Plastics Department

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The Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery Unit comprises both inpatient and outpatient facilities. We offer a comprehensive range of services including congenital malformations such as cleft palate, malignant conditions of the skin, trauma and burns including specialised microsurgery to repair and reconstruct nerves, tendons and skin. The hospital also accepts major burns patients for the Midland region.

The inpatient facility consists of a 27-bed ward with specialist nursing staff. The outpatient department is co-located with hand therapy services and dermatology. We do minor operative procedures within the clinic and LA procedures in the day-stay theatre suite. We perform major head and neck surgery in conjunction with other specialists such as otolaryngology, oncology, maxillofacial and ophthalmology.

We are the Midland Regional Burns Centre.

Who we are:

• Clinical director
• Five consultants (both full and part time)
• Seven registrars (two of which are advanced trainee positions and one SET position)
• Three house officers
• Clinical nurse manager and nursing staff in 25-bed ward
• Clinical nurse manager and staff outpatients
  

We provide:

• Education and training  in both formal and informal settings. We support senior RMOs in attending relevant courses and conferences in Australia and New Zealand.
  
  
• Outreach clinics to the Midland region in Thames, Tauranga, Taranaki, Rotorua and Gisborne.
  
  
• Registrars and some SHOs have opportunities for their own operating lists.