Specialty Doctor in Plastic Surgery

Specialty Doctor in Plastic Surgery (Skin and Hand Trauma)NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty DoctorMain area Plastic surgery Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor Contract Permanent Hours 10 sessions per week (Full time) Job ref Specialty Doctor PlasticsSite Queen Victoria Hospital Town East Grinstead Salary £61,542 - £99,216 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/12/2025 23:59Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.In addition to receiving tertiary referrals from across the South East of England, we have a network of ‘spoke’ sites at district general hospitals enabling our consultants to offer their expertise with routine treatments and consultations as close to patients’ homes as is possible. With the recent addition of video led ‘virtual’ consultations we also enable patients who have some distance to travel to avoid the additional stress and worry of a long journey.Working at QVH combines the excitement, challenge and career opportunities of many larger organisations with the satisfaction of delivering excellent patient care that really does re-build our patients’ lives.We also offer attractive benefits such astailored personal development to support career aspirations, including accredited clinical and management development programmesflexible working arrangements for a work-life balance that suits you and your needsa dedicated reward programme, offering a range of national and local discounts, cashback and tax relief schemes_________________________________________________________________________________SustainabilityAt Queen Victoria Hospital we want to be the first Net Zero Hospital in England, and to achieve that wants every member of staff to be a green champion. The way in which the Trust works has a significant impact on the organisation’s carbon footprint and that of our patients. From the heat, light and power supplies within the hospital to avoiding unnecessary patient journeys, the Trust is empowering all staff to create a sustainable health and care environment for future generations. The Trust expects all staff to reuse and recycle more, to use energy and water efficiently, to walk or cycle to work if you can, and to have a focus on sustainability in the workplace.Queen Victoria NHS Foundation Trust are looking for a 10 PA Specialty Doctor with a special interest in Skin and Hand Trauma.This post has come out at a remarkable period in the service’s growth, where the Specialty Doctor role will come to take on a key role in unlocking the service’s potential to deliver more specialist services for patients in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.The successful candidate will need to be an individual who has skills in the diagnosis and surgical management of skin cancers, as well as assessing and treating Hand Trauma patients. The post will be primarily based at Queen Victoria Hospital, within the second largest Plastic Surgery Department in the country and to support the spoke site skin cancer services in Kent and Sussex.There is scope for an individual to pursue their special interests within general plastic surgery, however, service need will need to take priority.The outline job plan is enclosed in the job description, containing 10 sessions of PAs, with 1 of SPA.Main duties of the jobThe Specialty Doctor post is a non-training post for practitioners specialising in Plastic Surgery and who have experience of Hand Trauma.The Specialty Doctor will predominantly support the Skin and Hand Trauma Services. If an individual has a special interest in another area of Plastic Surgery as well, then the service is happy to consider how the individual may pursue these interests whilst also balancing them with service need.The areas that the Specialty Doctor will be required to provide consistent support with will be covering Hand Trauma. The requirement will be that this individual organises the Business Unit's trauma for the day, providing oversight to the junior doctors, working with the Site Team and Trauma Co-ordinators and the wards, and actively operating on trauma patients where appropriate. It is worth noting that the Specialty Doctor will be directly supported on each day Trauma day by a Complex Hand Surgeon, who will be taking care of the more complex Hand Trauma cases on the day.The Specialty Doctor will also be expected to cover off-site commitments, which are of paramount importance for ensuring that patients have access to tertiary Plastic Surgery Services in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.Working for our organisationRated 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.We specialise in conditions of the eyes (corneoplastics), hands, head and neck cancer and skin cancer, reconstructive breast surgery, maxillofacial surgery and prosthetics, providing regional and national services in these areas of clinical expertise.Our world-leading clinical teams also treat more common conditions of the eyes, hands, skin, and teeth for the people of East Grinstead and the surrounding areas. In addition, QVH provides a minor injuries unit, expert therapies, a sleep service, and a growing portfolio of community-based services.Patients consistently rate QVH amongst the top hospitals in the country for quality of care.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.Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesFor full job description and details of minimum person specification requirements please follow link and see Job Description documentPerson specificationQualifications / EligibilityMBBS or equivalent Medical DegreeEvidence of working at ST 6/7 level in a relevant specialty at time of application, supported by evidence from work-based assessments of clinical performance and multisource feedback or equivalentThe closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.Employer certification / accreditation badgesYou must have appropriate UK professional registration.The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. #J-18808-Ljbffr