(Higher) Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Breast Microsurgery

Job overview

This role is suitable for peri (ST8 equivalent) or post-CCT plastic surgeons.

This role will be advertised as a 6-month post with the aim to recruit for August 2025 and February 2026 start.

Due to the short-term nature of the role, the successful candidate must hold a current registration with the GMC at the time of application, whether it be an active licence, ceased licence or a pending application - MFT cannot support GMC Sponsorship for vacancies less than 12 months fixed term. Candidates who do not fit this criteria will not progress through to the shortlisting stage.

Please note: MFT is not a right to work sponsoring organisation for Tier 5. Should a candidate require Tier 5 sponsorship, they must apply through the Academy of Royal College via the MTI Scheme.

Main duties of the job

This is a high-volume breast microsurgery fellowship suitable for plastic surgeons towards the end of their training pathway, or those that have recently gained CCT and wish to enhance / refine their experience to the level required to gain a substantive NHS consultant post in this subspecialty.

There are 5 substantive Consultant Plastic Surgeons and 1 Locum Consultant Plastic Surgeon in the unit, specialising in microsurgical breast reconstruction with approximately 200 free flap cases per year including DIEP and thigh flaps (TUGs, DUGs, PAPs), and bipedicled / stacked flaps. The majority of the Consultants are dual trained in breast oncology, and there is opportunity to gain skills in mastectomy and oncoplastic techniques if desired.

Duties include breast reconstruction theatre sessions, clinics and involvement in teaching and mentoring the specialty registrar grade. The fellow is expected to co-ordinate and participate in entering flap data into the UKNFR.  Involvement in research and audit is expected.

There is no on-call commitment with this post.

This is one of the highest volume microsurgical breast units in the UK and at present we only have 1 Fellow in the team, meaning that fellows typically have a strong logbook upon completion. Former fellows have achieved substantive NHS Consultant appointments following completion of the fellowship.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

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