Job title: East Midlands NHS Consultant Post CCT ST7+ Surgeon Plastics & Reconstructive United Kingdom
Company: Workplace Doctors
Job description: East Midlands NHS Consultant Post CCT ST7+ Surgeon Plastics & Reconstructive United Kingdom via Workplace Doctors on a fixed term/ permanent basis.
***Location: East Midlands – United Kingdom
***Speciality: Surgery – Plastics & Reconstructive Surgeon
*** Role: Consultant / ST 7+ / Post CCT / CESR
***Duration: Fixed Term / Permanent (NOT Locum Basis)
***Pay rate: £NEGOTIABLE (dependent on experience £84,559 to £114,003 a year)
***Start date: ASAP
*** GMC Registration Required ( General Medical Council) Essential
*** Specialist Register entry on the GMC Register
***CESR / CCT or Post CCT (within 6 month of job offer) or equivalent overseas qualification.
Overview
Our East Midlands NHS client prides itself on being a friendly and caring place to work where the aim to combine our patient first approach with innovative and creativity against a backdrop of holistic team working, as encapsulated in their vision and values.
General Duties- guideline only
Clinical
The successful applicant/s will be expected to:
- maintain the hand service
- be an integral part of the major trauma service to help specifically with wound cover and emergency vascular cover
This post will form part of a nucleus of plastic surgeons providing 24 hour care for the trauma centre.
They will also ensure that timely surgery, medical review and discharge takes place. They will provide clinical leadership to a team.
The weekly program is planned around an average of 10 sessions, which will include theatre, direct clinical care (elective and trauma clinics and theatre, on call, ward rounds and patient related administration) and supporting professional activities (SPAs).
The consultant job plan will be subject to review during the initial six months period and again at 12 months to help streamline the development of the hand service. The successful candidate will thus need to be flexible in order to allow capacity and demand to be managed. A detailed job plan will be available for discussion.
The successful candidate will be fellowship trained in hand surgery, adding to and complementing the existing members of the department. The posts (trauma and elective) will be delivered in an Orthoplastic model from the hospital site and the immediate vicinity to ensure timely response to soft tissue vascular emergency associated with major trauma.
The Regional Care Alliance will be the employer for the appointment and will issue the contract of employment.
Job Plan
Regular job planning meetings will be undertaken with the post holder to ensure that the appointee is remunerated for any additional activities undertaken and that the job plan accurately reflects the overall workload undertaken by the post holder.
The supporting professional activities (SPAs) allocation within the provisional job plan is an illustrative guide and will be finalised following individual agreement with successful candidates.
Further discussion on supporting professional activities will depend on the Trust’s requirements and the individual’s particular expertise.
A draft job plan is provided below. The job Plan will be reviewed and agreed with the post-holder at appointment.
Example Job Plan for 10PA: (tbc)
1x hand fracture clinic
1x hand elective clinic
4 x 3 session hand elective operating (in every 8 weeks)
2 x3 session hand trauma list (in every 8 weeks)
1 x 3 session major trauma list in every 8 weeks
Weekend clinic and trauma list (1:8)
On call (1:6)
Salary
This is as described in the Medical and Dental Terms and Conditions, in line with the Consultant Contract (2003). The current full time salary scale (as of July 2020) ranges from £84,559 to £114,003 a year with eight thresholds.
The on call supplement is Category A and attracts a supplement of 5% of basic salary.
Office Accommodation
Office accommodation will be provided for the appointee with secretarial support.
Management Responsibility
All Consultants are required to attend the monthly Directorate Meetings. Post holders will be expected to share in administrative duties allocated by mutual agreement within the Directorate. As part of the Consultant Team, the consultant will offer mentoring support and lead the existing clinical team through, one-to-one support, individual case management and complex cases, identifying development needs and suggesting CPD (Continuous Professional Development) opportunities and responding to clinical enquiries via e-mail and telephone.
Teaching/Research
The consultant will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. The post-holder’s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review. Teaching will take place during programmed activities and flexibly at other times.
- To provide conditions for improved training opportunities in line with national and local recommendations arising out of GMC and related requirements
- To supervise and manage the work of his/her junior medical staff and participate in the training and development of these staff to the standards required by the Royal Colleges.
Clinical Governance & Audit
The consultant will participate in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies. There are 6 half day clinical governance meetings per annum which substitute regular fixed sessions. There is a weekly consultant meeting before MDT on Friday to discuss any issues during the week and to plan for next week.
Personal & Professional Development
The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust.
The Trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.
Medical revalidation is the process by which the General Medical Council (GMC) confirms the continuation of a doctor’s licence to practise in the UK, provides greater assurance to patients, the public, employers and other healthcare professionals that licensed doctors are up-to-date and fit to practise. It is a key component of a range of measures designed to improve the quality of care for patients.
The Trust supports Royal College guidance on provision of mentors for new consultants in line with GMC recommendations. All newly appointed consultant staff are provided with a list of locally trained mentors who are available for ongoing support as required.
Personal Responsibilities
Confidentiality
All confidential information, including patient records, individual staff records, details of contract prices and terms and any other confidential information, must under no circumstances be divulged or passed on to any unauthorised person or persons. The penalty for breach of confidentiality will normally be summary dismissal.
Workplace Doctors are looking for medical professionals with UK & Overseas experience: that possesses the following qualities:
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
*** Ability to act as part of a team
*** Ability to cope with a varying work load
*** GMC Registration Essential (General Medical Council) – We can provide guidance if needed
*** Specialist Register entry on the GMC Register
***Post CESR or CCT obtained (CCT – Certificate of Completion of Training) or (CESR- Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration)
****IELTS and PLAB Exam Part 1 & 2 (IELTS, overall score 7.5) – overseas doctors
****GMC Registration Essential (General Medical Council) – We can provide guidance if needed
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Note: The Trust operates a policy whereby all employment for staff that have access to children/vulnerable adults will be subject to a satisfactory DBS Disclosure (Disclosure and Barring Service) The Criminal Records Bureau ( CRB ) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority ( ISA ) have merged to become the Disclosure and Barring Service ( DBS ). CRB checks are now called DBS checks. Overseas candidates will require an international police check or character reference.
Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship (formerly a Work Permit)
Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test.
At Workplace Doctors we welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Candidates will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post.
Workplace Doctors is a recruitment agency that offers locum, fixed term, permanent & locum medical jobs to cover the NHS, HSE, public and private sectors for Doctors and Nurses, AHP medical professionals.
We look forward to helping you progress your career and find you the ideal position.
Call us today on +44 (0) 1234 889213 to discuss this vacancy or email your CV along with your GMC Registration to You are able to also apply online (see below)
Expected salary: £84559 – 114003 per year
Location: East Midlands
Job date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 02:19:27 GMT
