Consultant in Breast Surgery

Job overview

The successful candidate would be joining the Breast multidisciplinary team providing Breast services covering Shropshire and Mid Wales. The post holder would provide support to General Breast cancer services, including those referred from the screening programme.

The role would have an emphasis on Oncoplastic Breast Surgery, a service which was established here in 2011. The necessary resources are available to provide this.

The successful candidate will be expected to take part in continuing medical education and audit and provide teaching to members of the professional and nursing staff within the hospital, as well as medical students. Those candidates with an interest in research will of course be encouraged.

Please note, the interviews for this role will be held in person at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

• To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners
• To work independently caring for patients referred to the breast service through the symptomatic and screening pathways
• To participate in the audit and governance and support the training of junior medical staff and other staffing groups that care for our patients.
• To carry out appropriate administrative duties in support of clinical commitments
• To be a core member and participate in the Breast Cancer MDT
• To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:

• 7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
• 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research.

The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.

Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with other consultant colleagues.