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SalaryThis is a fantastic opportunity for a Junior Clinical Fellow to join our Bolton Breast Team.
The successful candidate will work alongside a multidisciplinary teammanagingboth screening and symptomatic breast cancers and benign breast disease.
Opportunities of the post:
• To gain experience in managing benign and malignant breast disease working towards independence in new patient clinics and routine follow up clinics.
• To assist with more specialised clinics, such as diagnostic results clinics, post-operative results clinics, reconstructive clinics, gynaecomastia clinics, family history clinics.
• To gain surgical experience in core breast surgical techniques such as benign breast lump excision, simple mastectomy, sentinel node biopsy, and straight-forward breast conservation surgery.
• To experience assisting with complex breast surgery including a full range of oncoplastic techniques including oncoplastic breast conserving surgery, implant-based breast reconstruction, use of acellular dermal matrices, pedicle-flap reconstruction, chest wall perforator flaps, free-flap breast reconstruction and lipomodelling.
• To participate in the unit’s active audit and research programme or to work on a quality improvement project in preparation for ST application.
The successful candidate will be expected to:
• work with the multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive oncoplastic breast surgery service for the patients of Bolton
• work with minimal supervision in new patient clinics and routine long-term follow-up clinics
• support the two FY1 doctors and nursing staff to run a safe and efficient pre-operative assessment clinic
• be involved in teaching junior staff and medical students
• provide assistance to the senior surgical team in theatre
• be keen to expand their core surgical skills
• complete administrative work to a high standard and in a timely fashion
• On-Call commitments
The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of our people and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. Staff are valued and we can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development.
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high caliber staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment. We aim to be inclusive and therefore applications form all sectors of the community are welcomed.
Please see attached job description and person specification for more details of the role and its requirements.
Please note that Clinical Fellows are paid on a local pay scale that mirrors Doctors in Training pay scales. Basic salary offered for this role is fixed at £43,923 and will not be uplifted beyond that salary point. Where the role requires out of hours working, evening, weekend and on call enhancements will be added according to a work schedule. It is Trust practice that we offer a set salary for this role and variations will not be considered.
This vacancy is likely to close early due to a high number of applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Tuesday 13 Feb 2024
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