Job summary
There is the opportunity to gain experience in all aspects of skin cancer.

The successful candidate will be expected to assist the skin cancer consultant team in providing all aspects of the plastic surgery service including outpatient clinics, theatres and day surgery.

The postholder will get significant clinical exposure to skin cancer resection, sentinel node biopsy, node clearance and reconstruction surgery in all parts of the body for both primary and recurrent skin tumours.

This experience will be of significant value in training to become a consultant plastic surgeon with opportunities to manage parallel operating lists where appropriate.

There will be an expectation to be integral in the running of the see and treat clinics at Heatherwood Hospital.

Main duties of the job
There are 5 plastic surgery consultants with a subspecialty interest in skin cancer surgery.

Operating lists and clinics take place at all three main hospital sites at Frimley, Wexham and Heatherwood but the majority of the work will be based at Heatherwood.

It will be expected that the postholder will be an integral member of the skin cancer multi-disciplinary meetings (MDMs).

About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full role requirements.

Depending on training and service requirements there will be opportunities to undertake work in other subspecialties including microsurgery, breast reconstruction, hand and emergency surgery.

The successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in audit and academic development as well as the teaching and supervision of junior trainees. The unit has a strong history of contribution to national trials and audits with plenty of opportunity for involvement.

The ability to work flexibly, cohesively and in collaboration with the existing teams is a necessary requirement for the post.

The post holder will benefit from the array of experience and surgery in the department. The Skin Cancer Fellow will have flexibility to optimise their training experience as well as meet individual training requirements.

The job plan will be made up of 8 programmed activities (PA) with no participation in the registrar on-call rota.

This job plan is flexible to maximise training and some service commitments with the intention that approximately 80% of commitments be skin cancer related and 20% be service related.

The post can be approved for training by the GMC and counts towards NTN training in plastic surgery as OOPT.

Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise

Desirable

• FRCS (PLAST) or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• Ideally with Post FRCS Qualification.
• Considerable experience in plastic surgery, as demonstrated by being either a Year 6/7 Specialist Registrar or equivalent
• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training

Desirable

• Specialist interest in Cancer Reconstruction
• Previous experience in the surgery and clinical care of patients

Skill & Knowledge
Essential

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to communicate clearly and appropriately with patients and other professionals
• Ability to manage own and other's time effectively
• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
• Ability to teach practical clinical skills
• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

Desirable

• Computer literate
• Evidence of original research, Clinical research and publications
• Teaching qualification
• Management training or qualification
• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
• Appraisal training

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).