Job summary
Locum Consultant in Plastic Surgery (Skin)
Full Time - 10PA
The Plastic Surgery Department at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals seeks a plastic surgery consultant with a subspecialist interest in skin cancer management. Experience of close collaborative working in the setting of a local skin cancer multi-disciplinary teams is essential. Candidates must be familiar with all aspects of cutaneous oncology management. Alongside working at Guy' and St Thomas' Hospitals, 3 days a fortnight is spent at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital ((Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Foundation Trust, Woolwich) supporting the surgery and dermatology departments. Outpatient activities have a strong emphasis on skin cancer management, Care for inpatients is coordinated with the St Thomas' Hospital plastic surgery on-call team. The dermatology department skin cancer team is a friendly, close group in the context of the weekly multi-disciplinary meeting working amiably with the surgical member. The appointed plastic surgery consultant will be the link between the local MDM and the specialist MDM, based at Guy's Hospital.
Main duties of the job
To provide a Plastic Surgery service in conjunction with colleagues
The post holder will have a specialist expertise in surgical aspects of Dermato Oncology
To contribute to sector lead MDT's
To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
To contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development, including support of satellite sites across London
To assist in the future development of the Plastic Surgery department
This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Your hours of work will be as detailed in your job plan and may be varied from time to time in accordance with the Consultant Contract Terms and Conditions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Your hours of work will be as detailed in your job plan and may be varied from time to time in accordance with the Consultant Contract Terms and Conditions.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a License to Practise
- On GMC Specialist Register or within three months of attaining CCT
- FRCS (Plast) or equivalent
Desirable
- Other relevant postgraduate qualifications (eg MD, PhD, MS, MSc
- Previous consultant experience
Clinical experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experi-ence in plastic surgery, on a day case and inpatient basis, including on-call emergency management.
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development
- Fellowship in dermato-oncology or equivalent
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Team based approach to cate and service management, including appreciation of nursing and therapy roles
Desirable
- Evidence of extensive skin cancer management experience
Audit Management and IT
Essential
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk managment within the field of plastic surgery
Research, Teaching Skills and Experience
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
- Publications in at least one specialist field
- A demonstrable aptitude for pursuing research goals
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Higher research degree.
Leadership and management skills
Essential
- 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
- Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
- Able to change and adapt, re-spond to changing circum-stances and to cope with set-backs or pressure.
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable
- Appraisal training
- Management qualification
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a License to Practise
- On GMC Specialist Register or within three months of attaining CCT
- FRCS (Plast) or equivalent
Desirable
- Other relevant postgraduate qualifications (eg MD, PhD, MS, MSc
- Previous consultant experience
Clinical experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experi-ence in plastic surgery, on a day case and inpatient basis, including on-call emergency management.
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development
- Fellowship in dermato-oncology or equivalent
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Team based approach to cate and service management, including appreciation of nursing and therapy roles
Desirable
- Evidence of extensive skin cancer management experience
Audit Management and IT
Essential
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk managment within the field of plastic surgery
Research, Teaching Skills and Experience
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
- Publications in at least one specialist field
- A demonstrable aptitude for pursuing research goals
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Higher research degree.
Leadership and management skills
Essential
- 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
- Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
- Able to change and adapt, re-spond to changing circum-stances and to cope with set-backs or pressure.
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable
- Appraisal training
- Management qualification
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
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).
