Job summary
This is an exciting new opportunity for a breast consultant to support with the provision of local breast services at both Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Due to the growing demand of the service, we welcome candidates who wish to become part of a fast paced team focused on improving, developing and supporting breast diagnostic and treatment pathways for our patients. Candidates who have previous breast experience, or a desire to specialise in breast services, are welcomed to apply.
The Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Breast Unit provides comprehensive breast care management as a secondary and tertiary provider. The Trust carries out primary breast procedures, reconstructions, revision and complex surgery for the 600+ new cancers we diagnose and treat each year. An open access follow up programme has been well established and new innovative research opportunities supported.
Main duties of the job
To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust's patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust's strategic direction.
About us
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Breast Unit maintains an active research programme, recruiting patients to NIHR portfolio trials as well as running novel research projects and clinical trials collaborating with The University of Kent at Canterbury, Imperial College London and Warwick Clinical Trials Unit.
The 5 substantive breast consultants offer a full repertoire of breast procedures including advanced breast conservation and reconstructive breast surgery.
The time commitment will be approximately 10 PAs per week, made up of 8.5 DPAs and 1.5 SPAs. SPA time can be used for activities supporting research, professional development, and the service, which include teaching, audit, mandatory training and additional responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- MRCP or equivalent
- Entry on the Specialist Register as a clinical oncologist or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the advisory appointments committee
Desirable
- Higher Qualification in Medicine or Surgery
- Research degree (MD/PhD)
- Clinical Experience in relevant tumour sites
Experience
Essential
- Clinical Training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in specialty
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable
- Experience in Clinical Audit and Research.
- Experience in medical education
Skills
Essential
- Enthusiasm for developing tumour site specialisation and Cancer Services in Kent
- Ability to organise and manage
Desirable
- An interest and a capacity to teach and learn from members of the multidisciplinary team
- Research degree (MD/PhD)
- Staff management: delegating, appraisal of performance, dealing with poor performance, coaching and motivating.
Personal
Essential
- Ability to work in a team.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Caring attitude to patients
- Commitment to continuing medical education
- An awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses
Desirable
- Clinical Experience in relevant tumour sites
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.
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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Employer details
Employer name
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Address
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
ME169QQ