Consultant Plastic Surgeon

St George's University Hospitals; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in the UK seeks a skilled surgeon specializing in plastic surgery and skin cancer management. The successful candidate will perform lymph node biopsy surgeries and contribute to a multidisciplinary skin cancer service, working with teams from Dermatology and Oncology. Responsibilities include teaching, research participation, and ensuring high-quality care. This role requires on-call commitments and offers an opportunity to work within a major trauma center, emphasizing collaboration and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Competent in all aspects of plastic surgery trauma and skin cancer management.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams with various departments.
• Experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Undertake sentinel lymph node biopsy surgery and block dissections.
• Participate in emergency workload management.
• Contribute to educational supervision for surgical trainees.
• Engage in research and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Nodal block dissections

Electrochemotherapy

Trauma management

Teaching medical staff

Research skills

Education

Medical degree with GMC registration

Job description

Overview

Appointee is expected to be competent to offer patients sentinel lymph node biopsy surgery and nodal block dissections of the axilla and groin. Successful candidate is expected to be versatile in all aspects of plastic surgery trauma requiring input during on call.

New appointee will work closely with colleagues from Dermatology, Oncology and Radiotherapy departments and be part of a truly multidisciplinary skin cancer service. The post attracts a 1:12 on‑call commitment alongside a 1:12 Trauma Consultant of the week rota. Part of this job will incorporate clinical duties at the Royal Surrey County Hospital (one day a week) aiming to facilitate network pathway for skin cancer patients and offer general plastic surgery support.

The appointee is expected to develop and undertake research in the field of skin cancer surgery, undertake teaching duties of undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff as well as allied health professionals. Participation in audit and research and Trust clinical governance programme will be essential.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK, St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospital group in 2021, while remaining as two separate Trusts, and will collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education and training of our 17,000‑strong workforce.

Responsibilities

• Be able to undertake block dissections of the axilla and groin, including above the inguinal ligament resections.
• Undertake or be trained in electrochemotherapy.
• Work closely with Dermatology, Oncology and Radiotherapy in providing melanoma and non‑melanoma skin cancer.
• Participate in the emergency workload and be competent in management of adult and paediatric hand trauma.
• Liaise with consultant colleagues to provide internal cover for annual and/or sick leave for on‑call duties; under exceptional circumstances this may require some flexibility in the appointee’s hours.
• Participate in a Trauma Consultant of the week model (four times a year) when normal morning commitments are replaced with ward round and trauma cover.
• Contribute to the teaching of junior medical staff and medical students.
• The post holder will also be expected to take an active role in educational supervision for core and specialty surgical trainees.
• Take an interest in research.
• Actively contribute towards quality improvement in the Plastic Surgery service.
• Undertake such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the grade and the needs of the service.
• Act in line with GMC Good Medical Practice, including Duty of Candour.
• Fulfil the entire general conditions applying to employees of St George’s Healthcare Trust, including:
  • To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) and the General Data Protection Regulations.
  • To work in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination in relation to employment and service delivery to ensure that no person receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of age, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (ethnicity), religion or belief, sex (gender), gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
  • To have responsibility for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and others and to comply at all times with the requirement of the Health and Safety Regulations.
  • To ensure skills are up‑to‑date and relevant to the role, to follow relevant Trust policies and professional codes and to maintain registration where required.
  • To be trained in and demonstrate fair employment practices, in line with trust policies.