Locum Consultant Plastic and Burn Surgeon

NUH; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust invites applications for a full-time Locum Consultant Plastic Surgeon with a focus on adult and paediatric burns and reconstructive plastic surgery. The post is a 12-month fixed-term contract with 10 sessions per week and an on-call arrangement (1:13).

The role spans Nottingham City Hospital and Queen's Medical Centre, with cross-cover within the burns and plastics team.

Qualifications

• Fellowship-level experience in adult/paediatric burns surgery and burns reconstruction.
• Fellowship-level experience or equivalent in orthoplastic reconstruction or hand surgery.
• Full GMC registration and eligible for specialist register.

Responsibilities

• Provide acute burns care and reconstructive plastic surgery.
• Participate in on-call rota and reciprocal consultant cross-cover.
• Lead and contribute to outpatient and multidisciplinary care across NUH sites.
• Support CPD, appraisal and revalidation processes.

Skills

Burns surgery

Hand surgery

Breast reconstruction

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Locum Consultant Plastic and Burn Surgeon

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Main area Burns and Plastic Surgery Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract 12 months (Fixed term basis only) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:13 On-call) Job ref 164-8190138-A

Site Cross site Town Nottingham Salary £113,565 - £150,569 + on call supplement 3% Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Applications are invited for a full-time Locum Consultant Plastic Surgeon with principal responsibilities in adult and paediatric burns and reconstructive plastic surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The role is offered on a 12 months fixed term basis.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join the established burns team and contribute to acute burns care, burns reconstruction, outpatient and multidisciplinary care, and the emergency Plastic Surgery service across Nottingham City Hospital and Queen's Medical Centre (QMC).

The indicative programme includes flexible specialist-interest capacity. Depending on the appointed candidate's expertise and service requirements, this may be used for orthoplastics, hand surgery, skin cancer, breast reconstruction or another agreed area of specialist interest.

The post holder will join the current Plastic Surgery consultant team, participate in the Plastic Surgery on-call and hot-week arrangements, and provide reciprocal consultant cross-cover. The Trust supports CPD, annual appraisal, revalidation and consultant mentorship.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For detailed job description, including proposed job plan please refer to the attached Job Description document.

Person specification

Professional Qualification / registration

• Full GMC
• Eligible for specialist register
• CCT / Portfolio Pathway registration expected within 6 months of interview date
• FRCS (Plast) or equivalent

Clinical skills and expereince

• Fellowship-level experience or equivalent in adult and/or paediatric burns surgery and burns reconstruction.
• Evidence of technical skills appropriate to the job description
• Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, families and other health professionals.
• Fellowship-level experience or equivalent in orthoplastic reconstruction, hand surgery, skin cancer, breast reconstruction or another complementary specialist interest.

Other

• Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
• Able to participate in on-call rota
• Able to teach and support junior staff effectively.
• research
• publications

Please note that this post does not attract relocation expenses.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Name Mr Sarmad Tamimy Job title Head of Service Email address [e-mail]

Mr Ciaran O'Boyle (Burns Lead) - [e-mail]