Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An opportunity has arisen to appoint a full time (10 PA), Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon to join our innovative department at an exciting time in our Trust future. The clinical team consists of three Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons, one Associate Specialist, one Breast Advanced Nurse Practitioner, and six Specialist Nurses, which work closely alongside the radiology team. The Breast service offers a one stop diagnostic breast clinic five times a week with potentially adding another clinic in the future based at St Luke's Hospital site. Theatre capacity for breast surgical intervention is offered at Bradford Royal Infirmary for inpatients and complex surgical cases and at St Luke's Hospital Day Case Unit for day cases. We are a busy service, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust run the Pennine Breast Cancer Screening Service and liaise with surrounding hospitals (Airedale General Hospital, Calderdale Hospitals and Mid Yorkshire hospitals) to manage Screen detected breast cancer cases locally. We also treat close to 400 cancers annually and above 3,400 symptomatic referrals seen. The Breast Team cooperates closely with an experienced Plastic Surgery Team. The 2 Consultant Plastic Surgeons offer DIEP flaps reconstruction.
Main duties of the job
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a full time (10 PA) Consultant Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgeon. This is a replacement post. The Breast care team consists of 3 Consultant Surgeons, 1 Associate Specialist, 5 Consultant Radiologists, 1 Specialist Registrar, 6 Specialist Nurses, 1 Advanced Breast Practitioner, 2 Breast Pathologists, 2 Clinical Oncologists, and 2 Medical Oncologists. The Breast Service provides over 10,700 outpatient appointments and over 400 operations per annum and has a population of 560,200 in the Bradford District. The Breast Unit hosts a weekly screening MDT and a weekly symptomatic MDT meeting at St Luke's Hospital, which is attended by the surgeons, medical oncologists, clinical oncologists, pathologists, radiologists, radiographers, breast care nurses, advanced radiology practitioners, palliative care nurses, research nurses, and MDT coordinators.
Out-patients' clinics are based at our St Luke's Hospital site while surgical theatres are based at Bradford Royal Infirmary for inpatients and complex cases and at St Luke's Hospital for day cases.
About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
* We are one team
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Job responsibilities
To provide a clinical service of the highest quality to patients with benign or malignant breast diseases. To provide a high quality breast reconstruction service. To work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that we work together as a supportive team. To support the teaching and research activities of the team. To provide leadership and act as a role model to junior members of staff. This post does not include any Emergency on-call commitments. Post-operative cover is provided to all breast patients by the team across all sites. Travel between sites may be required, which will be reflected within the job plan. Administrative duties, for which appropriate office space, secretarial support, and networked computer facilities are provided. Supporting Professional Activities in accordance with the Trust Framework, with at least a minimum of 1.25 SPAs included in the core 10 PA timetable. Additional SPA or DCC time may be commissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate and changing requirements of the service. Examples may include formal teaching responsibilities or departmental leadership roles.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MBChB or equivalent
* FRCS to specialty (UK) or equivalent
* CCT or within 6 months of AAC date
* On Specialist Register with GMC and continue to hold a licence to practice
* Postgraduate academic degree
* Completion of an Oncoplastic Fellowship
Experience
* Completion of an approved period of training in Breast Surgery or equivalent
* Experience in oncoplastic techniques such as therapeutic mammoplasty and reconstruction
* Excellent practical skills in the full range of breast clinical problems
* Excellent understanding of the management of breast disease
* Substantial experience of benign and malignant breast conditions
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.
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