Job summary
The department of Plastic Surgery is located at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, where the inpatient adult and paediatric beds, dedicated operating theatre facilities and main outpatient sessions are based. Most emergency and some elective work is undertaken at Wexham Park Hospital. Outpatient clinics and operating sessions are also held at Heatherwood Hospital and at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, St Mark's Hospital, Maidenhead, Bracknell, and Chalfont's St Peters.
The department manages trauma from a large catchment, including patients from regional hospitals such as Hillingdon Hospital in Uxbridge and the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. Up to 50% of the inpatient activity is dedicated to the provision of acute care for trauma and emergency care.
Main duties of the job
This post is a locum post initially for 6 months. At present funding is not in place for this to become a substantive post. The post will have a focus on hand and wrist trauma but there will be a variable caseload of elective hand, general plastic surgery and skin cancer surgery according to the needs of the department. The successful candidate would become part of the Hand Unit working with four other plastic consultants, the Hand Fellow and Trauma Coordinator. Trauma responsibilities will include the Closed Hand Injury Clinic (CHIC), Plastic Urgent Care (PUC) clinic which sees open injuries, and a trauma list.
Our hand trauma figures continue to rise and there is an interest in the department to expand the hand trauma cover we provide to ensure we adhere to BSSH standards.
The ability to work flexibly, cohesively and in collaboration with the existing consultants is a necessary requirement to the post.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire Surrey, and South Buckinghamshire. It came into being on October 1, 2014 following the amalgamation of two neighbouring trusts. It was the first successful acquisition of one NHS foundation trust by another.
Services are delivered from three main hospital sites at Frimley Park, near Camberley, Heatherwood at Ascot, and Wexham Park, Slough, along with a number of satellite centres. As well as delivering excellent district general hospital services to its population the trust has specialist cardiac interventional centre, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis, and plastic services across a wide catchment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate would slot into a proposed job plan which may change subject to the needs of the department. There are also microsurgical lists twice monthly. This department runs a consultant of the day on call with a view to achieve a consultant delivered service rather than consultant led. The appointed candidate would join the on-call rota of 1:8 with a fixed day on call every other week. The appointment will be subject to the terms and conditions of the new consultant contract. The job plan will be made up of 10 programmed activities (PA). This includes the new on call system which sees the Consultant on-call deliver the following activity depending on whether it is a weekday or weekend. There will be a requirement to work 1:4 Saturdays.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate would slot into a proposed job plan which may change subject to the needs of the department. There are also microsurgical lists twice monthly. This department runs a consultant of the day on call with a view to achieve a consultant delivered service rather than consultant led. The appointed candidate would join the on-call rota of 1:8 with a fixed day on call every other week. The appointment will be subject to the terms and conditions of the new consultant contract. The job plan will be made up of 10 programmed activities (PA). This includes the new on call system which sees the Consultant on-call deliver the following activity depending on whether it is a weekday or weekend. There will be a requirement to work 1:4 Saturdays.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Additional postgraduate qualifications e.g. MD, PhD, MSc
- European or British Hand Surgery Diploma
Advanced Clinical training and Experience
Essential
- Consultant experience in hand surgery and/or hand surgery fellowship
- Experience of managing wrist injuries including scaphoid fractures
Desirable
- Consultant experience of being part of hand surgery MDT
- Consultant experience in performing microsurgical breast reconstruction
- Consultant experience in managing abdominal wall reconstruction
- Consultant experience in managing diabetic foot reconstruction
- Completed senior fellowship in microsurgery
- Completed senior fellowship in extremity reconstruction
Academic Achievements
Essential
- Evidence of presentations and publications on hand surgery
- Participation in hand surgery audits (including national audits)
- Evidence of participation in national and international hand surgery networks or groups
- Evidence of presentations and publications on microsurgical reconstruction
Desirable
- Participation in Research
Service Development
Essential
- Evidence of developing a service
Desirable
- Success in bid or grant writing in obtaining funding at local or national level
- Evidence of developing a new service at consultant level
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Additional postgraduate qualifications e.g. MD, PhD, MSc
- European or British Hand Surgery Diploma
Advanced Clinical training and Experience
Essential
- Consultant experience in hand surgery and/or hand surgery fellowship
- Experience of managing wrist injuries including scaphoid fractures
Desirable
- Consultant experience of being part of hand surgery MDT
- Consultant experience in performing microsurgical breast reconstruction
- Consultant experience in managing abdominal wall reconstruction
- Consultant experience in managing diabetic foot reconstruction
- Completed senior fellowship in microsurgery
- Completed senior fellowship in extremity reconstruction
Academic Achievements
Essential
- Evidence of presentations and publications on hand surgery
- Participation in hand surgery audits (including national audits)
- Evidence of participation in national and international hand surgery networks or groups
- Evidence of presentations and publications on microsurgical reconstruction
Desirable
- Participation in Research
Service Development
Essential
- Evidence of developing a service
Desirable
- Success in bid or grant writing in obtaining funding at local or national level
- Evidence of developing a new service at consultant level
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
