The fellow will engage in clinical governance, audits, and research while maintaining their skills through continued professional development. The collaborative environment includes a team of experienced consultants, advanced nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists. The position also entails administrative duties related to patient care, and candidates are encouraged to contact the clinical lead for further inquiries about the role.
Due to a recent retirement and restructuring with the department of Breast, Endocrine, Skin and Sarcoma an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Breast surgery
This is a new full time post specialising in breast disease diagnosis and management. It involves seeing new patients in a breast one stop clinic and discussing cases at the MDT meeting, assisting in theatre, pre and post-operative care of breast patients and assessment and management of breast emergencies. This post will take place within normal working hours; there is no on-call commitment.
Initially the post will be based at Poole hospital but as University Hospitals transformation plans progress it is expected the breast team will unite on one site. This means you will need to be flexible when it comes to cross site working. This post will have a supervised training element to allow you to progress your skills.
For an informal chat to learn more about the role and department please contact Miss Clark the Clinical Lead )
Your role will include:
Out-patient clinics - assessing new fast track patients
Operating - assisting and undergoing training as appropriate.
Attendance at and participation in MDT meetings
Active participation in clinical audit, governance and research.
Pre and post-operative care of patients
Assessing and treating breast emergencies
Attendance at weekly operational meetings
Clinical Governance and Appraisal
The post holder is expected to participate in the Directorate's Clinical Governance half day meetings held on a monthly basis, maintain their own skills and competencies through Continual Professional Development (CPD), participate in Clinical Audit and Effectiveness work and Research and Development, as appropriate. It a trust requirement that all staff keep up to date with mandatory training requirements and have annual appraisal.
Management
The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trustare finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He / she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his / her patients.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications
About us
This a full time post specialising in breast disease diagnosis and management. It involves seeing new patients in a breast one stop clinic and discussing cases at the MDT meeting, assisting in theatre, taking care of breast inpatients and assessing and treating breast emergencies.
The post will be based at Poole hospital but as University Hospitals transformation plans progress you may need to cover the Royal Bournemouth site occasionally. This means you will need to be flexible when it comes to cross site working. This post will have a supervised training element to allow you to progress your skills. There is no on-call associated with this post. Working hours will be between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday.
The timetable will be fluid as the post will have some fixed sessions but also be used to back fill leave and to allow training sessions. It is likely you will do 2 fast track clinics, 1 breast follow up clinic and assist in theatre most afternoons.
The post holder will work with a team of 7 experienced Consultant Surgeons supported by a team of Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists.
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