The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Junior Clinical Fellow- Plastic Surgery
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About the Role
The post will offer excellent clinical experience in Plastic Surgery with a focus on surgical oncology including microsurgical reconstruction, working closely with a multi-disciplinary team consisting of surgical specialties, medical and clinical oncology. The post could suit those wishing to gain specialist Plastic Surgery experience prior to embarking on a training programme. The post provides excellent opportunities to build surgical skills and there is good scope for audit and publications.
The overall clinical workload will involve management of inpatients, attendance at theatre and outpatient sessions along with presenting at MDTs.
This post is designed to support specialised oncologic plastic surgery and reconstruction at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust which is a tertiary referral centre for the treatment of cancer. It will provide the appointee with excellent opportunities to further operative experience and clinical management of oncological surgery patients.
The appointee will be expected to be involved in all areas of oncologic plastic surgery and microsurgical reconstruction, providing cover where necessary. The appointee will work closely with the 6 Consultants, Specialty Doctor’s and the Registrars who rotate through the unit. They will get involve with all aspects of oncological plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery and microsurgery.
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The successful candidate will have regular outpatient clinics and will be expected to attend both local and general anaesthetic lists, where there will be excellent opportunities to perform and learn new surgical procedures under varying levels of supervision dependent upon the experience of the appointee.
Specific Duties Will Include
- Participation in the primary care of patients admitted to The Christie
- To oversee the daily care of inpatients, as an integral part of the plastics team
- Attendance at outpatient clinics and theatre lists as required by the supervising consultant.
- Monitoring of plastic surgery flaps
The postholder will contribute to the delivery of high quality consultant led care across 7 days. This includes participation in planned weekend and weekday clinical activity to support safe, timely decision making and continuity of care for patients.
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About The Christie
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Kantappa Gajanan
- Job title: Locum Consultant
- Email address: Kantappa.gajanan@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01614463368
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