(**) Locum Consultant Plastic Surgery WSI in Burns

• Take overall responsibility for the clinical care of patients within the Plastic Surgery Service, including associated administrative duties, accurate record keeping and effective communication with patients and General Practitioners.
• Provide clinical leadership within the service, working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support integrated and effective patient management.
• Participate in on-call and out-of-hours consultant cover, including cross-cover during colleagues' annual and study leave.
• Undertake regular ward rounds to review patient progress and ensure safe, effective and timely care.
• Contribute to clinical audit, quality improvement initiatives and ongoing continuing professional development activities.
• Supervise, teach and support the training and professional development of junior medical staff, nurses and medical students.
• Maintain high standards of care and professional practice, ensuring accountability to the Medical Director, Chief Executive and Trust Board.

Essential

• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in the specialty
• Comprehensive knowledge in the specialty and ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems
• Demonstrates good knowledge of the structures and culture of the NHS, roles, responsibilities and relationships across the MDT and the multi-professional team.
• Able to take full and independent responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision.

Essential

• Excellent written skills
• Evidence of management experience or training.
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist training.
• Ability to manage and lead department.

Desirable

• Evidence of teaching activities undertaken as one to one, small group, anatomical and cadaveric dissections, and lectures to larger groups at regional or national level