategy, defining how the Trust provides an excellent experience for every patient, every time.
Our vision is to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time. To support us in this ambition, we enjoy close links with our leading universities, including the University of Liverpool, John Moore’s University and Edge Hill University, and we have specific strengths in education and training. To complement this, we also have strong research portfolios and host a number of professional units in medicine and surgery. We believe that staff engagement is an absolute priority and our strong leadership and development programmes, demonstrate how much we value our staff.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCS (UK) or equivalent medical qualification
- FRCS (Plast) or equivalent
- Valid Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider Status
Desirable criteria
- Member BAPRAS
Knowledge, Experience & Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: o Good clinical care o Maintaining good medical practice o Good relationships and communication with patients o Good working relationships with colleagues o Good teaching and training o Professional behaviour and probity o Delivery of good acute clinical care
- Demonstrate skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
- Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Experience in management of skin cancer
- Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Demonstrates the necessary range, depth, and breadth of competencies suitable for a Skin Cancer post
- Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: In depth knowledge and experience in skin cancer
- Research Skills: Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit / research within team structure within the last 3 years
- Teaching: Evidence of appropriate teaching experience within the last 3 years
- Communication Skills: Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation.
- Problem Solving & Decision Making: Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
- Managing Others & Team Involvement: Capacity to work effectively with others & work in multi-professional teams
- Managing Others & Team Involvement: Able to supervise junior medical staff
- Empathy & Sensitivity: Capacity to take in others’ perspectives and treat others with understanding;
- Organisation & Planning: Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively.
- Organisation & Planning: Basic IT skills
- Vigilance & Situational Awareness: Capacity to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
- Coping with Pressure: Capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrates initiative & resilience to cope with changing circumstances
Desirable criteria
- Fellowship in Skin Cancer
- Evidence of relevant research e.g. presentations, publications in peer reviewed journals within the last 3 years relevant to plastic surgery and skin cancer surgery.
- Evidence of relevant academic achievements, e.g. degrees, awards, in the last 3 years.
Other
Essential criteria
- Professional Integrity: Capacity to take responsibility for own actions.
- Demonstrates respect for all.
- Is up to date and fit to practise safely.
- Ability to provide complete details of employment history
- ALL sections of application form FULLY completed according to written guidelines
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr David Bell
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 430 1262
- Additional information
Mr Philip Brackley, Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Skin Cancer Lead on 0151 430 1664.
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