Plastic Surgery Consultant with special interest in Head & Neck Cancer

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Plastic Surgery Consultant with a special interest in Head & Neck Cancer. The ideal candidate will have advanced skills in microsurgery and a strong commitment to clinical and academic excellence. Responsibilities include providing a high-quality Plastic Surgery service and contributing to service development. A competitive salary package is offered, along with opportunities for professional growth and teamwork within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold Licence to Practice.
• On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attaining CCT at interview stage.
• Experience as a locum consultant.

Responsibilities

• Provide a Plastic Surgery service in conjunction with colleagues.
• Participate in the Consultant on-call rota.
• Contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development.

Skills

Comprehensive clinical experience in microsurgery

Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team

Communication skills in written and spoken English

Education

FRCS (Plast) or equivalent

Completion of a micro fellowship

Eligible for full UK GMC registration

Job description

Overview

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Plastic Surgery Consultant with special interest in Head & Neck Cancer

The closing date is 21 October 2025

The Department of Plastic Surgery is seeking a substantive Consultant to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward-thinking team. The department is currently looking to expand and develop its services and to keep the service at the forefront of clinical and academic excellence, so are looking for an individual with appropriate skills to complement this team.

The Department offers a wide range of services to patients from lower leg trauma reconstruction to post-cancer breast and head and neck reconstruction. The new consultant will help run and develop these services across the St Thomas\' site as well as joining a well-established Head and Neck Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT).

The Head and Neck surgical team currently consists of 4 ENT / Head and Neck surgeons, 3 Oral Maxillo-Facial Surgeons and 3 Plastic Surgeons. In addition, the MDT has dedicated members including 2 Clinical Oncologists, 3 Restorative Dentists, 4 Pathologists, 4 Dieticians, 3 Speech Therapists, 2 Cancer Specialist Nurses, 1 Tracheostomy Clinical Nurse Specialist and an MDT Coordinator.

We are looking for an outstanding individual who has completed a Head and Neck Fellowship to further expand and develop the head & neck MDT, and to develop a de novo secondary complex reconstructive service.

There is close working with King\'s College Hospital, where neuroscience services are based.

The role is for an 8 PA position

Main duties of the job

To provide a Plastic Surgery service in conjunction with colleagues

The post holder will have a specialist expertise in head and neck micro-surgery

The post holder will participate in the Consultant on-call rota

To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care

To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training

To contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development, including support of satellite sites across London

To assist in the future development of the Plastic Surgery department including development of a complex secondary facial reconstructive service

About us

This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment, which will be appointing to permanent positions in the near future as well.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy\'s and St Thomas\' NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

Job responsibilities

You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Please note that successful completion of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is our accepted minimum language requirement.

Person Specification

Professional Qualifications

• Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a License to Practise
• On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attaining CCT
• FRCS (Plast) or equivalent
• Completion of a micro fellowship
• Experience as a locum consultant

Clinical experience

• Comprehensive clinical experience in microsurgery

Clinical Skills

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Team based approach to care and service management, including appreciation of nursing and therapy roles
• Specialist interest in micro-surgical reconstruction
• Completion of advanced Head and Neck Fellowship training programme

Audit Management and IT

• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management within the field of plastic surgery

Research, Teaching Skills and Experience

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
• Publications in at least one specialist field
• Evidence of original research and application into head and neck oncology
• A demonstrable aptitude for pursuing research goals
• Teaching qualification

Leadership and management skills

• Communication - ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/negotiate
• Accountability - ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
• Interpersonal skills: empathy, understanding and listening skills, patients and ability to work co-operatively with others
• Ability to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
• Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
• Ability to work as part of a team

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.

Guy\'s and St Thomas\' NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum excl. London Zone