Job overview

The Princess Alexandra Hospital is seeking a whole time Specialty Doctor in plastic surgery. We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual for who would like to join our team and help with providing, maintaining and developing a high-quality local service for the people of West Essex and N&E Hertfordshire. 

Dermatology services are based at The Princess Alexandra Hospital with outpatient clinics running onsite as well as at two community hospitals – Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.  The post holder will be expected to deliver outpatient services across all three sites, and support with inpatient referrals at Princess Alexandra Hospital where indicated.

This post will be delivering dermatology outpatient procedures only to help us treat our patients referred on a cancer pathway

Main duties of the job

The duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service:

The post holder will undertake a share of the current outpatient workloads but will be expected to continue to review and develop the service in partnership with the existing Lead Consultant, the other consultants and clinicians plus the Clinical Support service   directorate management team to meet the requirements of the local population. 

A detailed work programme will be agreed with the postholder on appointment and will be reviewed annually to take account of the changing needs of the services provided by the Medicine Directorate.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.