Consultant in Plastic Surgery Interest in Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Job Description

North Bristol NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the South West region and one of the largest trusts in the country. Last year the Trust treated over 100,000 inpatients, over 35,000 outpatients, 90,000 emergency department patients and helped deliver over 6,000 babies. It employs more than 9,500 staff, has approximately 1,050 inpatient beds and income in excess of £540 million.The Trust provides Medical, Surgical, Neonatal and Maternity Care for its local population of approximately a million people in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The Trust also provides regional services in Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Pathology, Plastic Surgery and Burns, Renal Medicine and Transplant and Urology and is the Major Trauma Centre for the West Country.The adult soft tissue sarcoma service is based at Southmead Hospital. This is one of ten soft tissue sarcoma services within England. This service has been under the auspices of the plastic surgeons for the last ten years. There are currently 3 sarcoma surgeons and one locum consultant. This is in keeping with other regional sarcoma units within Devon, Oxford and South Wales. The service has a comprehensive weekly MDT, jointly attended by urology surgeons, thoracic surgeons, plastic surgeons, clinical nurse specialists, radiologists, pathologists, clinical and medical oncologists. The MDT sarcoma clinic is held after the MDT on a Tuesday morning. Further out-patient clinics are held daily by a range of consultants. For high grade sarcomas the preference of our oncology team is for pre-operative radiotherapy. This is followed by surgery and reconstruction as required, often with free tissue transfer. The sarcoma service processes around 1500 cases through the MDT a year and operates on at least 150 sarcomas per year. The service has an active involvement with the British sarcoma group and has contributed towards the national sarcoma guidelines. There is an active research arm within the service with a contribution towards peer reviewed literature.The plastic surgery department comprises 22 consultants and with a range of specialties including breast, hand, burns, head and neck, lower limb trauma and paediatrics. There is a dedicated administrative team, who are specifically detailed to the Plastics service. The postholder would be assigned a specific member of this administrative team to assist with any non-clinical duties.The health service in Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire is being remodelled to concentrate on acute facilities and where appropriate to provide more care close to patient homes through a network community hospitals and facilities. The Trust recently moved the majority of its acute services to the Brunel Building, regarded as one of the best hospital facilities in Europe, on the Southmead Hospital Site. At Southmead Hospital, we also have our excellent maternity and women’s health services, the Bristol Breast Care Centre and the Trust’s Severn Pathology service.As well as Southmead Hospital, the Trust also has Cossham Hospital, in Kingswood, that recently underwent a £19m refurbishment, the Bristol Centre for Enablement, at Cribbs Causeway (Bristol) and the Trust also runs children’s community health services across Bristol and South Gloucestershire.The Trust has University Teaching status and is associated with both the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.Applicants should have a CCT or be on the GMC’s Specialist Register. Applicants who are within six months of obtaining their CCT on the date of the AAC may also apply.When applying please include your CCT date in the Membership of professional bodies section of the online application form, which is where you must also record your GMC number.Salary range: £82,096 to £110,683Closing Date – 05th January 2021Interview Date – 02nd March 2021Please note:•CVs are not used in the shortlisting process. If you are shortlisted your CV will be made available to the Formal and Informal interview panel.If you are shortlisted we will contact you by email with details of your interview. You will need to confirm your attendance.Committed to equal opportunities, job share applications welcomeLate applications will not be accepted. For further details / informal visits contact: Shabba VaithianathanGeneral Manager shabba.vaithianathan@nbt.nhs.uk