Senior Clinical Fellow - Hand Fellow

This post is for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Burns & Plastics Surgery. This is a whole-time fixed term post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Surgeon looking to progress their career in hand and upper limb surgery to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

Main duties of the job:

• The principal purpose of the post is to provide an upper limb, trauma and general plastic surgical service to the population of Cheshire, Merseyside, West Lancashire, North Wales and the Isle of Man.
• The post holder will play a full role in the management of the plastic surgery trauma workload.
• The role provides numerous opportunities for the successful candidate to enhance their clinical skills and have clinical exposure in a wide range of areas.
• Duties will involve the full range of clinical, outpatient and operative experience.

Person specification:

• Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of application.
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualifications.
• ATLS, Basic Surgical Skills, CCriSP, MRCS and Microsurgery or equivalent.
• Training in Plastic or Orthopaedic Surgery at years 5 to 8.
• Experience and an understanding of audit.
• Evidence of active participation in audit.
• Experience and an understanding of research.
• Knowledge/experience of managing plastic surgery patients.
• Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements.
• Evidence of contributing to teaching and learning of others.
• Experience of applying sound clinical knowledge and judgment and prioritise clinical need.
• Experience technical competence/diagnostics skills and judgment required.
• Communication skills, capacity to communicate effectively and sensitively to others, able to discuss treatment options with patients in a way they can understand.
• Validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date.
• Awareness of own limitations.
• Judgement to work under pressure, capacity to work effectively under pressure and remain objective in highly emotive/pressurised situations.

Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.

We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring.

The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager.

Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.

We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that all employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.