Senior Clinical Fellow - Burns | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 14 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,068 - £57,570 plus London Weighting |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW10 9NH |
| Company: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6262700/289-PCD-SCF-123 |
Summary
Applications are invited for a Burns Fellowship post for a 12 months commencing 2ndSeptember 2024 based at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. The successful candidates will work within the Burns Unit and be involved in both elective and emergency work. This is an un-banded post and will cover weekday activities within the burns service.
This will be the first time that a Burns Fellowship is offered at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and the role will include working within a busy, dynamic, and friendly department and the fellow will be exposed to a wide variety of burns cases and their on -going reconstructive management.
We encourage a learning environment, with regular MDT and departmental meetings. We will expect and encourage your involvement in audit, research and teaching and the successful candidate will present and publish such work as carried out in the Unit.
This is not a training post and does not have specific Royal College or Postgraduate approval. This post would suit a senior plastics / burns trainee who would like to gain further experience in this specialist field. We would welcome applicants from the UK or overseas.
FRCS (Plastics) is essential at time of starting fellowship.
Roles and responsibilities
• Management of burns/plastic surgery cases in the outpatient setting (supervised)
• Management of burns/plastic surgery cases in the operating theatre (supervised)
• Training in the use of laser therapy to manage burns scars.
• Presentation of cases at the weekly MDT meeting
• Ward round review of in-patients and their on-going care
• Research involving Burns surgery-based studies.
• Teaching and support of burns staff
The job description may be subject to change according to the varying needs of the service. Such changes will be made after discussion between the post holder and their manager.
All duties must be carried out under supervision or within Trust policy and procedure. You must never undertake any duties that are outside your area of skill or knowledge level. If you are unsure, you must seek clarification from a more senior member of staff.
For an informal discussion please contact Miss Joanne Atkins, Consultant in Plastics/Burns Surgery, and Service Lead
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England.
We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
• We employ over 7,000 staff and 500 volunteers
• We treat someone in A&E every 90 seconds
• We deliver a baby every 50 minutes
• We operate on a patient every 16 minutes
• We do 50 imaging procedures each hour
• We serve a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life
Our PROUD values demonstrate to staff, patients and the public the standards of care and experience they should expect from our services:
• Putting patients first
• Responsive to patients and staff
• Open and honest
• Unfailingly kind
• Determined to develop
Roles and responsibilities
• Management of burns/plastic surgery cases in the outpatient setting (supervised)
• Management of burns/plastic surgery cases in the operating theatre (supervised)
• Training in the use of laser therapy to manage burns scars.
• Presentation of cases at the weekly MDT meeting
• Ward round review of in-patients and their on-going care
• Research involving Burns surgery-based studies.
• Teaching and support of burns staff
The job description may be subject to change according to the varying needs of the service. Such changes will be made after discussion between the post holder and their manager.
All duties must be carried out under supervision or within Trust policy and procedure. You must never undertake any duties that are outside your area of skill or knowledge level. If you are unsure, you must seek clarification from a more senior member of staff.
For an informal discussion please contact Miss Joanne Atkins, Consultant in Plastics/Burns Surgery, and Service Lead
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 May 2024