Locum Consultant in Plastic Surgery

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Huddersfield seeks a motivated Locum Consultant in Plastic Surgery to enhance patient services. This role requires strong surgical skills, experience in teaching, and a commitment to research. The consultant will work within a supportive team, focusing on innovative practices in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Salary ranges from £109,725 to £145,478 per annum, depending on experience.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Supportive surgical department

Access to research funding

Qualifications

• FRCS or equivalent required.
• Must hold a current GMC license to practice.
• Must be on the specialist register for Plastic Surgery.

Responsibilities

• Operate independently in general plastic surgery.
• Contribute to educational and research initiatives.
• Ensure efficient patient care coordination in a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Clinical competence in Plastic Surgery

Experience in Skin Oncology

Experience in breast and perineal reconstruction

Teaching and mentoring skills

Audit and research participation

Education

FRCS or equivalent

Full Registration with GMC

Job description

Go back Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant in Plastic Surgery

The closing date is 05 November 2025

We are seeking to appoint and are looking for a dynamic and motivated Consultant in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery to join our friendly and enthusiastic team. This will take us to a compliment of 3 consultants and a clinical nurse specialists delivering service to the local population.

There is a strong focus on career development and professional support within a forward-thinking and supportive surgical department. There is an opportunity to tailor your practice to other disciplines of plastic surgery.

Main duties of the job

The post is ideal for operating independently in general plastic surgery with a focus on skin surgery with reconstruction, breast and perineal and abdominal wall reconstruction and who is also keen to explore new innovative improvements within the service and have a keen interest and active role in teaching.

The department works closely with the dermatology department ensuring that patients are seen within two weeks wait of their pathway, providing outpatients, minor ops and daycase procedures in plastic surgery.

About us

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Job responsibilities

The Trust is committed to support and provide funds for education and development. We are particularly keen to support new research and you will be encouraged to contribute to these areas.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is an exceptional place to work with many amazing teams of hard working and dedicated staff, delivering high standards of patient care. We have made significant changes in the way we work to meet the challenges of the changing NHS

Applications are invited from surgeons who would like to continue with their personal development within our innovative and exciting unit. Applicants should hold Full Registration with the GMC with a License to Practice. FRCS or equivalent is essential for this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• FRCS or equivalent
• The post holder must be fully registered with GMC and hold a current license to practice
• You must be on the specialist register for Plastic Surgery or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK. In accordance with the regulations, all other categories of Doctors must be on the GMC specialist register to be considered for a consultant appointment by the Advisory Appointments Committee

Experience and Achievements

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of Plastic Surgery
• Experience of all aspects of Skin Oncology including melanoma and referral pathways.
• Experience of working in breast reconstruction, perineal reconstruction, and hand surgery
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education
• Understanding current issues within colorectal & general surgery and the future direction of the specialty
• Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
• Attendance at a recognized management course
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions

Teaching and Training

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
• Training in clinical and educational supervision
• Attendance at a teaching course
• Formal qualification in teaching/education

Audit and Research

• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
• Evidence of knowledge of research methodology
• Good communication and empathy skills with patients
• Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
• Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
• Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
• Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
• Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare

Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities

• Evidence of continual learning and development
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
• Evidence of innovation

General

• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
• For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service

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.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Depending on experience£109,725 - £145,478 per annum (Dependant on experience)