The Nightingale Centre hosts the Greater Manchester NHS Breast Screening Programme for approx 35,000 women each year, and treats around 650 screen-detected cancers per annum. In addition, the Unit provides a service to women with symptomatic breast disease and treats around 500 symptomatic breast cancers each year. We do 200 breast reconstructions annually and we are a tertiary centre for patients with difficult breast problems or for primary or delayed breast reconstructions plus offering a risk reducing mastectomy and reconstruction service,

The out-patient department is within the Nightingale Centre and is staffed by a dedicated team of outpatient nurses. Routine follow ups are managed by specialist nurses under a patient self-directed care protocol and have been acknowledged for their quality by winning a national MacMillan award. All patients have access to a routine post operative physiotherapy appointment and ongoing breast physio follow up as needed. There is also a dedicated lymphoedema service.

The expertise built up by the multi-disciplinary team thus provides a high-quality clinical service as a 'breast unit' to our local community as well as a 'cancer centre' to the Greater Manchester area and North West region. There is extensive oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery performed on the unit. All members of the multidisciplinary team are friendly and supportive with an ongoing desire for leading and inspiring excellence in breast care for all.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will join a large team of oncoplastic breast surgeons in one of the busiest breast services in the UK based at the Nightingale Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital for a 12 month fixed term appointment. The Wythenshawe breast service is part of the larger Manchester Breast Service - a single managed service that joined together the breast units from Wythenshawe Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital in April 2023- making the Manchester Breast Service the largest in the UK. The breast GiRFT review described our service as the largest breast surgery practice in England with just under 6800 breast operations performed between 2014-2017. The GiRFT assessment found outcomes for breast surgery to be at the upper end of national figures for a wide range of qualitative parameters. We also host the largest reconstructive/oncoplastic service in the UK.

About us

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification
Qualifications and Higher qualifications
Essential

• On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
• On GMC's Specialist Register or within 6 months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
• FRCS or equivalent

Desirable

• MS, MD or PhD

Knowledge/ Skills
Essential

• Evidence of Specialist Training in symptomatic and screen detected breast disease diagnosis, and medical and operative management
• Able to offer expert clinical advice and management on a wide range of benign and malignant breast problems
• Desire to improve clinical pathways
• Commitment to on going professional medical education and CPD

Desirable

• National or International Clinical Fellowship/ evidence of significant higher surgical training in a major high volume Breast unit

Leadership/Management skills
Essential

• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
• Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
• Able to prioritise and manage workload
• Knowledge of finance/budgets and key performance indicators
• Willingness to take on additional professional responsibilities
• Knowledge of clinical governance

Desirable

• Evidence of having attended a management training course

Teaching & Training
Essential

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff
• Interest in teaching and training medical, nursing and allied health professionals

Desirable

• Completion of a Train the Trainers course or equivalent

Audit
Essential

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit
• Participation in local/national clinical audits & registries
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice

Academic achievement including research/ publications
Essential

• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at MFT
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical practice

Desirable

• Experience in recruitment to clinical trials
• Evidence of publication in peer reviewed journals

Professional Associations
Essential

• Membership of the Association of Breast Surgery (or intention to join within 6 weeks of commencing post)

Language
Essential

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements.

Interpersonal Skills
Essential

• Excellent written and spoken communications, ability to build rapport, work with others. persuade, negotiate
• Empathy, understanding,
• Listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to clinical practice
• Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
• Able to work as part of a team
• A track record of team approach to management of patients

Desirable

• Attendance on a Breaking Bad News course or equivalent

Probity/ Physical requirements
Essential

• Honesty, integrity, appreciation of ethical dilemmas.
• Must be able to demonstrate and model the key Trust values of kind, expert, collaborative and aspirational
• Occupational health clearance for the role specified

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