Consultant Oncoplastic Reconstructive Breast Surgeon

An opportunity has arisen to appoint a full time (10 PA), Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon to join our innovative department at an exciting time in our Trusts future although less than full time applications may be considered The clinical team consists of 4 Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons, 3 Associate Specialists and 8 Specialist Nurses, which work closely alongside the radiology teams.

The Breast service offers a one stop diagnostic breast clinic every week-day based at the Pinderfields site. Theatre capacity for breast surgical intervention is offered at Pinderfields General Hospital and with adoption of new localisation technologies is offered for other Trust sites:
Pontefract and Dewsbury. We are a busy service with close to 500 cancers treated annually and above 7000 symptomatic referrals seen. The Breast Team cooperates closely with an experienced Plastic Surgery Team. The 3 Consultant Plastic Surgeons offer DIEP flaps reconstruction.

Duties will be based primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) site although may require some cross site travel. The main duties of the posts will include:
To provide a clinical service of the highest quality to patients with benign or malignant breast diseases. To provide a high quality breast reconstruction service. To work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that we work together as a supportive team. To support the teaching and research activities of the team. To provide leadership and act as a role model to junior members of staff.

This post does not include any Emergency on call commitments. Post-operative cover is provided to all breast patients by the team across all sites. Travel between sites may be required, which will be reflected within the job plan. Administrative duties, for which appropriate office space, secretarial support, and networked computer facilities, are provided. Cross-site working: the post may involve working across Trust sites and, where travel between sites is required within the working day, appropriate travel time will be incorporated within the job plan/PA allocation.

Equity: the Trust is committed to ensuring that newly appointed consultants have equitable working conditions to established consultant colleagues within the department.

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

An opportunity has arisen to appoint a full time (10 PA), Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon to join our innovative department at an exciting time in our Trust's future although less than full time applications may be considered. The clinical team consists of 4 Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons, 3 Associate Specialists and 8 Specialist Nurses, which work closely alongside the radiology teams.

The Breast service offers a one stop diagnostic breast clinic every week-day based at the Pinderfields site. Theatre capacity for breast surgical intervention is offered at Pinderfields General Hospital and with adoption of new localisation technologies is offered for other Trust sites:
Pontefract and Dewsbury. We are a busy service with close to 500 cancers treated annually and above 7000 symptomatic referrals seen. The Breast Team cooperates closely with an experienced Plastic Surgery Team. The 3 Consultant Plastic Surgeons offer DIEP flaps reconstruction.

Duties will be based primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) site although may require some cross site travel.

• To provide a clinical service of the highest quality to patients with benign or malignant breast diseases.
• To provide a high quality breast reconstruction service.
• To work collaboratively…