Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon

We wish to appoint a suitably experienced and motivated candidate to join our Breast Team. Currently we have five breast surgeons (four surgeons have a special interest in oncoplastic breast surgery). The successful candidate will have a special interest in breast and oncoplastic surgery. Along with the Consultants, the team has two Specialty Doctors, one Specialty Trainee (Deanery), two Trust Clinical Fellows, one FY2 and two FY1 Trainees. There is a Consultant Nurse and five Breast Care Nurses.

As a tertiary cancer centre, the breast team treats circa 500 new breast cancers per annum, participates in the Breast Screening Service and carries out approximately 180 oncoplastic procedures per year. Apart from routine breast operations and sentinel node biopsy, we perform a wide range of oncoplastic procedures. These include therapeutic mammoplasty including contralateral breast reduction, lipomodelling, skin and nipple sparing mastectomy, skin reducing mastectomy, implant based immediate breast reconstruction including use of acellular dermal matrix and extended latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction and perforator flaps (e.g. LICAP flap).

Main duties of the job

• The management of inpatients and outpatients, both elective and emergency.
• The successful candidate will participate in the rota for dealing with breast emergencies.
• Deliver the breast service provided to patients in Wolverhampton and its environs.
• Participating in multi-disciplinary team meetings and clinical audit specific to Breast Surgery.
• To further develop the Breast service within the Trust and work closely with other relevant teams including Radiology, Pathology and Oncology.
• Take an active role in teaching undergraduate students, currently this involves 3rd and 5th year students.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We are passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients. We are delighted that we have been rated as Good by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards including The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job responsibilities

• The management of inpatients and outpatients, both elective and emergency.
• The successful candidate will participate in the rota for dealing with breast emergencies.
• Deliver the breast service provided to patients in Wolverhampton and its environs.
• Participating in multi-disciplinary team meetings and clinical audit specific to Breast Surgery.
• To further develop the Breast service within the Trust and work closely with other relevant teams including Radiology, Pathology and Oncology.
• Take an active role in teaching undergraduate students, currently this involves 3rd and 5th year students.

General

• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to provide a service in General Surgery with responsibility for Breast Surgery.
• To provide cover for Consultant and Senior colleagues in respect of periods of leave.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.
• To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.

Junior Medical Staff

• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to play a full part in the professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take responsibility for and devote time to teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required for junior medical staff.

Management & Service Development

• In conjunction with Group Manager, Consultant and Senior Colleagues, to take an active role in the management of the Directorate.
• In conjunction with the Group Manager, Consultant & Senior colleagues, to play a full part in developing & implementing new ways of working in line with modernisation principles and fit for the future.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take responsibility for the best use of departmental staffing and other resources to ensure the maximum efficiency of the department.
• To observe the Trust's agreed policies and procedures, in particular in relation to managing staff, and to follow the Trust's Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions.

Clinical Governance

• In conjunction with Consultant colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.

Person Specification

• Educational Qualifications
• Essential: Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC, On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT from the date of interview, FRCS or equivalent.
• Desirable: Higher Medical Degree.