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CONSULTANT IN PLASTIC SURGERY WITH INTEREST IN SKIN CANCER AND LIMB RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY
ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY
This post is immediately available and is offered on a whole time basis (10 PAs – 8 DCC / 2 SPA) or less than full time, will be considered.
The Plastic Surgery Unit serves the North East of Scotland covering a widely scattered population of over 630,000. This post is offered as a General Plastic Surgery post preferably with a specialist interest in Skin Cancer and Limb Reconstruction. The successful candidate will join 5 existing full time Consultants based at the Teaching Hospital of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The Plastic Surgery Unit carries out additional operating and outpatient sessions in Elgin and a number of peripheral locations throughout the North East. Close links exist between a number of other specialties on site and with an excellent range of support services on site.
The responsibilities of the post include Plastic Surgery inpatient and outpatient services at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and a peripheral clinic, a contribution to the Paediatric Plastic Surgery Service and participation in a 1:7 on call rota. The duties of the post include involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate training. It is likely that the University of Aberdeen will accord the Honorary Status of Clinical Senior Lecturer for this post.
The North East of Scotland is a delightful place to live, with easy access to the Coast, to Royal Deeside and to the Highlands. The area offers opportunities for many outdoor pursuits including hill walking, mountain biking and mountaineering. Established air, rail and sea links provide easy access for travel throughout the UK and beyond; for example there are more than 15 flights daily each way between Aberdeen and London.
Aberdeen, the oil capital of Europe, is a cosmopolitan city with a variety of good bars and restaurants as well as several shopping centres. There are active theatre, concert hall and art gallery programmes.
Applicants should hold FRCS or equivalent in Plastic Surgery and post CCT fellowship in Skin Cancer and/or Hand Trauma.
Full registration with a licence to practise with the GMC is required. (licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post). For more information visit www.gmc-uk.org
Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry on the GMC Specialist Register from date of interview.
Alternatively, applicants should possess a CESR / CESR (CP).
Applications from doctors with appropriate specialist training and experience who are not listed on the GMC Specialist Register can be considered for a Locum Consultant post (up to 12 months) if no substantive Consultant appointment is made. Whilst in locum employment, an application to obtain a CESR / CESR (CP) and entry onto the Specialist Register can be made.
Informal enquiries should be made to Mr Jamil Ahmed, Consultant in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, jamil.ahmed1@nhs.scot
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