Consultant Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgeon - Wakefield, United Kingdom - The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Description

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to appoint a full time(10 PA), Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon to join our innovative departmentat an exciting time in our Trusts future althoughless than full time applications may be considered

The clinical team consists of 4 Consultant OncoplasticBreast Surgeons, 3 Associate Specialists and 8 Specialist Nurses, which workclosely alongside the radiology teams.

The Breast service offers a one stop diagnosticbreast clinic every week-day based at the Pinderfields site. Theatre capacityfor breast surgical intervention is offered at Pinderfields General Hospitaland with adoption of new localisation technologies is offered for other Trustsites: Pontefract and Dewsbury.

We are a busy service with close to 500 cancerstreated annually and above 7000 symptomatic referrals seen.

The Breast Team cooperates closely with an experiencedPlastic Surgery Team. The 3 Consultant Plastic Surgeons offer DIEP flapsreconstruction

Main duties of the job

The mainduties of the posts will include:

To provide a clinical service of the highestquality to patients with benign or malignant breast diseases.

To provide a high quality breast reconstruction service.

To work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that wework together as a supportive team.

To support the teaching and researchactivities of the team.

To provide leadership and act as a role model to juniormembers of staff.

This post does not include any Emergency on call commitments

Post-operative cover is provided to all breast patients bythe team across all sites

Travel between sites may be required, which will be reflectedwithin the job plan.

Administrative duties, for which appropriate office space,secretarial support, and networked computer facilities, are provided.

Supporting Professional Activities in accordance with the TrustFramework, with at least a minimum of SPAs included in the core 10PA timetable. Additional SPA or DCC time may becommissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate and changingrequirements of the service.

Examples may include formal teachingresponsibilities or departmental leadership roles

About us

We provide care and support to over a million people inWakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across ourthree hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront ofinnovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of ourworkforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectfuland maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make MidYorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasmirrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity andgender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support tosomeone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of theLGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currentlyunder-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications frommembers of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure allapplicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuableguidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this Ifyou share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of ourpatients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

MidYorkshire Teaching NHS Trust wishes to appoint a full time (10 PA) ConsultantOncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgeon. This is a new post to join the existingteam of four Consultant Breast Surgeons.

The Breast care team consists of 4Consultant Surgeons , 4 Consultant Radiologists, 3 associate specialists, 1Specialty Doctor, 2 Specialist Registrars, 8 Specialist Nurses, 3 BreastPathologists, 2 Clinical Oncologists and3 Medical Oncologists.

The BreastService provides over 7000 outpatientappointments and over 500 operations per annum and has a local population of

The BreastUnit hosts a weekly MDT meeting within an advanced technological facilitiesprovided by the Dr Jacksons fund, which is attended by the surgeons, medicaloncologists, clinical oncologist, pathologist, radiologists, radiographers, andbreast care nurses, advanced radiology practitioners, Palliative care nurses,research nurses and MDT co-ordinator.

Duties willbe based primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) site although may requiresome cross site travel.

The mainduties of the posts will include:

To provide a clinical service of the highestquality to patients with benign or malignant breast diseases.

To provide a high quality breast reconstruction service.

To work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that wework together as a supportive team.

To support the teaching and researchactivities of the team.

To provide leadership and act as a role model to juniormembers of staff.

This post does not include any Emergency on call commitments

Post-operative cover is provided to all breast patients bythe team across all sites

Travel between sites may be required, which will be reflectedwithin the job plan.

Administrative duties, for which appropriate office space,secretarial support, and networked computer facilities, are provided.

Supporting Professional Activities in accordance with the TrustFramework, with at least a minimum of SPAs included in the core 10PA timetable. Additional SPA or DCC time may becommissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate and changingrequirements of the service.

Examples may include formal teachingresponsibilities or departmental leadership roles

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable

GMC Registration

Essential

Management Skills

Essential

Desirable