Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

NHS; North Shields; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. This permanent position involves working within a multidisciplinary team, enhancing skin cancer services and expanding the microsurgical reconstructive service. Ideal candidates will have significant clinical training, be registered with GMC, and possess a strong background in plastic surgery.

Qualifications

• Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register.
• FRCS Plastics qualification.
• Clinical training and experience in plastic surgery.

Responsibilities

• Join a team of 4 other Consultants to provide plastic and reconstructive services.
• Enhance skin cancer provision and support microsurgical reconstructive service.
• Manage direct clinical care duties and supporting professional activities.

Skills

Clinical training in plastic surgery

Subspecialty interest in skin cancer management

Experience in breast reconstruction

Education

Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register

FRCS Plastics or equivalent

Full GMC Registration

Job description

Go back Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

The closing date is 09 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon to work within Northumbria Healthcare. This is a permanent contract based at North Tyneside to work across all sites across Northumberland and North Tyneside.

The successful candidate will be working in a team alongside other Plastic Surgeons. A particular interest or skillset in skin cancer services is advantageous although there will be opportunity to work alongside colleagues in providing microvascular surgery. The post holder will need to be able to work flexibly to address the priorities of the service and provide a balance to meet RTT and cancer performance targets with the benefit of having a predictable schedule.

The successful candidate is expected to further enhance skin cancer provision as well as support with the expansion of microsurgical reconstructive service for the Orthopaedic and General Surgery Departments. The Trust provides services to a population of 500,000. A multi-disciplinary team approach to plastic surgery provision is being actively developed throughout the Trust. This is an opportunity to join an organisation in which Clinicians are at the forefront of management.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will join a team of 4 other Consultants and 2 Specialist Doctors to provide a Plastic and Reconstructive service for the Trust.

The dynamic and innovative General Surgical Services Directorate manages principally General Surgery accoss all of our sites including The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, North Tyneside General Hospital, Wansbeck General Hospital and Hexham General Hospital. The range of operations performed reflects a diverse and interesting case mix from urban, industrial and rural communities.

The principal General surgical departments have benefited from the Trust's substantial capital investment and enjoy modern accommodation and state-of-the-art equipment, including Robotic Surgery at both The Northumbria and North Tyneside Hospitals. Staff are enthusiastic, friendly and motivated and work effectively as a team. Relationships with surgeons and other clinicians are excellent. The Directorate is on the Newcastle Specialist Registrar rotation and contributes to both undergraduate and post-graduate education.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

As part of its pursuit of excellence, the Trust has introduced a clinically-based management structure to ensure patient care and medical interests always drive decision-making. The consultant body is both cohesive and innovative and a number of senior clinicians are prominent nationally.

Job responsibilities

The Job Plan will typically include an average of 8 Programmed Activities for Direct Clinical Care duties and 2 Programmed Activities for Supporting Professional Activities. Please see the attached job description for more information on the role and key responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register or Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of application
• FRCS Plastics or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration

Experience

• Clinical training and experience in the relevant specialty, equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) in plastic surgery
• Demonstrable subspecialty interest in skin cancer management and appropriate lymphadenectomy procedures
• Demonstrate subspecialty interest in Breast Reconstruction including free flap reconstruction

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust