Locum Consultant Plastic and Breast Surgeon

Integrated Care System; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Nottingham is seeking a Locum Consultant Plastic and Breast Surgeon. The role involves managing a full range of emergency and elective patients in Plastic and Breast services, with responsibilities shared among colleagues. Applicants must have fellowship-level experience in both Breast Microsurgery and Oncoplastic Breast Surgery and be GMC registered. This full-time position offers significant professional autonomy and the opportunity to impact patient care dramatically.

Qualifications

• Microsurgery Fellowship or equivalent experience required.
• Full GMC registration.
• Expected on Specialist Register in Plastics Surgery within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Manage patients admitted under care and share responsibility with colleagues.
• Provide reciprocal cover during periods of leave.
• Devote the whole time to the duties of the post.

Skills

Evidenced technical skills

Effective communication

Ability to work in a team

Flexibility in changing health service

Education

FRCS (Plast) or equivalent

Higher professional degree

Job description

Go back Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Locum Consultant Plastic and Breast Surgeon

The closing date is 13 August 2025

Full-time Locum Consultant Plastic Surgeon with joint responsibilities in Plastic Surgery and Breast Services Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

This is a new locum post is for 12 months with a scope of getting converted and re-advertised as a substantive post in the future. The post holder will be able to support provision of clinical services in Breast reconstruction, Breast microsurgery, Oncoplastic Breast Surgery and Orthoplastic Surgery. Breast related Plastics and Breast services are based at City Hospital Campus and the Orthoplastic Service is based at Queens Medical Centre (QMC) Campus of Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust, with some oncoplastic programmed activities for an affiliated trust, Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust (SFH) as part of Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Main duties of the job

A full range of Plastics & Breast emergency and elective patients are admitted to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the appointee will be responsible for the management of those patients admitted under his/her care, shared with other colleagues as clinically indicated.

Provision of reciprocal cover for periods of leave.

Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of the department.

These duties are subject to review from time to time in the light of the changing requirements of the service. If alterations to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, his/her consultant colleagues, and the Trust.

The person appointed will be required to devote substantially the whole of his/her time to the duties of the post and give them priority at all times.

About us

Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives, and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.

With more than 20,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and its surrounding communities and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond. Our Trust spans over three sites including Queen's Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham City Hospital and Ropewalk House.

We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services, and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes.

We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.

Job responsibilities

For more details please refer to the job description document, where you can find proposed job plan of expected activity.

Applications are welcome from candidates who meet the following criteria:

- Microsurgery Fellowship or equivalent experience and- Oncoplastic Breast Fellowship or equivalent experience in the longlisting criteria, in addition to - GMC registration and - On Specialist Register in Plastics Surgery or expected to be in 6 months.

Person Specification

Professional Registration

• -Full GMC registration -Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register -CCT / CESR expected within 6 months of interview date

Professional Qualifications/Development

• FRCS (Plast) or equivalent
• Higher professional degree

Clinical Skills/Experience

• Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description
• Fellowship level experience or equivalent in Breast Microsurgery
• Fellowship level experience or equivalent in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
• Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.
• Fellowship level experience or equivalent in Orthoplastic reconstruction. Specific training in communication skills Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors

Management Skills

• Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery.
• Able to work in a team.
• Higher management degree or qualification or training Experience of change management

Personal Skills/Qualities

• Able to work flexibly in a changing health service Able to use the Trust's IT support systems

other

• Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit. Able to teach and support junior staff effectively.
• Ability to travel between campuses and trusts
• Higher Research Degree Original Research Publications Lecturer / Demonstrator level or Higher Teaching Experience Higher teaching degree or qualification or training

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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