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Locum Consultant in Plastic Surgery (Head & Neck)

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

London

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

Unknown

Trust type

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About the role

Locum Consultant in Plastic Surgery

Full Time – 10PA

The Department of Plastic Surgery is seeking a Consultant to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking team. The department is currently looking to expand and develop its services and to keep the service in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence, so are looking for an individual with appropriate skills to complement this team.

The Department offers a wide range of services to patients from lower leg trauma reconstruction to post-cancer breast and head and neck reconstruction. The new consultant will help run and develop these services across the St Thomas’ site as well as joining a well-established Head and Neck Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT).

Locum Consultant in Plastic Surgery (Head & Neck)

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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The Head and Neck surgical team currently consists of 4 ENT / Head and Neck surgeons, 3 Oral Maxillo-Facial Surgeons and 3 Plastic Surgeons. In addition the MDT has dedicated members including 2 Clinical Oncologists, 3 Restorative Dentists, 4 Pathologists, 4 Dieticians, 3 Speech Therapists, 2 Cancer Specialist Nurses, 1 Tracheostomy Clinical Nurse Specialist and an MDT Coordinator.

We are looking for an outstanding individual who ideally has completed a Head and Neck Fellowship to further expand and develop the head & neck MDT, and to develop a de novo secondary complex reconstructive service.

GSTT has been designated as one of the Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and Experimental Cancer Centres. There is an ongoing commitment to expand and develop close links with the research centres in Kings College London as part of the integrated Academic Research Centre. There is therefore excellent opportunity to undertake translational research and to participate in clinical trials.

The post-holder will undertake outpatient sessions and they will be expected to take an active role in developing the service and to participate in the teaching programs of the department.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.

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You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Please note that successful completion of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is our accepted minimum language requirement.

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Guy’s and St Thomas’ (GSTT) is the Head & Neck Cancer Centre for the South East London Cancer Network (SELCN). This covers a population of over 2 Million and all head and neck cancer cases are treated on this site. The MDT manages approximately 450 new head & neck cancers per annum and therefore is one of the largest in the UK.

Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is made up of two of London’s best known teaching hospitals and employs over 13,650 staff and have over 2 million patient contacts a year. Our annual turnover is now £1.3 billion.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

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Person specification

Essential

Comprehensive clinical experience in plastic surgery, on a day case and inpatient basis
Specialist interest in mico-surgical reconstruction
Ability to work as effective members of multidisciplinary team
Team based approached to cate and service management, including appreciation of nursing and therapy roles
Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk managment within the field of plastic surgery
Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
Publications in at least one specialist field
A demonstrable aptitude for pursuing research goals
Evidence of original research and application into head and neck oncology.
Communication - ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/negotiate
Accountability - ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
Interpersonal skills: empathy, understanding and listening skills, patients and ability to work co-operatively with others
Ability to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
Knowledge of finance and budgets
Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a License to Practise
On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attainng CCT
FRCS (Plast) or equivalent
Completion of a micro fellowship

Desirable

Experience in clinical guideline development
Completion of advanced Head and Neck Fellowship training programme
Teaching qualification
Higher degree in Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Appraisal training
Other relevant postgraduate qualifications (eg MD, PhD, MS, MSc