Consultant Plastic Surgeon with interest in Orthoplastic Surgery

Newcastle Hospitals; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Consultant Plastic Surgeon with an interest in Orthoplastic Surgery. The post focuses on microsurgical reconstruction and limb/breast reconstruction within a multidisciplinary team.

You will contribute to oncoplastic breast services, join the plastic surgery on-call rota, and help streamline patient pathways. The department supports academic activity and regional teaching, with opportunities to lead service development.

Qualifications

• Microsurgical fellowship and higher degree are required.
• GMC Specialist Register entry within 6 months is expected (AAC).
• Experience in major lower limb reconstruction and oncoplastic breast reconstruction is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clinical activity log.
• Support academic interests and develop the academic portfolio of the department.
• Teach regional programmes, mentor trainees and undergraduates.

Education

Microsurgical fellowship

Higher Degree

Special skills training in the specialty

Logbook evidence of major lower limb reconstruction

Job description

Go back The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Plastic Surgeon with interest in Orthoplastic Surgery

The closing date is 03 November 2026

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

We are seeking a motivated innovative individual trained in the provision of microsurgical reconstruction with an interest in limb and breast reconstruction. We anticipate the individual will have skills in working in multi-disciplinary teams to deliver complex surgery, with a commitment to service development and improving the patient experience.

Main duties of the job

Clinical: o Integrate into multi-disciplinary teams across the trusto Develop areas of practice, and streamline the surgical journey in orthoplastic trauma careo Contribute microsurgical expertise to the oncoplastic breast reconstruction serviceo Join the plastic surgery on-call rota

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on Careers at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit our website: Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

Administrative: Maintain a clinical activity log.

Research:

The department will support an academic interest and the development of the academic portfolio of the department

Teaching: Actively engage in regional teaching programmes. Mentor trainees and undergraduates interested in careers in plastic surgery.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• Microsurgical fellowship
• Logbook evidence of major lower limb reconstruction
• Higher Degree.
• Special skills training in the specialty.

Clinical Experience

• Evidence of experience in the specialty.
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.

Management and Administration Experience

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
• An understanding of Clinical Governance.
• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management.
• Evidence of having implemented change.
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.

Teaching

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• Research/critical review of literature.
• Publications in the last five years.

Audit

• Evidence of participation in audit.
• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

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.

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