Microsurgical Reconstructive Fellow in Plastic - London, United Kingdom - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

The post holder will be one of 2 microsurgical fellows in the Department who will be expected to work together and provide guidance to the more junior Registrars in General Plastic Surgery.

The successful applicant will be expected to have the experience for clinical activity as laid out in the job description.

The post holder should have passed the FRCS(Plast) or equivalent exam at the time of commencing in post.

The post-holder is encouraged to partake in and publish projects that have been established, as well as newer studies, and present the results at local and national meetings.

Microsurgical experience such as previous Fellowship is desirable but not essential.

The principle workload of the Plastic Surgery Service is cancer reconstruction; breast, head & neck, skin cancer; extremity trauma and elective hand surgery.

The Department specialises in microsurgical reconstruction; head and neck reconstruction and breast reconstruction on the Charing Cross site; extremity reconstruction, providing Plastic Surgery services to the Trust's Level 1 Major Trauma Centre at St Mary's Hospital.

The Department is responsible for the care of general Plastic Surgery patients with an emphasis on tertiary referrals and undertakes between free flaps per year, manages approximately 150 open lower limb fractures and 30 complex upper limb injuries each year and provides a hand trauma service for injuries attending the St Mary's site.

The post holder will join the Specialist Registrars' daily and on call rota. The post holder will be one of two Microsurgical Fellows in the Department.

The 2 Fellows will be expected to work together to ensure organisation of the day to day work and to share out the microsurgical work equitably.

The Fellow will work closely with all Consultants in the care of both routine and emergency clinical problems.

It is expected that the post holder will have the opportunity to attend the majority of the microsurgical procedures; however, it is not to the exclusion of the experience and requirements of the Specialist Registrars training.

The Microsurgical Fellow should reach a level that they learn to supervise less experienced trainees in microsurgery.

The post‐holder will see all patients admitted to the Plastic Surgery Unit and perform a daily ward round with the other Specialist Registrars and junior doctors.

The post‐holder is required to see plastic surgical emergency patients in the Emergency Departments of the Trust Hospitals and patients referred to the service from other specialties in the Trust.

The Fellow will be expected to provide support to the Major Trauma Centre at St Mary's Hospital.

The Fellow will be expected to assist Consultants in the operating theatre and will undertake elective and emergency surgery personally, with supervision when appropriate.

The Fellow will attend weekly outpatient clinics.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.

Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

The Plastic Surgery Service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust offers a full range of Plastic Surgery procedures to local residents and a nationwide service to those requiring the unit's specialist expertise.

The Department supports the Major Trauma Unit at St Mary's.

Inpatient services comprise general Plastic Surgery and the specialist service of breast reconstruction, extremity reconstruction, head and neck reconstruction and elective hand surgery.

Inpatients are accommodated in one Plastic Surgery ward and surgery is carried out in dedicated operating theatres on each site.

There is, in addition, an excellent Day Surgery Unit at Charing Cross Hospital where both local and general anaesthetic day surgery lists are undertaken.

There is a close relationship with many other departments across all the hospitals in the Trust and involvement in the multi-disciplinary head and neck oncology clinic, skin cancer clinic, lower limb clinic and breast reconstruction clinic.

The Department has offices on 12 floor East wing of the Charing Cross Hospital and in the Mint Cottage of St Mary's Hospital.

The Department consists of 15 Consultant Plastic Surgeons, 2 Associate Specialists, 4 Specialist Registrars, 2 Microsurgery Fellows, 2 Extremity Reconstruction Fellows, 4 Trust Registrars, 1 Junior Hand Trauma Fellow and 15 SHOs.