Consultant Breast Surgeon

mPowered Solutions Inc.; Swansea; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Wales is seeking two full-time Consultant Breast Surgeons. The role involves clinical responsibilities across multiple hospitals with an emphasis on teamwork and continuous improvement. Candidates should be GMC registered and possess relevant surgical qualifications. Flexible working options are available.

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC and licensed to practice.
• On Specialist Register or within 6 months of receiving CCT at the time of interview.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical commitments at multiple hospitals.
• Consider flexible working arrangements.

Skills

Team Working

Interpersonal Skills

Leadership

Communication

IT Skills

Education

FRCS or equivalent

Teaching qualification

Higher degree (MD or PhD)

Job description

Employer heading

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

We expect everyone that works for the Health Board, regardless of their role, to share and uphold our values in all that they do:

Caring for each other - in every human contact in all of our communities and each of our hospitals.

Working together - as patients, families, carers, staff and communities so that we always put patients first

Always improving - so that we are at our best for every patient and for each other.

Job overview

This is a new post for two full-time Consultant Breast Surgeons. The post will be based in Singleton Hospital but with clinical commitments at Neath Port Talbot Hospital, and occasionally Morriston Hospital in other parts of the Health Board. It is offered on the amended terms of the Consultant Contract.

The post is offered initially on a 10 session contract, but those wanting to work less than full time would be considered and should also apply. There are no general surgery on-call commitment. The department is willing to consider flexible working arrangements depending on the individual needs of the successful candidate.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate must be fully registered with the General Medical Council, and have or, be within 6 months of obtaining his/her CCT at the time of interview. We would also welcome expressions of interest from those just outside this window who will obtain their CCT within the next year.

Any candidate who is unable for personal reasons to work this amount of sessions would also be eligible to be considered for the post, and the post is subject to the terms and conditions of service governing the appointment of hospital medical and dental staff in Wales.

Working for our organisation

Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.

Swansea is Wales' second-largest city, and sits on the five-mile sweep of Swansea Bay. An ideal base for exploring South-West Wales, there is also much on offer for visitors in Swansea itself. Swansea has a range of shops, cozy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula. Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and liberty stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City football club.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.

Person specification

Qualifications

Fully Registered with the GMC and licensed to practice

Appropriate higher surgical qualification FRCS or equivalent

On Specialist Register or within 6 months of receiving CCT at the time of interview

Sub-specialty accreditation in Breast Surgery

Teaching qualification/Higher qualification in medical education

Higher degree (MD or PhD)

Experience

Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff (”Working Together”)

Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service (“Always Improving”)

Values partnership with other agencies (”Working Together”)

Evidence of work experience in an oncoplastic breast unit

Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff

Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit

Evidence of active participation in research including peer reviewed publications

Skills & Abilities

Understands the importance of effective Team Working with all levels of staff, take time to listen, understand and involve people; receptive to appropriate change (”Working Together” )

Understands and can apply the principles of Prudent Healthcare (“Caring for each other”)

Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients, colleagues, relatives and staff; communicate openly and honestly and explain things clearly (“Caring for each other”

Understands information systems and technology

Effective leadership; ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate

Demonstrates learning in Improvement science and methodology, ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service (“Always Improving”)

Advanced IT skills including database management and data handling for the purpose of audit and clinical queries

Personal Attributes

Flexible and adaptable to competing demands with the ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks

A commitment to continuous improvement, with a positive attitude, seeks out learning, and continually develops skills and the service (“Always Improving”)

Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand and involve people; see people as individuals

The ability to innovate and a willingness to try something new, with the aim to improve the ? ? ? ? 15 service to patients

The ability to consider, develop and execute service development in all aspects of the patient pathway, including screening, prevention and primary care initiatives

Enthusiasm to take a lead role in clinical development

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable