Senior Clinical Fellow in Plastic Surgery

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Clinical Fellow, working to support the Plastic Surgery and Dermatology services. The successful post holder should be competent to work at an equivalent level to ST3+ and will participate on the Plastic Surgery Registrar out of hours rota until early October. The continuation of out of hours cover will be reviewed in due course' The post is educationally sound and well supported with excellent opportunities for gaining more experience in their specialist interest such as microsurgery, hands surgery. Where possible, candidates will be encouraged to attend meetings and courses. Candidates will be assigned an educational supervisor and expected to complete logbooks and ISCP etc. There are opportunities in research, audit and quality improvement projects. The post holders Supervising Consultant will be allocated upon job commencement. The successful applicant will be expected to provide some service commitments across both Plastic Surgery and Dermatology., Learning Objectives:The successful applicant will be exposed to elective and emergency plastic surgery patients. They will gain experience in how to approach clinical situations in plastic surgery starting from the initial consultation, making the diagnosis, to clerking and preparing the patients for theatre, post-operative management, and short, medium and long term follow-up in outpatient clinics. Experience will be gained in handling of tissue and managing wounds as well as performing basic plastic surgical procedures. There will be exposure to the team approach within the specialty as well working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This will include attending specialist clinics, assisting in theatre, and liaising with other specialties. Clinical experience:The post provides good experience in management of wounds, tissue handling, suturing techniques, and excision of benign and malignant skin lesions. The post also provides exposure paediatric and adult plastic surgery emergencies including hand injuries, facial trauma and skin cancer.

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.