Applications are invited for the above post to commence following pre- employment checks, for a 12 month period with the view to extend.

Ideally suited to fully registered doctors seeking to extend their existing exposure in the specialty, there may be a requirement to participate in the on-call rota working alongside middle grade colleagues.

The unit treats the full range of general adult and paediatric plastic surgery conditions including patients with major and minor burns. Microsurgical procedures are performed on elective and emergency patients. Day case surgery under both local and general anaesthetic is carried out, therefore previous experience in Plastic Surgery is essential.

This is a full time 12 month post, with the possibility of a further extension.

Main duties of the job

This post is subject to the National Terms and Conditions of service for Hospital medical and dental staff (England and wales) Sept 2002 and remuneration will be as set out in the NHS Medical and Dental Pay Circular.

As a teaching hospital, we encourage all our staff to participate in teaching and training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We are committed to developing our teaching and academic activities and can facilitate meeting any training needs for these roles. You will be expected to take on the role of educational supervisor for doctors in training attached to the department.

Although this post is not recognised for training purposes, considerable hands on training is given in line with skills and experience.

Weekly teaching meetings - with Consultant input - are held. Morbidity and mortality audit is performed monthly and quarterly clinical governance meetings are held.

You will be expected to organise a major topic audit in liaison with clinical audit department.

Clinical research is actively encouraged.

Support to study leave and medical meetings can be arranged.

About us

As you may know the Government passed legislation requiring vaccination as a condition of deployment which was due to come in from 1 April 2022. However on the 31 Jan 2022 the Secretary of State has announced that this is being reconsidered. However, whilst we wait for further guidance, as a Trust we have made the decision to continue to gather vaccine status during our pre-employment stages should you be made an offer, no offer would be conditional upon you having a vaccine but we need to make you aware that if the decision is taken by the government to implement mandated covid vaccines in the future then your employment may be at risk if you do not have these.

Vaccination against is the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and, of course, your patients from the virus. NHS England and NHS Improvement have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to be vaccinated

Job description
Job responsibilities

Major acute Trusts in the North West with all of the usual specialties on site as well as being a Tertiary Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in the departments of Neurosciences, Oncology, Plastic Surgery and Burns and Renal Medicine.

Undergraduate medical student teaching has commenced in 2003. The Plastic Surgery Directorate has active links with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) with trainees undertaking laboratory research at the University. Considerable opportunities exist for research and development, which are integral to teaching hospital status.

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team

Person Specification
Health
Essential

• Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC Standards/ Good Medical Practice (GMC check to confirm)

Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

• MRCS or equivalent

Experience and Skills
Essential

• Basic Surgery training or equivalent
• Experience of working independently whilst operating on local anaesthetic patients.
• Able to operate on all trauma and flexi-tendon cases
• Experience in Plastic Surgery

Desirable

• Previous experience in research
• Involvement in audit

Personal
Essential

• Effective communication skills, (with examples)
• Works well within a multidisciplinary environment.

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