Senior Clinical Fellow in Burns Surgery

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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.

We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.

Job overview

Broomfield Hospital have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Burns Surgery! The unit is a well-recognised centre for advanced training in Breast and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Hand and Complex Limb Trauma reconstruction, Burns acute management and late reconstruction, and Cleft surgery. St Andrews Centre is also a regional tertiary centre for Head and Neck cancer services for the Essex region.

You will be involved in the management of Burns patients within the Adult, Child and ITU wards.

The post includes exposure to acute and reconstructive Burn Care in a high-volume service. The unit offers plenty of opportunity for study and research. The trainees are benefitted by the structured weekly teaching programme supervised by the consultants.

You will be attached to Burns Consultant Plastic Surgeons for six-month periods in order to gain further training in the particular expertise of those consultants. These are not recognised training posts. However, senior trainees from both home and abroad are invited to apply.

You would be expected to work as an integral part of a surgical team and would take on considerable responsibility for patients under the care of the Consultant for whom you would be working.

You would also be involved in research and would be encouraged to present and publish papers.

Main duties of the job

You will support the plastic surgical service at the St Andrew's Centre & satellite hospitals as required.

You will attend the out-patient departments and the operating theatres as required by the consultants.

You will deputise for the consultants in their absence at a level commensurate with his/her experience in plastic surgery.

You will be responsible for attending to the administrative matters associated with the above.

Working for our organisation

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities.

We look forward to your application!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent. MRCS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• FRCS (Plas) or equivalentt

Professional Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience in plastic surgery training in hospitals recognised by the Royal College for training
• Previous experience at SpR or equivalent level

Desirable criteria

• Ability to develop and maintain a sub-specialty interest

Audit and Clinical Governance

Essential criteria

• An understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of audit participation

Registration

Essential criteria

• Full GMC Registration with licence to practice.

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Burns Snr Clinical Fellow JD & PS (PDF, 494.1KB)
• Privacy Policy (PDF, 441.0KB)
• Behaviours Framework (JPG, 298.0KB)
• Medical Payscales 5/2024 R (PDF, 156.0KB)