Ben Burston
Consultant
Oswestry
Gender / Preferred pronoun
Male / Mr
Ethnicity
White
Particular qualities / experiences relevant for mentorship
Foreign fellowships with young family;
Recovering from surgery and illness as a consultant;
Completing travelling fellowship as a consultant,
Moving to an area where not worked as a trainee
Grades willing to mentor
Any grade
Profile statement
I have been a consultant since 2013, working in both Oswestry and
Shrewsbury. I had never been to Shropshire until my pre-interview visit, so I
understand the challenges and advantages of arriving in a unit without
being known as a trainee. As of 2021, I came off the on-call trauma rota and
now am up in Oswestry as a full time arthroplasty surgeon.
I went on fellowships to Australia with young family (the youngest of 3
children being 5 weeks at the time) and have also been fortunate enough to
complete 2 separate travelling fellowships (AO trauma and Rothman
Ranawat fellowship) to the USA as a trainee and consultant respectively.
2 years after commencing as a consultant I was off work for 4 months
following surgery and have approached work very differently since then.
Being a patient was not an easy thing as a new consultant, particularly in a
department that I worked in. Transitioning back into the work force was
also a nerve wracking experience.
I also have some experience setting up and running an MDT.
Happy to share my mistakes (which I continue to chalk up now and then)
and successes to hopefully give future generations a smoother run!
Happy to mentor any level and on any of the points mentioned above.