Specialist Clinical Fellow - Skin Cancer

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Ascot; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is offering a significant opportunity for a plastic surgery post involving skin cancer. The position includes assisting consultants, attending multi-disciplinary meetings, and managing outpatient clinics, providing a pathway to a consultant role in plastic surgery.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Disability confident employer

Flexible working patterns

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in assisting skin cancer surgical procedures.
• Participation in multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• Ability to manage outpatient clinics.

Responsibilities

• Assist consultants in skin cancer clinics and surgeries.
• Involvement in the management of outpatient see and treat clinics.
• Play a significant role in the running of cancer-related surgeries.

Skills

Assistant capabilities in plastic surgery

Clinical exposure to skin cancer management

Team collaboration in multi-disciplinary setting

Education

Medical Degree

Specialist training in plastic surgery

Job description

There is the opportunity to gain experience in all aspects of skin cancer. The successful candidate will be expected to assist the skin cancer consultant team in providing all aspects of the plastic surgery service including outpatient clinics, theatres and day surgery. The postholder will get significant clinical exposure to skin cancer resection, sentinel node biopsy, node clearance and reconstruction surgery in all parts of the body for both primary and recurrent skin tumours. This experience will be of significant value in training to become a consultant plastic surgeon with opportunities to manage parallel operating lists where appropriate. There will be an expectation to be integral in the running of the see and treat clinics at Heatherwood Hospital. It will be expected that the postholder will be an integral member of the skin cancer multi-disciplinary meetings (MDMs).

There are 5 plastic surgery consultants with a subspecialty interest in skin cancer surgery. Operating lists and clinics take place at all three main hospital sites but the majority of the work is based at Heatherwood. The post holder will be expected to attend and present at the weekly MDTs.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Deborah Green Job title: Skin Cancer Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07710 043121