Junior Clinical Fellow in Plastic Surgery

at  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

We are actively looking for Junior Clinical Fellows (CT1/2/3 equivalent) in Plastic Surgery for fixed term periods from 03/04/2024 to 01/10/2024 at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
The post holders will join the SHOs in the Plastic and Reconstructive Service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust based at St Mary’s Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital. The post holder will get the opportunity to learn Plastic Surgery management and skills on the ward, in theatre and in clinics.
The post holder will join the out-of-hours rota on the Charing Cross site covering Orthoplastics or on the St Mary’s Hospital site covering Plastics.
The principle workload of the Plastic Surgery Service is cancer reconstruction; breast, head & neck, skin cancer; extremity trauma and elective hand surgery. The Department specialises in microsurgical reconstruction; head and neck reconstruction and breast reconstruction on the Charing Cross site; extremity reconstruction, providing Plastic Surgery services to the Trust’s Level 1 Major Trauma Centre at St Mary’s Hospital. The Department is responsible for the care of general Plastic Surgery patients with an emphasis on tertiary referrals and undertakes between 200-250 free flaps per year, manages approximately 150 open lower limb fractures and 30 complex upper limb injuries each year and provides a hand trauma service for injuries attending the St Mary’s site.
The post-holder will be one of 15 posts of CT1-3 level equivalent trainees in the Department. On the standard days of the rota the post-holder will work with the Plastic Surgery teams at either St Mary’s or Charing Cross Hospitals and will be primarily responsible for the ward patients. The post‑holder will see all patients admitted to the Plastic Surgery Unit and perform a daily ward round with the Specialist Registrars and other junior doctors. The post‑holder will see Plastic Surgery emergencies in the Emergency Departments of the Trust Hospitals and patients referred to the service from other specialties in the Trust. There is opportunity to attend outpatient clinics, local and general anaesthetic operating lists. Teaching and supervision is provided for all the Plastic Surgery juniors.
The out-of-hours on call work will be either at St Mary’s covering Plastic Surgery patients or at Charing Cross covering Orthopaedics and Plastics.
Detailed protocols for clinical management are available in the Department to which the post‑holder is expected to adhere at all times.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:

To develop the post-holder’s clinical and surgical expertise in Plastic Surgery. This is not a recognized training post; however, the post holder will have Consultant-led education and supervision and will be supported in their professional development.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
The Plastic Surgery Service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust offers a full range of Plastic Surgery procedures to local residents and a nationwide service to those requiring the unit’s specialist expertise. The majority of the elective work is carried out at The Charing Cross site and the Department also supports the Major Trauma Unit at St Mary’s.
Inpatient services comprise general Plastic Surgery and the specialist services of breast reconstruction, extremity reconstruction, head and neck reconstruction and elective hand surgery. Inpatients are accommodated in one Plastic Surgery ward and surgery is carried out in dedicated operating theatres on each site. There is, in addition, an excellent Day Surgery Unit at Charing Cross Hospital where both local and general anaesthetic day surgery lists are undertaken. There is a close relationship with many other departments across all the hospitals in the Trust and involvement in the multi-disciplinary head and neck oncology clinic, skin cancer clinic, lower limb clinic and breast reconstruction clinic.
The Department has offices on 12 floor East wing of the Charing Cross Hospital and in the Mint Cottage at St Mary’s Hospital. The Department consists of 11 Consultant Plastic Surgeons, 2 Associate Specialists, 4 Specialist Registrars, 2 Trust Registrars, 2 Microsurgery Fellows, 2 Extremity Reconstruction Fellows and a Junior Hand Trauma Fellow. There are 5 SHOs based at Charing Cross Hospital and 10 SHOs based at St Mary’s Hospital

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