Locum Consultant in Plastic Surgery Specialising in Skin Cancer

The post-holders will have responsibility for general plastic surgery services and will have a specialist interest in skin cancer, holding clinics at both Oxford University hospitals and Great Western Hospital.

This is an opportunity to join the dynamic and enthusiastic team of surgeons to gain experience in a high performing department for Skin Cancer. There is an excellent collaborative working relationship between the hospitals and good support and mentoring is provided for new consultants when they join the department.

The post-holder will have responsibility for general plastic surgery services at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. It will have a specialist interest in skin cancer surgery. Two and a half days a week will be spent at Great Western Hospital There will be an on-call commitment (presently 1 in 14).

The Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeryprovides a comprehensive reconstructive surgery service to Oxford and its surrounding areas. We have a consultant-based service. Services provided by existing consultants in the department include plastics trauma surgery, craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and palate, upper limb, bone infection, sarcoma, breast reconstruction, skin cancer, autologous transplantation, head and neck cancer in addition to hypospadias. We have Burn Facility status as part of the London and South East Burn Network. We are fortunate to have our offices, outpatient clinics, theatres, adult and children's wards and day case units co-located in a new block on the John Radcliffe site. The Head & Neck Unit is located in the Cancer Centre at the nearby Churchill Hospital. The Department has a substantial presence at the nearby Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, where the plastic surgery service has a hand surgery workload, and provides reconstructive support to the Bone
Infection Unit and Sarcoma services.

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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

The post-holder will have responsibility for general plastic surgery services at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. It will have a specialist interest in skin cancer surgery. Two and a half days a week will be spent at Great Western Hospital There will be an on-call commitment (presently 1 in 14).

The Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeryprovides a comprehensive reconstructive surgery service to Oxford and its surrounding areas. We have a consultant-based service. Services provided by existing consultants in the department include plastics trauma surgery, craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and palate, upper limb, bone infection, sarcoma, breast reconstruction, skin cancer, autologous transplantation, head and neck cancer in addition to hypospadias. We have Burn Facility status as part of the London and South East Burn Network. We are fortunate to have our offices, outpatient clinics, theatres, adult and children's wards and day case units co-located in a new block on the John Radcliffe site. The Head & Neck Unit is located in the Cancer Centre at the nearby Churchill Hospital. The Department has a substantial presence at the nearby Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, where the plastic surgery service has a hand surgery workload, and provides
reconstructive support to the Bone Infection Unit and Sarcoma services.