Trust Grade ST3+ Doctor

Job overview

This post is a ST3+ level Trust Grade Registrar within Plastic Surgery.

The post is to encourage safe, timely discharge of patients and support junior members of the medical team.

The role is offered on a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.

You will be part of the Registrar on-call rota (1:7) which is designed to provide maximum support to the Plastic Surgery department at the LRI covering adult and paediatric inpatient and outpatient treatment across the broad spectrum of Plastic Surgery disorders. You will work closely with the on-call and other key members of the team to facilitate a safe and high standard of care for all patients.

Main duties of the job

• 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 Plastic Surgery services at the University Hospitals of Leicester.
• To provide Plastic Surgery services by way of outpatient clinics and outpatient procedure lists at the University Hospitals of Leicester and in peripheral units.
• To work flexibly and cooperatively with the other colleagues to maximise the utilisation of outpatient procedure lists and outpatient clinics.
• To be part on the non-resident on call commitment to include weekends and bank holidays.
• 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

to include and maintain key working relationships with:

• Consultants in both Breast Surgery & Plastic Surgery
• Registrar colleagues and on-call team
• Ward MDT including Nursing, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists
• Nurse Practitioners and nursing colleagues within Burns & Plastics Dressing Clinic and dedicated wards
• Medical Staff Administrators
• Other CMG’s including Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics

• The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
• Responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department;
• Cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences where job plans allow.
• To participate in service development and business planning in collaboration with the other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local GPs and commissioners within the local CCGs;
• Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures;
• Participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD – CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory.
• In line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post-holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work.
• The post-holder is expected to respond in a timely fashion to legitimate requests from Trust officers – this might include investigations of incidents or complaints.
• The post-holder is expected to participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose.