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Job summary

Main area
breast surgeon
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent: .
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (10 sessions)
Job ref
100-MED-PPH-118
Employer
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Prince Philip Hospital
Town
Llanelli
Salary
£106,000 - £154,760 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/02/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Hywel Dda University Health Board logo

Consultant Breast Surgeon

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

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The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable.

Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.


Job overview

We are looking to appoint a substantive consultant breast surgeon with an interest in breast screening. The post holder will join a dynamic team of surgical colleagues in the breast care unit at Prince Phillip Hospital. This is a health board wide post with sessions at Prince Philip Hospital (Llanelli) and Withybush General Hospital (Haverfordwest) with screening and symptomatic responsibilities. A flexible approach to the needs of service is essential.

The post holder will deliver a quality breast service, working closely with colleagues from radiology and oncology.

This post comes during a period of Health Board-wide service reviews, including a comprehensive reconfiguration of services for General Surgery in West Wales.

Main duties of the job

· To ensure the provision and delivery of a first-class clinical breast service to the population with a responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of breast disease.

· To share the responsibility for the management of patients with breast disease

· To provide services to both symptomatic and screen detected patients

· To support the development and delivery of a subspecialty service in hospital and in the community

· To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty

· To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate

· To work as part of a multidisciplinary team

· To provide leaderships for and participate with the development of postgraduate training for F1s, F2s, CTs, STs, SpRs, Speciality Doctors and other staff as appropriate.

The post holder will have core clinical expertise in breast disease diagnostics and management, experience and knowledge of running a subspecialty service and operate on patients with screen detected breast cancers. The post holder is expected to maintain their professional development for revalidation and promote evidence based clinical practice through audits.

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

· Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

· Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

· 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

· Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

· Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.

A provisional job plan is included in the attached. Discussions around working pattern will take place during initial job planning, where preferences, requirements and options can be discussed and explored in full.

The successful candidate for this Consultant post will be eligible to hold an Honorary Academic title at a partner university on the understanding that they will participate in undergraduate teaching, including acting as an examiner, and support and facilitate research activities in an appropriate university faculty and school. They will take direction in these activities via the appropriate academic lead. The agreement to define the Honorary Academic responsibilities and associated programmed activities in relation to teaching time and research will be negotiated jointly between the post holder, the university and the Health Board. It will form part of the successful candidate’s job plan. The award of the Honorary Academic contract will be dependent upon a formal application being submitted to the university in accordance with the Honorary Appointments procedures and will be available on a fixed term basis subject to satisfactory performance in the academic activity undertaken.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
  • On Specialist Register/SpR due to obtain relevant CCT/CESR(CP) within 6 months of interview
  • FRCS
  • Valid Certified Advanced Life Support Skills
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant Higher Degree e.g. MD; PhD; MSc

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Broad based experience in managing breast disease and breast screening
  • Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
  • Knowledge and participation in CPD
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of NHS
  • Wider experience, research and training in providing subspecialty service
  • Evidence of above average performance
  • Membership of the British Geriatric Society (BGS)
  • Additional clinical qualification(s)

Clinical Governance

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of risk management

Research

Essential criteria
  • Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence to improve clinical outcomes
Desirable criteria
  • Research degree
  • Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors
Desirable criteria
  • Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education
  • “Training the Trainers” experience

Management

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of management training

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareCymraegCarer Confident -Accomplished - WelshCarer Confident -AccomplishedStonewall 2023 Bronze

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 not necessary

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mrs. Saira Khawaja
Job title
Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01554 783386
Additional information

Mr Andrew Deans - Clinical Lead

01267 283274

[email protected]