Locum consultant in Plastic Surgery - London, United Kingdom - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Locum Consultant in Plastic Surgery

Full Time - 10PAs

The Department of Plastic Surgery are looking for a locum surgeon to enhance their existing rota and work with our experienced microsurgical colleagues, on the Microsurgical Orthoplastic Trauma Service delivered at King's College Hospital and at St Thomas' Hospital, combined with some commitment at St Thomas' breast reconstruction unit.

The Department offers a wide range of services to patients from lower leg trauma reconstruction to post-cancer breast and head and neck reconstruction. The new consultant will help run and develop these services across the St Thomas' site.

Main duties of the job

Duties include trauma clinics, daily trauma meetings, multidisciplinary ward rounds and daily trauma operating.

There will be the opportunity at St Thomas' to develop a sub speciality interest that complements the needs of the Regional Unit. There are currently 25 surgeons offering services in Head and Neck reconstruction, Skin Cancer, Paediatrics, Cleft, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction,, Gynaecology and general Surgery, Epidermolysis Bullosa, Lymphoedema and Hidadrenitis Suppurativa.

The successful applicant will need to have experience of complex microsurgical reconstruction preferably with a focus on trauma reconstruction. A Fellowship and previous Consultant experience will be advantageous.

About us

This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment, which will be appointing to permanent positions in the near future as well.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

Job responsibilities

You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the