Twelve-month locum consultant post in general plastic surgery and burns at St Andrew's Centre, Broomfield Hospital, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The role centres on clinical care, leadership and ward rounds, with on-call and cross-cover during colleagues' leave. It also covers satellite sites, research with university partners, and teaching junior doctors, nurses and medical students. Applicants need an MBBS or equivalent and must work independently without direct supervision.
What the job involves
- Take overall responsibility for clinical care of patients in the plastic surgery service, including administration, record keeping and communication with patients and GPs
- Provide clinical leadership within the service, working with colleagues to deliver high-quality patient care
- Work in a multidisciplinary team to support integrated patient management
- Take part in on-call and out-of-hours consultant cover, including cross-cover during colleagues' annual and study leave
- Undertake regular ward rounds to review patient progress and ensure safe, timely care
- Cover associated satellite sites
- Lead and take part in research projects to improve patient outcomes, with local and national university partners
- Contribute to clinical audit, quality improvement and continuing professional development
- Supervise, teach and support junior medical staff, nurses and medical students
- Maintain standards of care and professional practice, accountable to the Medical Director, Chief Executive and Trust Board
What’s required
Qualifications
- MBBS or equivalent
Experience
- Thorough and broad training and experience in the specialty
- Management experience or training
- Knowledge and experience of supervising undergraduates, junior doctors and other staff
- Ability to take full independent responsibility for the service without direct supervision
Skills & knowledge
- Comprehensive specialty knowledge and ability to give expert clinical opinion across a range of problems
- Good knowledge of NHS structures, culture, roles and multidisciplinary relationships
- Excellent written skills
- Ability to advise on the running of specialist training
- Ability to manage and lead a department
- Knowledge of research and audit principles and ability to apply clinical research
Nice to have
- Evidence of completion of specialist training or equivalent
- Recent clinical research published in a peer-reviewed journal
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
- Teaching experience across one-to-one, small group, anatomical and cadaveric dissection, and regional or national lectures
What’s offered
- Study leave to maintain and enhance clinical expertise
- Support for Continuing Medical Education (CME) requirements
- Well-resourced medical library with access to Medline
- Postgraduate Medical Centre with regular clinical meetings and an education programme
- Professional development facilities
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