Locum Consultant in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Breast Unit at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Locum Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon, working at both the Royal Hampshire County Hospital and Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital. The successful candidate will join an existing team of five breast surgeons, three specialty doctors and two advanced nurse practitioners. The Unit is also supported by specialist registrars and Clinical Nurse Specialists. HHFT has an international reputation for oncoplastic surgery, seeing over 6000 new referrals per annum and treating approximately 500-600 new breast cancers. The Unit is actively involved in audit and research and is an early adopter of new technology.

HHFT also hosts the North and Mid Hampshire Breast Screening unit, providing Breast Screening for much of the population of Hampshire. Screening assessment is all undertaken at the centre in Winchester. We have moved to entirely digital mammographic equipment and have ultrasound and breast MRI facilities on both sites. The service is supported by three Consultant Breast Radiologists and a team of Consultant Histopathologists. The other members of the team include a Breast Services Manager, Radiographers, Nurses, and Administrative staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will undertake clinical duties as agreed with the Clinical Lead for Breast Services including:

• Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the highest standard of care
• Develop and maintain good working practices within wards and outpatients
• Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in tertiary centres, community services and primary care
• Offer support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team

The appointee will be expected to participate in and share responsibility with the existing consultants for:

• The clinical workload of the department and service development
• The administrative affairs of the department
• Support and teach colleagues on a day-to-day basis, for example, during handovers, ward rounds and outpatient clinics

About us

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the major provider of hospital services to the population of North and mid Hampshire and surrounding areas. The hospitals in Basingstoke and Winchester provide a comprehensive range of acute services as well as being a tertiary referral centre for colorectal, liver, peritoneal carcinomatosis, haemophilia and pseudomyxoma surgery.

The Trust covers a population of 600,000 incorporating Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospitals (BNHH), Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH) in Winchester, Andover War Memorial Hospital (AWMH) and community hospitals. We provide one hospital service across multiple localities, delivering services as close as possible to the patient. BNHH and RHCH are 23 miles apart, situated in the middle of the M3 corridor, with excellent transport links to London and the south coast.

Our values help us in what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand and use these values throughout your employment with the Trust to define and develop our culture.

The post holder will be:-o Compassionate, caring about our patients.o Accountable and responsible, always looking to improve.o Respectful for all and show integrity in everything.o Encouraging and challenging each other to always do our best.