Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: University Hospitals of North Midlands
Town: Stoke-on-Trent
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 28/05/2025
Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
This post will provide a comprehensive breast surgical service. Oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgical experience is essential. You will provide outpatient clinics (new patient, results and specialist oncoplastic clinics), undertake elective surgical lists in breast surgery including cases done in collaboration with plastics, working across both sites. As part of the County expansion programme, there will be extended day theatre lists and a potential for increasing operating sessions to include Saturdays in the future.
Main duties of the job
1. Diagnosis and treatment of patients.
2. Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge allowing for all proper delegation to and training of your staff.
3. To have responsibility for a commitment to maintaining a high quality service to patients by continual development of practice in the light of research evidence and by audit based against clinical relevant standards.
4. In addition, individual staff have a major role in suggesting and implementing improvement to services and in exercising professional responsibility for both themselves and their peers within an open ‘no blame’ culture.
Please refer to Job Description for full details.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of services. Subject to the conditions of the Terms and Conditions of Service, you are expected to observe the Trust’s agreed policies and procedures, drawn up in consultation with the profession on clinical matters. You will be expected to make sure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.
You have responsibility for the work and supervision of junior medical staff who work with you, and you will devote time to this activity on a regular basis.
Person specification
Qualifications
* FRCS or equivalent
* Full registration with GMC
* Success in Intercollegiate speciality examination or overseas equivalent or speciality accreditation if acquired prior to introduction of such examinations
* Entry on Specialist Register or in U.K. training scheme and within 6 months of award of CCST at time of interview.
* MD or other Higher Degree
Experience
* Clinical training and experience in Breast Surgery
* Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCST in relevant speciality
Professional & Multidisciplinary Team Working
* Experience of supervising junior medical staff
* Formal teaching qualification
Academic Achievements, Research & Publications
* Proven research ability including publications in refereed journals
Management of administrative experience
* Experience of audit management
* Experience of delivering change within a specialist unit
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Address: 2nd Floor, Springfield Building
Royal Stoke University Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 6QG
Telephone: 01782 674783
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