Consultant in Oncoplastic and Gender Affirming Breast Surgery

Job title:

Consultant in Oncoplastic and Gender Affirming Breast Surgery

Company

British Medical Journal

Job description

Applications are invited for a Consultant in Oncoplastic and Gender Affirming Breast Surgery. This post is based within the gender affirmation service at North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.The Breast Surgery Unit at MFT is the largest unit in the country and is looking to appoint a Clinical Fellow with an interest in delivering Masculinising chest & Oncoplastic Breast Surgery to join our team on a permanent basis.Main duties of the jobThe Trust (MFT) fellow post is a substantive post appointed by MFT for a UK-based or overseas candidate.The appointee will join a team of chest wall contouring and oncoplastic breast surgeons working between North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH) and Trafford General Hospital (TGH). The post will appeal to appropriately trained surgeons who have a proven sub-specialty interest in oncoplastic breast surgery and wish to gain specialised experience and knowledge in gender affirming chest wall contouring surgery.Candidates that are non-GMC registered at the point of application will be considered for this position, under the Trusts International Fellowship Scheme (please note, there is a £500 admin charge for this scheme). More information re this scheme can be found on our website – link in job description.About usMFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.Job description
Job responsibilitiesTo find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.Were looking forward to hearing from you!Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential

• Full registration with the GMC
• FRCS or equivalent
• CCT General Surgery (or Plastic Surgery with a TIG fellowship)

Desirable

• MD,PhD,MSc
• Medical Education qualification

Experience
Essential

• Wide experience in all aspects of breast disease management
• Experience in oncoplastic breast surgery (evidenced by surgical logbook)

Desirable

• Unsupervised experience in oncoplastic breast surgery

Skills
Essential

• Evidence of a suitable breadth of breast surgical experience provided by a logbook
• Evidence of a quality improvement project
• Evidence of participation in clinical audit

Desirable

• Other relevant oncoplastic breast courses
• Evidence of research publications

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Expected salary

£105504 – 139882 per year

Location

Wolverhampton

Job date

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:46:02 GMT

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