Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust are seeking two individuals; a substantive full-time Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon and a locum 12 month fixed term Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon.

The UHB Breast Service is one of the largest in the UK, annually assessing around 12,000 patients, accounting for almost a quarter of UHB's 2WW referrals and diagnosing and treating over 1,000 new breast cancers through the symptomatic and screening pathways.

The Breast Unit is currently situated at the Birmingham Women's hospital and Solihull Hospital, with some activity at Good Hope Hospital. The unit has imaging facilities including digital mammography, Breast MRI capacity and vacuum assisted biopsy facilities together with the screening office for the South Birmingham.

Several major Breast cancer clinical trials are run through the Birmingham Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit and participation in clinical trials is a priority of the service.

Breast reconstruction is run as a combined service with the dedicated breast plastic surgical team and Oncoplastic breast surgeons. A full range of immediate and delayed reconstructive procedures are offered.

The Breast service also provides a regional service for breast sarcoma, particularly radiation induced angiosarcoma and primary angiosarcoma. The Cancer Centre provides a regional service for radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment and there is a palliative care team led by a dedicated Consultant.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible, together with other members of the department for the provision of a high quality breast service. The current team includes healthcare professionals from breast and plastics surgery, radiology, breast care/reconstruction nursing, oncology and pathology. The final job plan would be agreed on appointment; however, as part of this you will be required to undertake a mix of general clinic activity and operating. Depending on the needs of the department, the job plan could have elements of flexible working or annualised sessions.

Duties will include;

*Outpatient clinic sessions across sites

*Cross covering clinics for colleagues leave

*One to two Breast MDT meetings per week

*Theatre sessions including independent Oncoplastic and reconstructive work and joint operating with Plastics

*Ward rounds

*Recruiting to and being Principal Investigator for Clinical Trials

*Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate

*Clinical & Educational Supervisor duties

*Audit

There is a small on-call commitment associated with this post for cover of breast in-patients but breast surgery emergencies are managed under the care of General Surgery with input from the Breast Team.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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