Locum Consultant Breast Surgeon

Job overview

Wye Valley NHS Trust wishes to appoint a Locum Consultant Breast Surgeon, to be based at the County Hospital, Hereford.

If you’ve ever dreamt of a place which brings together the convenience of living in a city with the lifestyle associated with a home in a rural idyll, Herefordshire is the place for you. Herefordshire is ranked one of the safest counties to live in England.

This is a replacement role, and a fixed-term locum post for 12 months.

The post is intended to be whole-time (10 PA’s), but applications would be considered from candidates wishing for personal or domestic reasons to work part-time and the programme modified accordingly. This post will not include any on call duties.

Main duties of the job

Elective clinical commitments will include new patient Breast symptomatic clinic, a weekly Breast multidisciplinary meeting (which includes a video link to the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Breast Screening Service) and elective Breast Surgery/Clinics. Breast Oncoplasty training and experience are essential for this role.

There is a purpose built Oncology unit, The Macmillan-Renton Unit, with an attached Radiotherapy wing.

Breast outpatient clinics take place in dedicated Breast clinic rooms, which are equipped with ultrasound machines. One stop Breast assessment outpatient clinics are run by three surgeons (including this post), with assistance from Breast Radiologists.

The Breast reconstructive surgery service is also supported by Plastic Surgeons based at QEH, Birmingham.

The post-holder will not be expected to undertake elective or emergency children surgical care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of main responsibilities.

An example job plan is also included in the Job Description.