Consultant in Burns and Plastic Surgery | North Bristol NHS Trust

This is a substantive full-time consultant post in the Burns and Plastic Surgery Department.
The successful applicant will join the current team of six Consultant Burns Surgeons. This post will be the sixth post, alongside four full time colleagues and two colleagues who will job share. The successful candidate will join the existing Burns team of consultants; Mr Chris Wearn (Service Lead), Mr Ian Mackie, Mr Sankhya Sen, Mr Jon Pleat, Mr Tom Cobley and Miss Catalina Estela Ferrero.

The Burns service is delivered across two sites in Bristol. The Burns Consultants work on a service week model delivering acute and elective care.

In hours, during a service week, one Consultant is based at Southmead Hospital covering the Adult Burns Unit and a second Consultant is based at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children covering the Paediatric Burns Centre. Out of hours, a single consultant provides emergency cover for both sites. These weeks form part of a six-week rolling cycle.

The Burns MDTs run on Mondays across both sites. Further information on the rota and working schedule is available on request.

The Burns and Plastics Surgery department at Southmead has one dedicated ward (Gate 33A). The Adult Burns Unit is based on the ward and consists of seven cubicle side rooms and associated facilities including occupational therapy/physiotherapy space. There are a further 2 rooms dedicated to the delivery of a daily acute burns clinic where new and follow up patients will be reviewed. There are designated and dedicated thermoregulated ICU cubicles for more critically ill patients.

The four bedded (side-rooms) Paediatric Burns ward is co-located with the High Dependency Unit at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. There are dedicated thermoregulated ICU cubicles for more critically ill patients. A daily acute burns and follow up clinic is delivered adjacent to the burns ward in the Rainforest Outpatients area.

At Southmead Hospital (the Adult Service), a protected Burns theatre runs three times per week. However, access to theatre is available 24/7 for burns emergency cases. At Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, there is 24-hour, year-round access to a designated Burns Theatre.

The successful candidate will participate in a 1:6 out of hours on-call rota with junior support in each hospital available 24/7.

North Bristol NHS Trust is a centre of excellence for healthcare in the South-West in several fields and is also one of the largest hospital trusts in the UK. We have links to the University of Bristol, the University of Bath, and the University of the West of England. Our annual turnover is £870 million, and we have 12,000 staff delivering healthcare across Southmead Hospital Bristol, Cossham Hospital, Bristol Centre for Enablement and within the local community of Bristol and South Gloucestershire. We aim to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a great experience for everyone who uses our services: exceptional healthcare, personally delivered. We treat some of the most difficult medical conditions, in an increasingly complex patient population.
Our vision is to realise the great potential of our organisation by empowering our skilled and caring staff to deliver high-quality, financially sustainable services in state of-the-art facilities. Clinical outcomes will be excellent and with a spirit of openness and candour we will ensure an outstanding experience for our patients.

The Burns service is delivered across two sites in Bristol. The Burns Consultants work on a service week model delivering acute and elective care. In hours, during a service week, one Consultant is based at Southmead Hospital covering the Adult Burns Unit and a second Consultant is based at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children covering the Paediatric Burns Centre. Out of hours, a single consultant provides emergency cover for both sites. These weeks form part of a six-week rolling cycle. All consultants work to the same core job plan.

The Burns MDTs run on Mondays across both sites. Further information on the rota and working schedule is available on request.

The successful candidate will be provided with secretarial support and office accommodation, which will be shared with other members of the Burns Consultant team. The department is committed to providing the successful candidate with working conditions equitable to their colleagues.