Senior Clinical Fellow in Burns and Plastic Surgery

This post is for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Burns & Plastics Surgery. This is a 6 Months Fixed Term whole-time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Surgeon looking to progress their career in burns, plastics, and reconstructive surgery to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

Due to the short term nature of the role, the successful candidate must hold full registration with the GMC and have existing right to work in the UK, at the time of application. Candidates who are not GMC registered or do not hold existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application will not progress through the shortlisting stage, To assist Consultants and Specialty Doctors with patient management. The successful candidate will assist with the day to day running of the service and to supervise, help and instruct the junior doctors as part of the team. The successful post holder will be expected to assist and manage the ward patients as well as taking referrals from ED and other departments. Duties will include at outpatient clinics and operating lists, attendance on other departmental activities e.g., Audit M&M meetings.

Audit and Education

The hospital has a clearly defined programme of medical audit to which the appointee will be expected to contribute. All specialities spend one half day per month on audit and clinical governance. This occurs at the same time for all specialties, allowing an exchange of views between specialties and encourages multi-disciplinary audit. The audit NHD occurs on a different half day each month, rotating from Tuesday morning to Thursday afternoon.

The hospital has a weekly grand round held in the Postgraduate Centre on Tuesday lunchtime. All disciplines take part on a rotational basis. The Centre has a purpose-built lecture theatre, 3 seminar rooms and a library, including electronic databases and internet access. There is a varied programme of lectures and seminars and sub-specialty educational meetings.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and one of the few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.

The Trust's vision is to provide 5 Star Patient Care.

Every single member of staff plays a huge part in this, no matter what your role, you will make a difference and support the delivery of this vision.

It is vital to our ongoing success that we all share the same aspiration, the same focus, and provide the same high standards right across the organisation and we can do this by focussing on 5 key areas.

CARE that is consistently high quality, compassionate, and provides the best possible experience for our patients and their families.

SAFETY that is of the highest standards, where staff feel empowered to further improve services and reduce the risk of harm.

PATHWAYS that reduce variations in care to improve outcomes, whilst respecting the individual needs of patients.

SYSTEMS that are efficient, user-friendly, and reliable. Drawing upon best practice to ensure our processes support the needs of our patients.

COMMUNICATION that is open and inclusive. Always showing patients, their families and our colleagues, the dignity and respect we would wish for ourselves.