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Elective clinical commitments will include new patient Breast symptomatic clinic, a weekly Breast multidisciplinary meeting (which includes a video link to the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Breast Screening Service) and elective Breast Surgery/Clinics. Breast Oncoplasty training and experience are essential for this role. There is a purpose built Oncology unit, The Macmillan-Renton Unit, with an attached Radiotherapy wing. Breast outpatient clinics take place in dedicated Breast clinic rooms, which are equipped with ultrasound machines. One stop Breast assessment outpatient clinics are run by three surgeons (including this post), with assistance from Breast Radiologists. The Breast reconstructive surgery service is also supported by Plastic Surgeons based at QEH, Birmingham. The post-holder will not be expected to undertake elective or emergency children surgical care.

Education & Qualifications Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attainment of CCT in General Surgery (with a Breast Interest) or eligible for Specialist Registration
• Licence to practise
Desirable
• Higher degree MD/PhD [or in final stages of equivalent level of attainment in research publications].
Experience and Knowledge Essential
• Wide experience in diagnosis and management of Breast disease.
• Wide experience in procedures necessary to diagnose and treat symptomatic and screen-detected Breast disease.
• Independent unsupervised breast Oncoplasty operating experience including contralateral symmetrisation procedures.
Desirable
• Independent unsupervised breast reconstruction operating skills.
• Breast ultrasound and US-guided biopsy Formal breast Oncoplasty and Breast Reconstruction training
Audit/Quality improvement Essential
• Effective participation in and a commitment to clinical audit.
• Participation in a quality improvement programme
Desirable
• Undergone training in teaching and willingness to organise relevant audit activities including quality improvement evidence
• Completion of formal courses in Audit and quality improvement.
Audit & Research Essential
• Understanding and interest in research.
• Ability to appraise research critically
• Ability to supervise juniors undertaking research projects.
• Evidence of recent research and development activity
Desirable
• Completed thesis
• Publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals on subjects relevant to the specialty
Teaching Essential
• Experience of and a commitment to training/ teaching undergraduate and postgraduates.
• Appraisal and assessment skills.
• Ability to assess clinical competencies
• Enthusiastic and ability to inspire and lead others.
Desirable
• Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching
• Post Graduate qualification in teaching and training. Academic experience relevant to working within a University teaching hospital and current metabolic research, Demonstrated leadership ability
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to motivate and develop staff of the department.
• Excellent communication skills, oral and written.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexible outlook on working hours
Management Essential
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and supervise juniors.
• Commitment to further develop the post and the service provided.
  
  Wye Valley NHS Trust wishes to appoint a Locum Consultant Breast Surgeon, to be based at the County Hospital, Hereford.
If you've ever dreamt of a place which brings together the convenience of living in a city with the lifestyle associated with a home in a rural idyll, Herefordshire is the place for you. Herefordshire is ranked one of the safest counties to live in England. This is a replacement role, and a fixed-term locum post for 12 months., Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye. Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites. We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends. More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire. We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential. Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential. Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.