Senior Plastics Fellow: Gender-Affirmation Surgery Lead

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Plastics with a Special Interest in Gender Affirmation Surgery. The post focuses on preoperative and postoperative care, operative involvement, and developing the gender surgery service.

The successful candidate will participate in audits, governance, and educational activities, contribute to multidisciplinary governance, and work to deliver world-class, patient-centred care in a supportive

Qualifications

• Recognised medical degree and MRCS/FRCS.
• Experience in plastics with outpatient assessment and operative skills.
• Interest in gender surgery and ability to contribute to education and audits.

Responsibilities

• Attend outpatient clinics, diagnostic procedures and theatre lists to support the service.
• Attendance at Gender Surgery MDT meetings.
• Participation in audit and governance activities of the service.
• Ensure compliance with national commissioning standards and waiting time targets.
• Support subspecialisation in the department by appropriate cross referral to colleagues.
• Provide advice and support to patients presenting to the Trust as emergencies with complications of gender surgery or requiring the expertise of a surgeon skilled in this field.
• Contribute to the care of gender surgery inpatients.
• Engage in the education of other junior doctors, nursing staff and other colleagues.

Skills

Plastic surgery

Gender surgery

Leadership

Education

MRCS/FRCS

Medical degree

Job description

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Plastics with a Special Interest in Gender Affirmation Surgery. The post focuses on preoperative and postoperative care, operative involvement, and developing the gender surgery service.

The successful candidate will participate in audits, governance, and educational activities, contribute to multidisciplinary governance, and work to deliver world-class, patient-centred care in a supportive