MYDoc Registrar (ST3 to ST8) in Burns and Plastic Surgery Before you apply -Turn on alerts for jobs like this!

An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated doctor, interested in plastic surgery and burns, to join our Plastic Surgery Department from February 2025 for a 6 month period. During the course of the appointment, the post holders will be encouraged to develop clinical audit and research projects ultimately aiming for national and international presentations and publications. The post holders will be expected to work on the 1:8 registrar on call rota. Depending on the level of experience, we will endeavour to tailor the post to allow all necessary competences, to be achieved. For more junior trainees we will help trainees to achieve required competences for national selection at ST3 level. More senior trainees will be given the opportunity to develop their skills in their chosen sub-specialties. The Plastic surgery department, regional burns centre for adults and paediatric burns unit are situated on the Pinderfields site with outpatient and day-case services at Pontefract General Hospital and Dewsbury District Hospital. We also have dedicated hand therapy services at all three hospital sites and plastic surgery dressings clinic at Pinderfields Hospital. Our adult burns, general plastic surgery ward, hand therapy unit and plastic surgery dressings clinic are all co-located on the same floor. Main duties of the job The main duties of the post will include: Provision of care with responsibility for the management of patients with acute and chronic conditions including complex cases. Referral of patients to other specialities as appropriate Out-patient activities - clinics Involvement in specialty and cross-specialty multi-disciplinary teams and meetings Involvement in relevant administration duties Teaching and supervision of junior medical staff and other clinicians as appropriate Active involvement in audit and clinical governance including service improvement activities, Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is pleased to offer an opportunity to a motivated individual to join our plastic surgery and burns service. The post will be a combination of training, service delivery, research and educational input within the specialty. Although this post is not a recognised UK training post, MYDoc doctors will have a named supervisor and will be expected to undertake educational opportunities to consolidate and support career progression. The department offers a supportive environment in which to develop academic and clinical interests. An Introduction to the Specialty The department of Burns and Plastic Surgery at Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, provides a wide range of elective and 24-hour emergency services to a population of approximately 500,000, drawn from Wakefield, Dewsbury, Pontefract and surrounding areas. The Plastic surgery department, regional burns centre for adults and paediatric burns unit are situated on the Pinderfields site with outpatient and day-case services at Pontefract General Hospital and Dewsbury District Hospital. We also have dedicated hand therapy services at all three hospital sites and plastic surgery dressings clinic at Pinderfields Hospital. Our adult burns, general plastic surgery ward, hand therapy unit and plastic surgery dressings clinic are all co-located on the same floor. Currently we have a team of 13 full-time consultants and 2 part-time consultants. Our resident staff include: 3 FY2, 1 CT, 6 trust grade CT, 4 NTN, 2 trust grade registrar and 2 trust grade research registrars and 1 breast fellow. We also have a senior post FRCS hand fellow. We have dedicated extended role hand therapists, breast and dermatology nurse specialists. Our particular spheres of interest include hand surgery, breast reconstruction, skin cancer, paediatric plastic surgery, perineal reconstruction and acute and reconstructive surgery for burns. We treat all the elective and acute hand pathology in Mid-Yorkshire, and probably have the largest hand fracture practice of any Plastic Surgery unit in the country. We have 10-11 dedicated consultant delivered hand trauma lists a week. We also have a day-time trauma consultant of the week who supports a full resident trauma on call team. We have a separate weekday, daytime burns on call team. We have elective hand surgery lists in Dewsbury and Wakefield throughout the week and 1-3 complex hand clinics per week, providing an excellent opportunity for trainees to receive the highest quality of clinic-based and operative hand surgery training. We also have several consultant-led injection clinics and dressing clinics per week. We hold a hand surgery MDT every six weeks which is attended by all therapy staff, hand consultants and trainees. We have 4 breast reconstructive surgeons who work closely with the breast care team. They provide a full range of reconstructive options to our patients including DIEP flap reconstruction and implant-based reconstructions with or without ADM - Latissimus Dorsi flap. We currently perform 1-2 DIEP flaps a week. We also provide a range of other breast procedures including treatment for gynaecomastia, breast reduction, mastopexy, capsulotomies, nipple reconstruction and post burns breast reconstruction. We have dedicated breast reconstruction lists and up to 4 consultant led breast clinics per week. We also provide an outpatient nipple tattoo service. We actively participate in a weekly Breast MDT. We have 6 consultants with an interest in skin cancer. They are part of the Skin MDT and undertake 6-10 operating lists and 6-8 out-patient clinics a week. We also have 1 consultant who has a specialist interest in perineal reconstruction. He has published his modified technique of perineal reconstruction in JPRAS. Our burns service serves a population of approximately 5 million people across Yorkshire, Humber and North Lincolnshire. Our service is accessed by 19 emergency departments, in an area of around 3,000 square miles. We treat over 180 adult and 200 paediatric in-patients burns injuries every year. In addition, we provide out-patient and outreach services to over 1000 patients annually. We have a team of burns specialist staff including surgeons, anaesthetists, microbiologists, dieticians, adult and paediatric psychologists, outreach sisters, play, occupational and physiotherapists. Our MDT scar clinics take place at Pinderfields Hospital, St Lukes Hospital in Bradford and Goole Hospital. We provide face to face and telemedicine clinics for our patients. We are now the only plastic surgery department in the region to provide burns centre care for adults. We are also responsible for providing our regional NTN specialist registrars with the required level of burns experience and training. We have 3 dedicated burns list per week and have access to daily lists if and when necessary. We have an LDI machine and are keen to develop is use as a research tool. Members of our department, including doctors and allied staff regularly present posters and oral presentations at BBA and ISBI. We hosted the BBA in 2023. We have won the best poster and oral presentation awards at BBA. We are passionate about teaching and training. We have a weekly departmental teaching programme consisting of in-house presentations and invited external speakers. We have Burns MDT meetings every Monday and Friday mornings. We provide core trainees from other trusts the opportunity for clinical attachments with us, to give them exposure to burns care. Our half day departmental CEPOD meetings take place once a month. Trainees are encouraged to present their audits and QIPs at these meetings. We use these meetings to learn from each other and discuss clinical cases. The Trust has established strong links with Leeds Medical School, therefore during term time we can have 2 to 4 medical students attached to our department at any one time. In addition, we regularly have sixth form students on work experience placements with us. We encourage all residents to teach, attend courses and undertake audit and research projects, with the goal of presenting and publishing their work both nationally and internationally. A number of our consultants are conveners and faculty members for local and national courses. We regularly undertake clinical and viva practice for FRCS (Plast) candidates and run simulation workshops for our residents, such as suturing, skin grafting, tendon repair and fracture fixation. We encourage our residents to actively participate and be involved in the organisation of these courses. This provides an excellent opportunity for trainees to develop the teaching and training components of their portfolios. Our department is strongly invested in tailoring training to individual needs, regardless of whether the individual is a specialist or MYDoc trainee or someone who wishes to top up their training in their senior years. We are proud to have a research collaboration with the University of Bradford with a MPhil fellow whohas recently been appointed as our new breast reconstruction consultant. We have strong links with Huddersfield University and have had several trainees complete their Masters of Research degrees. We hope to encourage more trainees to undertake a period of supervised research. Our departmental ethos is to promote high quality, patient centred care in burns and plastic surgery through education, training and research in an environment that is supportive, inclusive, and forward thinking. The Service Role The post is equivalent in duties and responsibilities to a Specialty Registrar. From a clinical perspective these posts will participate in the senior trainee rota. The senior trainee rota is compliant with the 2016 junior doctor contract averaging 48 hours per week. On call arrangements are 1:8 with prospective cover for annual and study leave. It is expected that the post holder will in conjunction with their assigned educational supervisor undertake a clinical audit / research project. The project must be completed and data prepared for submission for presentation and publication. Duties will be based primarily on our Pinderfields Hospital site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites. The main duties of the post will include: Provision of care with responsibility for the management of patients with acute and chronic conditions including complex cases. Referral of patients to other specialities as appropriate Out-patient activities - clinics Involvement in specialty and cross-specialty multi-disciplinary teams and meetings Involvement in relevant administration duties Teaching and supervision of junior medical staff and other clinicians as appropriate Active involvement in audit and clinical governance including service improvement activities

Management Skills Essential

• Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving.
Desirable
• Possess good organisational skills.
GMC Registration Essential
• Please state full GMC number.
• Full GMC Registration with licence to practise.
Experience Essential
• Minimum experience equivalent to CT2/ST2 in Plastic Surgery (4 years full time post graduate training or part time equivalent)
• Minimum 12 months plastics surgery experience at CT level
• Proven experience in acute hospital setting
• Sound knowledge and experience in the management of critically ill patients
• At least 6 months recent experience in the NHS
• Evidence of an interest in Audit and Research, Medical Degree from recognised medical school
• MRCS or recognised equivalent
• Successful completion of post registration training
Desirable
• ATLS, ALS certification
• Medical School Prizes
  
  We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.