Plastic Surgery (NI) ST3

Please include details of the qualification awarded, institution/awarding body and dates. Do not include details of your pre university school education/ exam results.

For each qualification enter:

  • Name
  • Qualification
  • Place of Study
  • Grade/Honours
  • Date Completed

Please give details of any completed postgraduate medical qualifications/ other degrees/ diplomas/ certificates. Where a qualification is partly completed please state your exam status. For an MD please state whether this is linked to your primary medical qualification or the result of an independent research thesis. Please include here any relevant qualifications listed as desirable on the person specification.

For each qualification enter:

  • Name
  • Subject/Qualification
  • Institution/awarding body
  • Grade/Result
  • Date Completed

Prizes, awards and other distinctions (please include specialty and qualifying distinction). Please indicate whether these were awarded to you as an undergraduate or postgraduate.

For each prize/award/distinction enter:

  • Name
  • Prize/Award/Distinction
  • Awarding Body
  • Date Awarded

Please provide details on your MRCS examination status. Please also provide details of any progress made with the DO-HNS examinations if relevant to your application.

To be eligible for this vacancy, successful completion of MRCS (and DOHNS if applying to ENT) is required by date in application.

Please state whether you have completed MRCS Part A

  • I have passed MRCS Part A
  • I have sat MRCS Part A and am awaiting the results
  • I have booked MRCS Part A and expect to have the results by the initial offers deadline for this recruitment round
  • I have neither passed MRCS Part A nor booked my place on the exam

Please state whether you have completed MRCS Part B

  • I have passed MRCS Part B
  • I have sat the MRCS Part B examination and am awaiting the results
  • I have booked the MRCS Part B examination and expect to have the results by the initial offers deadline for this recruitment round
  • I have neither passed MRCS Part B nor booked my place on the exam

Please state whether you have completed the DOHNS or DipEBORL part 1 examination, Diploma of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (DOHNS), Diploma of the European Board of Otorhinolaryngology (DipEBORL)

  • I have passed DOHNS/DipEBORL Part 1
  • I have sat DOHNS/DipEBORL Part 1 and am awaiting the results
  • I have booked DOHNS/DipEBORL Part 1 and expect to have the results by the initial offers deadline for this recruitment round
  • I have neither passed DOHNS/DipEBORL Part 1 nor booked my place on the exam

Please state whether you have completed the DOHNS or DipEBORL part 2 examination

  • I have passed DOHNS/DipEBORL Part 2
  • I have sat DOHNS/DipEBORL Part 2 and am awaiting the results
  • I have booked DOHNS/DipEBORL Part 2 and expect to have the results by the initial offers deadline for this recruitment round
  • I have neither passed DOHNS/DipEBORL Part 2 nor booked my place on the exam

In this section please provide details of your most relevant publications in journals or presentations to local bodies, regional or national societies. Please state whether the presentation was oral or a poster. Please give full citation details of any published work (please provide PubMed link or alternative in your answer). Please give a statement about your personal contribution to the work (e.g. first author, lead investigator)

If you do not have an achievement in that area, please put ‘N/A’ in the relevant box.

Presentations at regional or national level (Words allowed: 200)

Presentations at local level (Words allowed: 200)

Publications in peer reviewed journals (Words allowed: 200)

Other publications – conference extracts etc. (Words allowed: 200)

Use the spaces below to provide information to demonstrate how you are suitable for a training post in this specialty. Please refer to both the essential and desirable criteria on the person specification as you complete the following sections.

If you do not have an achievement in that area, please put ‘N/A’ in the relevant box.

Teaching Experience

Please provide details of your teaching experience. Please give full details about the type of teaching, your personal contribution, details of any feedback obtained and how you have reflected on this; the PHST Recruitment website (https://phstrecruitment.org.uk/recruitment-process/applying/application-scoring) has guidance to help choose the right option. This domain has additional guidance on the website should an activity have been disrupted due to COVID-19 (250 words)

Training in Teaching

Please provide details of your training in teaching. Include details about: the course provider, any qualification gained, start and end dates, the length of training and how the course was conducted (100 words)

Quality Improvement

Please provide details of your experience of quality improvement activities, providing details of your experience of quality improvement activities, giving titles and dates. What specifically was your contribution, what did the project show, how was it sustainable, was it presented or published? Remember that projects/audits which do not demonstrate use of QI methodology and repeated Plan Do Study Act cycles should be scored no more highly than the two point option; although it is permissible to claim for projects where you were only involved in one complete PDSA cycle, provided that additional cycles for that project were completed either before or subsequent to your work. See the PHST Recruitment website (https://phstrecruitment.org.uk/recruitment-process/applying/application-scoring) for full guidance. This domain has additional guidance on the website should an activity have been disrupted due to COVID-19 (250 words)

Leadership / Management
Please provide details of your experience in leadership and management, specifying the: name of the organisation, nature and scope of your role, start and (if applicable) end date. You must also include details of the positive impact you were able to make. Roles must be subsequent to commencing your first undergraduate degree (ie this includes any degree undertaken prior to your primary medical qualification); See the PHST Recruitment website (https://phstrecruitment.org.uk/recruitment-process/applying/application-scoring) for full guidance. (250 words)

Skills and Attributes Describe how you believe you meet the person specification for the programme you are applying for. Include the particular skills and attributes that make you suitable for a career in this specialty. (Words allowed: 250)

Commitment to specialty Please provide evidence of activities and achievements which demonstrate your commitment to a career in this specialty and/or have led to the development of skills relevant to career in this specialty (Words allowed: 200)

Achievement outside Medicine In this space please describe any other attributes or activities outside of the field of medicine that you feel may support your application. It is not mandatory to enter any information here but is recommended to refer to the person specification when considering information to include. (Words allowed: 150)

Research Skills Please give brief details of all research projects, and/or relevant research experience that you have undertaken or are undertaking, including methods used. Indicate your level of involvement and your exact role in the research team detailing when this took place, your time commitment, your contribution/involvement and source of funding. If you have been awarded a higher degree as a result of research, this must be detailed additionally in the appropriate section above. Detail your academic career plans, if applicable. (Words allowed: 300)

Please describe in more detail one of the research projects above. (Words allowed: 300)

NIMDTA runs an annual Welcome Event for trainees new to Northern Ireland. This event is predominately aimed at doctors who have neither worked nor lived in Northern Ireland before. The course is designed to address some of the elements of life particular to Northern Ireland, both inside and outside medicine.

All new appointments are welcome; however we would appreciate if you could answer the questions below to indicate the range of trainees attending.

Do you identify yourself as someone New to Northern Ireland (N2NI)? (Yes | No) i.e. If you don’t have enough experience of working or living in NI, then please answer yes.

Would you like to receive an invitation to NIMDTA’s New to Northern Ireland Welcome Event (Yes | No)

The questions below require you to select the most appropriate achievement from each section. The answers to these questions will make up the application score used to allocate candidates to interview.

  1. All Candidates MUST upload evidence for ALL self-assessment domains at time of application.

  2. All Evidence MUST be uploaded in PDF FORMAT.

  3. You MUST upload an index page before completing the self-assessment. The index should detail the evidence you have provided for each domain, to help the validators navigate through your evidence. This document MUST be named 00Index.pdf. An approved index template can be downloaded from the document library for this vacancy which illustrates how we expect your evidence to be organised. Failure to provide an index that clearly lists where all required evidence can be found AND which domain it is linked to will result in your application being rejected.

  4. Please combine evidence for each domain into ONE pdf per domain in the order listed within your index document. Each Domain should then be labelled accordingly (ie. 01Quals)

  5. If it is not possible for you to combine documents into one pdf, you will be permitted a max of 5 documents per domain and they should be labelled accordingly (ie, 01a, 01b, etc. in order based on your index page)

  6. Please ensure you keep to the naming convention above and DON’T use any non-alphanumeric characters (ie. &*.%$) as this will prevent the transfer of your documents into SharePoint for validation. The naming convention is provided to allow the validation panel to quickly identify your evidence and identify which domain it applies to. If it is not clear from the file name which domain the evidence relates to, the validation panel reserves the right to reject that file.

  7. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure uploaded documents FULLY DEMONSTRATE the required evidence based on the rating they have chosen. Failure to do so may result in the score for that domain being reduced. (ie. if you have claimed that you have presented at a national or international meeting, do not expect your slides alone to be accepted as evidence; instead please upload confirmation from the conference organisers that your presentation was included in the programme of events. Similarly, if your score depends on a publication having a PubMed reference, please ensure this is clearly visible within your evidence submission.)

  8. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure uploaded documents are CORRECTLY ORIENTATED AND LEGIBLE. Failure to do so may result that domain being scored zero.

  9. ONLY upload documentation directly relevant to your self-assessment. The validating panel cannot be expected to review your entire portfolio. If a candidate is deemed to have uploaded unnecessary documentation that prevents the validation panel from quickly identifying the correct evidence, their application will be rejected.

  10. You can only claim on the basis of achievements completed at point of submission of your application.

  11. Scores are not adjustable after submission – you cannot amend your self-assessment score after should you have made a mistake on your application form, or gained an achievement after the submission of your application.

  12. It is never permissible to share or upload patient identifiable data. Any file found to contain patient identifiable data will be removed from your evidence folder, prior to validation, to prevent it being shared further. NIMDTA may also be obliged to raise this as a GDPR issue and inform your Responsible Officer.

Please round total time to the nearest month (up or down).

In the time since you completed your foundation training until the end of July 2024 how long will you have spent in Plastic Surgery?

  • No experience : 0
  • One - seven months : 2
  • Eight - nineteen months : 6
  • Twenty - thirty-seven months : 2
  • Thirty-eight months or more : 0

Not allowed for undergrad, intercalated or exam such as MRCS.

Highest degree only counts for marks.

At the time of application, which of the following qualifications have you been awarded? eg :- MPhil, PHD, MMedED, MCh, MS, MSc.

  • None : 0
  • Masters (eg Msc, MMedED, MS, MCh, MPhil) : 1
  • MD, PhD : 2

Marks can be for either Oral or Poster.

Must be first author and / or evidenced as presented at relevant meeting to get mark.

Exclude purely ‘in house’ regular hospital or audit meetings.

Exclude presentations at in-house teaching events and similar.

For local/regional, need to have significant presentation (not just routine e.g. morbidity and mortality meetings).

Cannot count same presentation given more than once.

Presentations given (up to the time of application) since leaving medical school.

  • None : 0
  • One : 1
  • Two or more : 2

Formally accepted papers to count (but not letters to editor or abstracts).

Acceptance letters to be provided as evidence.

Please provide PMID number or equivalence.

Must be formally accepted and evidenced. Must give significant contribution to publication if not first author.

How many publications do you have since leaving medical school up to time of application (accepted or published).

  • None : 0
  • One : 1
  • Two or more : 2

Need evidence of either significant input and/or having presented.

Recommended evidence is the NIMDTA Audit/Quality Improvement Confirmation Form, available from the document library for this vacancy.

How many audit or QI projects have you completed since leaving medical school (up to the time of application).

  • None : 0
  • One - two : 1
  • Three or more : 2

How many of the following procedures have you performed (up to the time of application).

Only include those where you were the primary operator (either performed alone or performed with supervisor present - P, STS, STU).

Do NOT include those procedures where you assisted only.

Please provide valid evidence.

Flexor Tendon Repair - zone 1 and 2 only

  • None : 0
  • One - two : 1
  • Three or more : 2

Digital Nerve Repair

  • None : 0
  • One - two : 1
  • Three or more : 2

Fixation of hand fracture - k wire or other method of internal fixation

  • None : 0
  • One : 1
  • Two or more : 2

Burns Resuscitation

  • None : 0
  • One : 1
  • Two or more : 2

Excision of skin malignancy and graft flap reconstruction

  • None : 0
  • One - two : 1
  • Three or more : 2
Please upload your index page to help the validators navigate through your evidence. Index templates can be downloaded from the document library for this vacancy. Please list all evidence you have uploaded as part of this self-assessment in the order it will appear. The document should be named ‘00Index.pdf’.

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