Oncoplastic Fellow

Job overview

The post is for an Oncoplastic Fellow within Breast Surgery for 12 months.

This is for a fixed term contract in the Musculoskeletal and Specialist Surgery (MSS) Clinical Management Group (CMG)  with the majority of the Breast Surgery services being based at the Glenfield Hospital within the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

The post holder will be working alongside the current members of the Breast Surgery team offering Specialist Breast Surgery within UHL, including Breast Reconstruction, based at the Glenfield Hospital. This post is intended for a surgeon who is already competent in breast surgery but wishes to gain experience and competence with a range of oncoplastic and reconstructive techniques. The post is suitable for a candidate who is close to applying for specialist registration and the consultant body have experience of supporting candidates with the CESR process. The previous two post holders moved directly from this post into locum consultant oncoplastic posts, with one writing about their experience in the 2023 ABS Yearbook.

This post involves flexible working including evenings and weekends where needed, with appropriate notice given. This will be discussed at interview with further details.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be required to maintain their continuing  professional development (CPD) to be able to revalidate successfully. As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend / keep fully up to date with statutory and mandatory training as stipulated.

The post-holder will be expected to undertake the Trust Corporate and Directorate specific Induction and competency Programmes appropriate to role.

To be able to provide support when needed for the care of patients with emergency admissions or day attenders during office hours.

To be a point of escalation when the junior doctors requires senior advice.

To provide operative Breast Surgery services at the University Hospitals of Leicester.

To provide Breast Surgery services by way of outpatient clinics and outpatient procedure lists at the University Hospitals of Leicester.

To work flexibly and cooperatively with the other consultant surgeons to maximise the utilisation of outpatient procedure lists and outpatient clinics.

To ensure the provision of good standards of practice and care as described in the GMC Guidance ‘Duties of a Doctor’ are followed at all times; and that bad practice is reported.

To ensure that clinical practice is both effective and efficient and that appropriate monitoring of clinical care takes place.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide continuing responsibility for the care of patients under their care and for the proper organisation and functioning of clinical practice.

To work closely with other specialties, departments and outside agencies to deliver the objectives of the department and the CMG.

To take responsibility for ensuring that critical clinical incidents, as defined in the Trust’s ‘Critical Incident Policy’, are reported in a timely manner.

• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients. To share with colleagues responsibility for the day to day management of patients. To promote new ways of working and co-ordinating care for patients in the community and to ensure that the services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community. To proactively develop the service and actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.