Senior Breast Microsurgery Fellow
£45,504 - £71,550
40 hours
Location: Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Post duration: Fixed Term - 1 year
Ref: 202394
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
This is a fixed-term post for 1 year.
Summary of the post
This post is designed for senior candidates seeking advanced training in breast microsurgical reconstruction. Candidates in the process of sitting the FRCS exit exam (or equivalent) or those who have already completed training will be considered. A separate orthoplastic limb trauma and sarcoma reconstruction is available in the unit, and as a result, this fellowship will be most suitable for those with a primary interest in breast reconstruction. Due to the high volume of other microsurgical reconstruction in the unit, involvement in these cases will be supported, but the fellow should expect this to form a minority of the workload. The fellowship will retain an element of flexibility in order to fulfill the learning objectives of each candidate.
Duties of Post
Delivery of the highest possible standard of care to patients is the ultimate priority. Fellows will be responsible for the day-to-day care of inpatients and will report to the responsible consultants. This care will be delivered alongside specialist plastic surgery trainees, and the fellow should expect to provide clinical and educational support to those more junior trainees. Mechanisms are in place to match experience and educational requirements to training provision. Fellows will be given priority for those cases relevant to their subspecialty interests, although they will be expected to support equity of training opportunities for more junior trainees.
The majority of microsurgical breast reconstruction is delivered at the GRI site. Fellows will be expected to work closely with the plastic surgery trainees and the breast reconstruction nurse specialists to organize and oversee the management of these patients. Fellows will work under the supervision of the 5 consultants specializing in microsurgical breast reconstruction and an additional 4 consultants also performing regular breast reconstructions. They will have access to a minimum of twice-weekly dedicated breast reconstruction theatres and 1-2 breast reconstruction clinics per week.
Fellows will be expected to contribute to the Specialty Trainee Grade out of hours on-call rota (regional service for Hands, Burns, and Plastic Surgery) and must have appropriate competencies and experience to allow this. This will not affect elective training opportunities Monday-Friday during the day as the fellows are not on the on-call rota during those hours.
For more information, please contact: Russell Bramhall, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, 0141 2016400, Russell.Bramhall3@nhs.scot.
Closing date: 16th February 2025.
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