Job summary
This post is for a permanent Specialty Doctor in Burns and Plastic Surgery with a skin cancer and general surgery interest and a peripheral site commitment alongside one of the Consultant team. This is a whole time 11.75 session per week post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated surgeon to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (UK or equivalent qualifications), to be fully registered with the General Medical Council. In addition, applicants should have completed at least 4 years full time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part time basis or flexible basis) at least 2 of which will be in a specialty training programme in burns and plastic surgery at registrar level.
Interview Date to be confirmed
Main duties of the job
The principal purpose of the post is to provide a skin cancer and general plastic surgical service to the local population within the Merseyside and West Lancashire Region, North Wales and the Isle of Man.
The Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit is based at Whiston Hospital. The unit has its own dedicated burns, plastic surgery, laser suite, day case theatres and dressing clinics across the Whiston and St Helens Hospitals sites with outpatient clinics held on the Southport and Ormskirk hospital sites. Consultants have access to 28 plastic surgery inpatient and daycase beds plus 4 trauma beds on the plastic surgery ward 3A and 12 beds on the burn ward 4D.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and one of the few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.
The Trust's vision is to provide 5 Star Patient Care.
Every single member of staff plays a huge part in this, no matter what your role, you will make a difference and support the delivery of this vision.
It is vital to our ongoing success that we all share the same aspiration, the same focus, and provide the same high standards right across the organisation and we can do this by focussing on 5 key areas.
CARE that is consistently high quality, compassionate, and provides the best possible experience for our patients and their families.
SAFETY that is of the highest standards, where staff feel empowered to further improve services and reduce the risk of harm.
PATHWAYS that reduce variations in care to improve outcomes, whilst respecting the individual needs of patients.
SYSTEMS that are efficient, user-friendly, and reliable. Drawing upon best practice to ensure our processes support the needs of our patients.
COMMUNICATION that is open and inclusive. Always showing patients, their families and our colleagues, the dignity and respect we would wish for ourselves.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This full time Specialty Doctor job plan consists of 11.75 PAs plus travel expenses. SPA time for full-time Specialty Doctors is 1 session per week for professional activity to support revalidation, personal appraisal, personal job planning, mandatory training, participation in departmental and governance meetings.
SPA activity must be relevant to the Trust and Individuals needs, and must be agreed at the job planning session in line with the Trusts Medical Workforce (Non-Training) Job Planning Version 1.6 Policy.
Development and Support
Secretarial support, dedicated office space with a desk and personal computer will be provided for the post holder. The successful candidate will be appointed a mentor. The substantive post holder will be expected to act as clinical/educational supervisor for one or more trainees. The trainees will usually be at FY2, ST1 or ST2 level.
It is a requirement of the post that post-holders comply with Trust policies and procedures, have (and maintain) GMC registration / licensing and participate in a formal CPD programme.
The Trust supports the requirements for Continuing Medical Education as laid down by the Royal College of Surgeons and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.
The post-holder must also participate in regular medical audit and in annual appraisal and job planning with the Clinical Director or one of the other qualified appraisers within the Trust.
The post holder will have access to the trust mentoring scheme and this has been developed in line with the NHS North West Mentoring Scheme network. Newly qualified consultants will have access to mentoring from existing senior clinicians across the hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This full time Specialty Doctor job plan consists of 11.75 PAs plus travel expenses. SPA time for full-time Specialty Doctors is 1 session per week for professional activity to support revalidation, personal appraisal, personal job planning, mandatory training, participation in departmental and governance meetings.
SPA activity must be relevant to the Trust and Individuals needs, and must be agreed at the job planning session in line with the Trusts Medical Workforce (Non-Training) Job Planning Version 1.6 Policy.
Development and Support
Secretarial support, dedicated office space with a desk and personal computer will be provided for the post holder. The successful candidate will be appointed a mentor. The substantive post holder will be expected to act as clinical/educational supervisor for one or more trainees. The trainees will usually be at FY2, ST1 or ST2 level.
It is a requirement of the post that post-holders comply with Trust policies and procedures, have (and maintain) GMC registration / licensing and participate in a formal CPD programme.
The Trust supports the requirements for Continuing Medical Education as laid down by the Royal College of Surgeons and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.
The post-holder must also participate in regular medical audit and in annual appraisal and job planning with the Clinical Director or one of the other qualified appraisers within the Trust.
The post holder will have access to the trust mentoring scheme and this has been developed in line with the NHS North West Mentoring Scheme network. Newly qualified consultants will have access to mentoring from existing senior clinicians across the hospital.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
- FRCS (Plastics) or equivalent medical qualification
- Hold a current registration with the GMC at the time of application
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Minimum 4 years post graduate experience with at least 2 years in Burns & Plastic Surgery
- Experience in management of skin cancer
- Experience of supervising Junior Medical Staff
- Experience or ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
- Experience or ability to contribute to the efficient and smooth running of a specialist service
- Experience or ability to organise and manage clinical priorities and deliverance of prioritised activity
Teaching & Research Experience
Essential
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
- Contributes to teaching and learning of others in a clinical setting
- Evidence of active participation in audit
- Participation in clinical/laboratory research
- Publications, abstracts, peer review articles
Desirable
- Understanding of the basic principles of audit and research
Other
Essential
- Up to date and fit to practice safely
- Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation
- Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate
- Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
- Capacity to work effectively with others
- Able to work in multi-professional teams
- Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding.
- Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively
- Capacity to prioritise own workload
- Basic IT skills
- Capacity to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
- Capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrates initiative & resilience to cope with changing circumstances and remain objective in highly emotive/pressurised situations
- Capacity to take responsibility for own actions
- Demonstrates respect for all
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
- FRCS (Plastics) or equivalent medical qualification
- Hold a current registration with the GMC at the time of application
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Minimum 4 years post graduate experience with at least 2 years in Burns & Plastic Surgery
- Experience in management of skin cancer
- Experience of supervising Junior Medical Staff
- Experience or ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
- Experience or ability to contribute to the efficient and smooth running of a specialist service
- Experience or ability to organise and manage clinical priorities and deliverance of prioritised activity
Teaching & Research Experience
Essential
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
- Contributes to teaching and learning of others in a clinical setting
- Evidence of active participation in audit
- Participation in clinical/laboratory research
- Publications, abstracts, peer review articles
Desirable
- Understanding of the basic principles of audit and research
Other
Essential
- Up to date and fit to practice safely
- Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation
- Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate
- Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
- Capacity to work effectively with others
- Able to work in multi-professional teams
- Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding.
- Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively
- Capacity to prioritise own workload
- Basic IT skills
- Capacity to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
- Capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrates initiative & resilience to cope with changing circumstances and remain objective in highly emotive/pressurised situations
- Capacity to take responsibility for own actions
- Demonstrates respect for all
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).
