Microsurgical Fellow

This is an exciting opportunity to spend a year working as a Microsurgical Fellow in Plastic Surgery at QVH whilst developing your knowledge and skills.

We have a proud heritage and are known throughout the world for pioneering new and innovative techniques and treatments. We are consistently rated by patients as one of the top hospitals in the country for quality of care, and have been rated 'excellent' by Monitor for financial management for the past five years.

Start date April 2024.

The Senior Microsurgery Fellow post is a non-training post for practitioners specialising in Plastic Surgery and who have experience of microsurgery surgery. The post is a service post and in addition to the microsurgical commitment, there will be a degree of general plastic surgery exposure.

Duties include new patient and follow-up clinics and theatre sessions, and involvement in teaching and mentoring others.

The Fellow’s educational supervisor will be available to discuss cases, debrief incidents and provide on-going support to the post-holder. Regular meetings between the post-holder and their educational supervisor are essential and the responsibility for ensuring those take place rests with the post-holder.

Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.

A centre of excellence, with an international reputation for pioneering advanced techniques and treatments. Everything we do is informed by our passion for providing the highest quality care and the best clinical outcomes.

At QVH we are proud of our achievements and our specialist services continue to record excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We regularly receive excellent results from patient satisfaction surveys and on average 98% of inpatients say they would recommend the hospital to their family or friends.

Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.

For full details about the hospital, role and essential requirements please see the attached Job Description