Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
ST8 Breast Surgery Resident Doctor
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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic ST8 Breast Surgery Resident to join our expanding Breast Surgery team at an exciting time of investment and change.
Following approval of our Breast Service Reconfiguration Programme, we are investing in our workforce to increase diagnostic capacity, improve patient pathways and reduce reliance on weekend services. This newly created post represents the first phase of an ambitious programme to develop a clinically excellent, equitable and sustainable breast service across our Trust.
The successful candidate will become a member of a motivated multidisciplinary team, delivering care to symptomatic and breast screening patients.
This is far more than a traditional training post. You will become an integral member of a forward-thinking multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality breast care while helping shape the future configuration of services.
Working Environment:
- Working alongside experienced Consultant Breast Surgeons, Breast Radiologists, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Oncology colleagues, you will gain extensive experience across the entire breast pathway.
- The post holder will attend at the weekly Breast MDT, the one stop and treatment planning clinics, and theatre lists.
- The position will encompass service provision while also addressing individual learning needs and offering training and development opportunities through the aforementioned clinical activities.
- The post holder will have opportunities to participate in audits and quality improvement projects.
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Responsibilities:
- Breast Assessment and management of benign and malignant breast disease.
- Counselling patients with a new diagnosis of breast cancer, discussing therapeutic options, understanding how co-morbidities influence the surgical management.
- Engaging with the multidisciplinary team on formulating a treatment plan and working efficiently with other specialties, such as pathologists, breast care nurses, oncologists, radiologists.
- Developing skills in magtrace sentinel lymph node biopsy, targeted axillary dissection and axillary clearance.
- Developing skills in magseed guided wide local excision, therapeutic mammoplasty, and chest wall perforator flaps partial reconstruction.
- Participating in audits and research projects.
Application Information:
Please refer to the Applicant Guide via the link below for key information: Applying to LGT Guide - Key Information for Applicants
About Us:
Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations
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- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
- Improving the experience of staff with disability.
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
- Making equalities mainstream.
Contact Information:
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Kislaya Thakur
- Job title: Clinical Lead Breast Surgery
- Email address: kislaya.thakur@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07946 594703
If you are interested in applying for this post, we’d be delighted to chat to you. Please contact Mr Kislaya Thakur, Clinical lead breast Surgery via email: kislaya.thakur@nhs.net or General Manager Karin Hofmeijer 0208 836 4971 email: karin.hofmeijer@nhs.net
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