Consultant in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in Chester

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive consultant working 8 PAs in Plastic & Reconstruction surgery to join our expanding department in the beautiful city of Chester. This role is predominantly to aid with a surge in demand of skin cancer referrals as well as supporting general plastic services. The successful candidate will be expected to have an interest in general plastic surgery with a large proportion of skin cancer cases making up the bulk of elective work. The post also involves some orthoplastic support for lower limb cases in Oswestry as well as locally.

Main duties of the job:

• The appointee will be responsible for the care of patients referred by general practitioners and other hospital departments.
• Will undertake clinics, ward rounds and theatre lists 'Programmed Activities' as appropriate.
• The job plan will be an 8PA job plan which will be agreed in discussion between the successful candidate, the Lead Clinician in Plastic Surgery and the Planned Care operational management team.
• This will be subject to Annual Review.

On-Call Commitment:

The appointee will be expected to participate in a 1 in 4 on call service. This is currently under review and subject to change. Consultant on call from home, generally for telephone advice for resident doctors.

About Us:

The Trust's services are provided from three locations: The Countess of Chester Hospital, Ellesmere Port Hospital, and Tarporley War Memorial Hospital. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire.

Job responsibilities:

See Job Description For Further Details.

Person Specification:

Essential Qualifications & Skills:

• FRCS (Plast)
• On GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery or within 6 months of CCT/CCST at the time of application.
• Fellowship or equivalent experience in orthoplastic/lower limb trauma.

Desirable:

• Other specialist fellowship.

Essential Experience:

• Wide clinical experience in general Plastic surgery.
• Independent management of skin cancer and experience in orthoplastic/lower limb trauma.
• Independent management of all plastic and hand trauma.

Desirable:

• Other sub interests such as breast, hand or skin are also desirable.

Essential Experience/Interest in Teaching:

• Training the Trainers Course.

Desirable:

• Other Teaching skill Courses or qualifications.

Essential:

• Demonstrate the use of Clinical Audit within the Service.
• Demonstrate the use of research and evidence base to practice.

Desirable:

• Relevant experience in undertaking and organisation of Audit.
• Research and publications relevant to post.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship:

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration:

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.