Locum Consultant in Paediatric Plastic Surgery

We are seeking a full-time (8 PA) Locum Consultant to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking team, which has undergone significant growth in the last decade. The department is currently involved in many exciting initiatives and are looking for individuals with appropriate skills to complement this team and help build the Paediatric Plastic Surgery Service to be in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.
The post-holder will be expected to work independently in out-patient clinics, elective and emergency operating. The department sees:
General Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
+ General Plastics Soft Tissue Trauma and Hand Trauma
+ Surgery for skin and subcutaneous lesions and tumours (including neurofibromatosis)
+ Scar management (keloids, post trauma, contractures)
+ Congenital breast/chest wall anomalies and gynaecomastia
Complex Plastic Surgery
+ Congenital and acquired hand and upper limb deformities (Polydactyly, Syndactyly, Macrodactyly, absent digits)
+ Congenital and acquired ear deformities (Microtia, Prominence)
+ Combined Facial Palsy Clinic
+ Vascular anomalies service and birth marks (CMN) including laser treatment
+ OrthoPlastic Clinics for complex upper and lower limb deformities, The main duties are to work kindly and efficiently within our established team of professionals to provide high quality care to all our patients/families. To collaborate with clinical, academic and non-clinical staff to ensure all the pillars of Governance are maintained and improved upon (i.e. audit/research/education & training/risk management etc)., Your job plan is anticipated to contain 8 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week on average to be carried out on Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust sites and includes on-call commitments. This is an outline programme and you will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Line Manager/Clinical Director upon your start date.
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.
The job plan will be negotiated between the consultant and their Line Manager/Clinical Director at least annually for permanent or extended posts.
Direct Clinical Care Activities
+ The post holder will hold a number of Paediatric Plastic Surgery outpatient clinics per week
+ The post holder will assist in the management of Paediatric Plastic Surgery trauma patients/cases
+ The post holder will offer to cross cover theatre and procedure room lists when other consultants are on annual leave and will help work through the current waiting lists with the current group of surgeons.
+ The post holder will develop some one stop treatment clinics and support the needs clinics for children in the transition age group
+ The post holder will conduct routine ward rounds and will lead a teaching ward round with the junior staff
Other Programmed Activities
+ The post holder will be expected to be involved in the teaching programme in the department, including teaching mornings, audit and core skill training
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS., Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is made up of two of London's best known teaching hospitals and employs over 13,000 staff and has over 2 million patient contacts a year. Our annual turnover is now £1.2 billion.
The Evelina Children's Hospital is a purpose-built Children's hospital opened in 2005, bringing together existing Children's services at St Thomas' and Guy's Hospitals onto one site. As part of King's Health Partners, we are now one of the UK's first Academic Health Sciences Centres aiming to bring together world class teaching, research and clinical services.The new Children's Day Surgery Unit has now opened in July 2023. This purpose built unit has two operating theatres and will be open six days a week once fully operational and is an expansion of Evelina London's theatre capacity, allowing us to treat up to an additional 2,300 patients a year. The newly built unit is housed within a new five storey building adjacent to the main Evelina London Children's Hospital, allowing us to expand our children's services.
The post holder 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 Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.