Locum Cons Plastics WSI Head & Neck Recon, Facial Palsy & Skin Cancer in Chelmsford

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

The successful applicant will provide a specialist clinical service in General Plastic Surgery at the St Andrew’s Centre based at Broomfield Hospital and its satellite sites, with a special interest in microsurgical Head & Neck Cancer Reconstruction, Facial Palsy Reconstruction and Complex Skin Cancer. The successful applicant will also conduct and lead clinically relevant research to improve patient outcomes that will utilise and foster collaboration between local and national university facilities, and the clinical forum at St. Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns.

Main duties of the job

• Providing emergency and ongoing expertise for patients and services regarding patients referred to him/her.
• The total clinical care of the patients referred to him/her, including all administrative duties associated with patient care, proper record keeping and good communications maintained with patients and their general practitioners.
• Positive collaboration with colleagues to provide effective clinical leadership for all the staff in the Plastic Surgery Service.
• Multidisciplinary teamwork is envisaged as a key component of this, as a core member of the Head & Neck Cancer MDT and Facial Palsy MDT.
• He/she will participate in out of hours consultant cover and in the cover arrangements during colleagues’ annual/study leave.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well-being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

We offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, consistent with the needs of patients and with the way that people live their lives. We will also provide you with personal development, access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed. We will provide support and opportunities for you to maintain your health, well-being, and safety.

You will also be given opportunity to engage in decisions that affect you and the services you provide, individually through representative organisations and through local partnership working arrangements. All our staff are empowered to put forward ways to deliver better and safer services for patients and their families. We’ll also give you the motivation by providing excellent career packages and benefits, combined with the opportunity to work with like-minded individuals. All we need from you is the necessary expertise and a good people attitude.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Undertaking regular ward rounds.
• Participate in clinical audit and in continuing professional education.
• Supervision, teaching, training and professional development of the junior medical staff working in the service. Consultants are fully involved in developing a high standard of teaching of junior medical staff, nurses, and medical students and in designing and contributing to the process for establishment and approval of training posts for junior medical staff.
• Maintaining standards of care for his/her service to the Medical Director, the Chief Executive and Chairman and the Board of the Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust.

Person specification

• Qualifications

• MBBS or Equivalent
• Full GMC Registration (incl entry on Specialist Register)
• Fellowship in Head and Neck / Facial Palsy Reconstruction

• Demonstrates good knowledge of the structures and culture of the NHS, roles, responsibilities and relationships across the MDT and the multi-professional team
• Ability to undertake microsurgical reconstruction for Head and Neck cancer and Facial Palsy independently

• Knowledge and experience of supervising undergraduates, junior doctors and other staff
• Evidence of teaching activities undertaken as one to one, small group, anatomical and cadaveric dissections, and lectures to larger groups at regional or national level

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold. Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.