Facial Plastic Surgery Fellow

Job summary

Applications are invited for the Birmingham Facial Plastic Surgery Fellowship, which provides an excellent opportunity for the trainee to experience the high-volume workload in a supra regional university teaching hospital with multidisciplinary focus.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The appointee will be expected to undertake cross-site working with a formal job plan although the on-calls will be based at HGS, the clinics will be mainly at Heartlands and QE Hospitals and the elective theatre sessions will be mainly at Solihull and QE Hospitals (further restructuring may be necessary after the COVID-19 pandemic). The job plan will include a commitment to clinic, theatre and on call duties.

The appointee will be involved in running clinics, theatres and being included in the ENT middle grade on-call rota at Heartlands Hospital.

The advertised post is a Facial Plastic Surgery fellowship and is suitable for those who want to expand their skills and sub-specialise in this field. It is expected that the successful candidate will support the department with achieving the targets for urgent cancer referrals.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Our aim is to provide a comprehensive training in the management of a wide range of facial plastic surgery conditions. In particular, the fellowship offers exposure to nasal surgical procedures as well as surgical and reconstructive management of the head and neck skin cancer patients. Outpatient commitments include general and specialist clinics as well the ENT emergency clinic.

Our department has close connections with the University of Birmingham with Professor of Head & Neck Surgery. In addition, the ENT team contributes to the skin MDTs and the facial palsy clinic. From an academic perspective, the department is currently involved in national clinical trials and there is plenty of opportunity to undertake research during the fellowship.

Currently, due to the COVID pandemic and restructuring of services to accommodate hot and cold sites, the majority of ENT operating is at Solihull Hospital. Major Head and Neck resections (including laryngectomy, complex airway surgery, head and neck resections requiring free flap reconstruction, input of thoracic surgeons and skull base surgeons) are performed at QEH. There is likely to be further changes as we emerge from the pandemic.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered with GMC

FRCS (ORL HNS) or

CCT Holder or equivalent qualification

Experience

Essential

Broad based clinical experience in ENT.

Able to manage common emergency

cases.

Competent in emergency surgical skills.

Competent in head and neck operations

and diagnostics.

Keen to learn advanced techniques in

specialized ENT surgery

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Mriganka De 

mriganka.de@uhb.nhs.uk 

01213714680