Consultant Plastic Surgeon with a special interest in Gender Surgery
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 04 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 04 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, SW10 9NH |
| Cwmni: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7205018/289-SC-57 |
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A Vacancy at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
CCGS is hosted within the Division of Specialist Care at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Chelsea Centre for Gender Surgery offers masculinising lower surgery, feminising lower surgery, and masculinising chest surgery.
As part of the masculinising lower surgery (metoidioplasty or phalloplasty), patients are offered minimally-invasive gynaecological surgery, which includes hysterectomy, adnexectomy and vaginectomy. Procedures offered for lower feminising surgery include vaginoplasty and vulvoplasty.
The team at CCGS comprises of consultant urological, plastic and gynaecological surgeons leading a multidisciplinary team of Nurse Specialists, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapists, Dieticians, Psychologists, Anaesthetists and Endocrinologists. The service is supported by a Deputy General Manager covering Gender Health and two patient pathway coordinators, who will be the first point of contact for service users and will provide administrative support to the clinical team.
The post holder will have the following duties:
• • Deliver outpatient clinics, diagnostic procedures and theatre lists to support the service.
• Attendance at MDT meetings.
• Participation in audit,researchand governance activities of the department.
• Ensure compliance with national commissioning standards and waiting time targets.
• Support subspecialisation in the department byappropriate crossreferral to colleagues.
• Provide consultant care at an early stage to patients presenting to secondary care with presumed.plasticsurgicalcomplications of gender surgery.
• Contribute to theroutinecare of GAS inpatients, rotating this responsibility with colleagues.
• To promote early and safe discharge of patients, includingday case chest surgery.
• Strong commitment to the organisation and delivery of training.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We are committed to equal opportunities and believe that diversity drives innovation and excellence. As part of our dedication to equity, we actively welcome applications from individuals from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities. We value the unique perspectives and experiences that diverse teams bring and are committed to creating an environment where all voices are heard, respected, and empowered to succeed."
If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
• Provide ahigh qualityservice for individuals who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria; and willobserveand promote respect,dignityand equality fortranspeople.
• Providea timelyand sustainable service fortranspeople that meets the needs of thepopulation, andincorporates the views of individuals.
• Work with specialist Gender Dysphoria Clinics to ensuretimelyand effective treatments, including post-surgical care needs.
• Achieve an integrated approach to care with specialist Gender Dysphoria Clinics and ensure close links with other expert centres at national and international levels.
• Ensuretimelyandappropriate communicationswith services whoare expectedto provide other parts of the individual’s pathway.
• Increase awareness of best practice in the treatment and management of gender dysphoria through active engagement with health professionals; and educate healthcare professionals in the health and support needs oftranspeople.
• Collaborate in national and international research projects to increase the evidence base for the commissioning and delivery of specialised services fortranspeople.
• Provide support, advice,expertiseand training for the local,regionaland national network.
• Collaborate in sharing best practice, peer review, benchmarking, and in the development of research and innovation.
• Employ consistent andequitabledecision-making about the effective use of resources on the NHS pathway of care fortranspeople.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Jun 2025
CCGS is hosted within the Division of Specialist Care at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Chelsea Centre for Gender Surgery offers masculinising lower surgery, feminising lower surgery, and masculinising chest surgery.
As part of the masculinising lower surgery (metoidioplasty or phalloplasty), patients are offered minimally-invasive gynaecological surgery, which includes hysterectomy, adnexectomy and vaginectomy. Procedures offered for lower feminising surgery include vaginoplasty and vulvoplasty.
The team at CCGS comprises of consultant urological, plastic and gynaecological surgeons leading a multidisciplinary team of Nurse Specialists, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapists, Dieticians, Psychologists, Anaesthetists and Endocrinologists. The service is supported by a Deputy General Manager covering Gender Health and two patient pathway coordinators, who will be the first point of contact for service users and will provide administrative support to the clinical team.
The post holder will have the following duties:
• • Deliver outpatient clinics, diagnostic procedures and theatre lists to support the service.
• Attendance at MDT meetings.
• Participation in audit,researchand governance activities of the department.
• Ensure compliance with national commissioning standards and waiting time targets.
• Support subspecialisation in the department byappropriate crossreferral to colleagues.
• Provide consultant care at an early stage to patients presenting to secondary care with presumed.plasticsurgicalcomplications of gender surgery.
• Contribute to theroutinecare of GAS inpatients, rotating this responsibility with colleagues.
• To promote early and safe discharge of patients, includingday case chest surgery.
• Strong commitment to the organisation and delivery of training.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We are committed to equal opportunities and believe that diversity drives innovation and excellence. As part of our dedication to equity, we actively welcome applications from individuals from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities. We value the unique perspectives and experiences that diverse teams bring and are committed to creating an environment where all voices are heard, respected, and empowered to succeed."
If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
• Provide ahigh qualityservice for individuals who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria; and willobserveand promote respect,dignityand equality fortranspeople.
• Providea timelyand sustainable service fortranspeople that meets the needs of thepopulation, andincorporates the views of individuals.
• Work with specialist Gender Dysphoria Clinics to ensuretimelyand effective treatments, including post-surgical care needs.
• Achieve an integrated approach to care with specialist Gender Dysphoria Clinics and ensure close links with other expert centres at national and international levels.
• Ensuretimelyandappropriate communicationswith services whoare expectedto provide other parts of the individual’s pathway.
• Increase awareness of best practice in the treatment and management of gender dysphoria through active engagement with health professionals; and educate healthcare professionals in the health and support needs oftranspeople.
• Collaborate in national and international research projects to increase the evidence base for the commissioning and delivery of specialised services fortranspeople.
• Provide support, advice,expertiseand training for the local,regionaland national network.
• Collaborate in sharing best practice, peer review, benchmarking, and in the development of research and innovation.
• Employ consistent andequitabledecision-making about the effective use of resources on the NHS pathway of care fortranspeople.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Jun 2025