A one-year locum consultant post in plastic and craniofacial surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, an 8 PA role. The surgeon will work with the current plastic and craniofacial team to deliver a craniofacial service, with clinics and operating sessions for children on waiting lists. The post is the third plastic surgeon in the craniofacial team, adding capacity for multi-surgeon operating and covering operating lists when colleagues are on leave. Candidates need extensive paediatric experience and a CCT or equivalent.
What the job involves
- Deliver a craniofacial surgical service at Great Ormond Street Hospital alongside the current plastic and craniofacial surgeons
- Provide a craniofacial service within a multidisciplinary surgical team, matched to the surgeon's experience
- Provide a plastic surgical service at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
- Run clinics and operating sessions for patients on paediatric plastic surgery waiting lists
- Increase capacity for multi-surgeon operating in line with national recommendations
- Teach and train undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare professionals
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to deliver patient care
- Co-lead support for the management and clinical development of the physician associate
- Cover operating lists when other consultants are on leave, working flexibly
Qualifications
- FRCS (PLAS) or equivalent
- CCT/CCST in plastic surgery (or within 6 months of interview) or equivalent training and experience, eligible for CESR
Registration & licences
- GMC registration with a licence to practise, obtained by the designated start date
Experience
- Extensive experience in craniofacial and plastic surgery
- Experience of teaching students and multidisciplinary teams
- Experience of leading clinical audit processes
- Published research in peer-reviewed journals in the relevant area
- Experience of quality or safety improvement projects, showing awareness of clinical governance
Skills & knowledge
- High-level written, oral and presentation skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- Ability to work under pressure in a multidisciplinary environment
- Ability to apply research findings in a clinical or organisational context
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills
- Ability to work on own initiative in a changing environment
Nice to have
- Higher degree (PhD, MD or equivalent)
- Formal teaching qualification
- Leadership qualification
- Experience of recruiting patients to clinical research trials
- Experience of working in shared care clinics and clinical networks
- Experience of clinical leadership or management
- Holder of NIHR/MRC or equivalent charitable grants
- Leadership skills
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
