Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Summary:

• To assist the skin cancer consultant team in providing all aspects of the plastic surgery service including outpatient clinics, theatres and day surgery.
• The postholder will get significant clinical exposure to skin cancer resection, sentinel node biopsy and reconstruction surgery in all parts of the body for both primary and recurrent skin tumours. This experience will be of significant value in training to become a consultant plastic surgeon.
• To be an integral member of the skin cancer multi-disciplinary meetings (MDMs)
• The postholder will be expected to assist in the provision of the trauma service at St Thomas’ Hospital
• To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
• To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training

Duties and responsibilities:

Clinical:

The postholder will, be responsible for supporting the Consultants in the provision of specialist skin plastic surgery services to Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, through:

• Assisting in the diagnosis and treatment of patients of the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.
• having progressive charge of post operative care of patients
• Supporting SpRs, SHOs, medical students and Trust Doctors to assess patients in the A&E department and to make appropriate decisions about their treatment.

Training of junior staff:

The postholder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her under aegis of the training plan that that postholder has agreed with their supervising consultant.

Teaching:

The postholder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Clinical Governance:

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management.  They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal. 

Mutual Obligation to Monitor Hours:

There is a contractual obligation on employers to monitor working hours through robust local monitoring arrangements supported by national guidance, and on individual doctors to co-operate with those monitoring arrangements.

European Working Time Directive (EWTD):

All posts and working patterns are under constant review in line with EWTD guidelines

Educational Programme:

This post is not pre-accredited to count towards training by the London Deanery or the JCST. However, you can apply to the JCST for this post to be counted towards your training if you hold a national training number and are intending on taking an OOPT to take up the post. The postholder will be expected to attend and contribute to educational activities e.g. departmental meetings, x-ray meetings, pathology meetings, multidisciplinary meetings, journal clubs etc.

Appraisal:

All medical and dental staff are required to undertake appraisal. 

Additional Information:

The post holder is required to follow Trust policies and procedures which are regularly updated including:

Confidentiality / Data Protection / Freedom of Information:

Post holders must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other health service business in accordance with the Data Protection Act of 1998. Post holders must not, without prior permission, disclose any information regarding patients or staff.   If any member of staff has communicated any such information to an unauthorised person those staff will be liable to dismissal.   Moreover, the Data Protection Act 1998 also renders an individual liable for prosecution in the event of unauthorised disclosure of information.

Following the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2005, post holders must apply the Trust’s FOI procedure if they receive a written request for information. 

Information Governance

All staff must comply with information governance requirements. These includes statutory responsibilities (such as compliance with the Data Protection Act), following national guidance (such as the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice) and compliance with local policies and procedures (such as the Trust's Confidentiality policy). Staff are responsible for any personal information (belonging to staff or patients) that they access and must ensure it is stored, processed and forwarded in a secure and appropriate manner.

Equal Opportunities:

Post holders must at all times fulfil their responsibilities with regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy and equality laws.

Health and Safety:

All post holders have a responsibility, under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and subsequently published regulations, to ensure that the Trust’s health and safety policies and procedures are complied with to maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and employees.

Infection Control:

All post holders have a personal obligation to act to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). They must attend mandatory training in Infection Control and be compliant with all measures required by the Trust to reduce HCAIs.  All post holders must comply with Trust infection screening and immunisation policies as well as be familiar with the Trust’s Infection Control Policies, including those that apply to their duties, such as Hand Decontamination Policy, Personal Protective Equipment Policy, safe procedures for using aseptic techniques and safe disposal of sharps. 

Risk Management:

All post holders have a responsibility to report risks such as clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly. They are expected to be familiar with the Trust’s use of risk assessments to predict and control risk, as well as the incident reporting system for learning from mistakes and near misses in order to improve services. Post holders must also attend training identified by their manager, or stated by the Trust to be mandatory.

Flexible Working

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults:

Post holders have a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Sustainability:

It is the responsibility of all staff to minimise the Trust’s environmental impact by recycling wherever possible, switching off lights, computers monitors and equipment when not in use, minimising water usage and reporting faults promptly.

Smoking Policy:

It is the Trust’s policy to promote health.  Smoking, therefore, is actively discouraged. It is illegal within Trust buildings and vehicles.

Annual Leave:

27 working days pro rata per annum plus Bank and Public Holidays.32 Days if you have had 5 years of continuous NHS Service.

All leave must be notified in advance and is subject to appropriate arrangements for cover having been made.

Study Leave:

Study Leave will be granted at the discretion of the Clinical Lead.

Funding for CPD will be equivalent to that of the appropriate Training post.

Review of this Job Description:

This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation.   To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder.

Terms and Conditions of Employment:

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and this means that any criminal conviction must be made known at the time of application.

Other:

The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and you may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.

This job description reflects core activities of a post at a particular time.  The trust expects that all staff will recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work. 

All staff are expected to contribute to the smooth running of their clinical service as required; in particular, to comply with the policies and procedures, Standing Orders and Financial Regulations of the trust.

Proposed timetable

The Fellow will be attached to a number of the Consultants in the Department who specialise in skin tumour surgery.  An average week will normally include assisting in main theatres for at least two-three full days, attendance at one or two half-day outpatient clinics, and attendance at least one multi-disciplinary team meeting.  In addition, the post holder will be expected to participate in relevant on-call commitments, training, teaching, research and audit activities, and to provide support to the trauma service at St Thomas’ Hospital. 

Salary:

The salary scale for the grade is from £58,398.00 (Nodal Point - 5) per annum, exclusive of London Zone Allowance.