Plastic Surgery Specialist Grade Doctor

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Shields; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in North Shields is seeking an experienced Plastic Surgery Specialist Grade Doctor to provide support in skin cancer management and various reconstructive surgeries. The role includes working independently and as part of a team, attending MDT meetings, and engaging in academic activities. Candidates must have significant clinical experience and relevant qualifications. This full-time position offers a dynamic working environment in a leading NHS trust.

Qualifications

• Must have a minimum of 12 years post-qualification clinical experience.
• Minimum of 6 years in a relevant specialty.
• Evidence of participation in audits and research projects.

Responsibilities

• Support skin cancer services including outpatient clinics and theatre sessions.
• Provide education to team members for smooth service running.
• Participate in MDT meetings and post-operative flap monitoring.

Skills

Skin cancer management

Reconstructive surgery

Microvascular techniques

Team collaboration

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Full registration with GMC

Job description

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Plastic Surgery Specialist Grade Doctor

The closing date is 11 November 2025

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Specialist Doctor (on a full-time basis) based at North Tyneside General Hospital and supporting the delivery of our trust wide service.

Plastic Surgery is a high throughput department having 3 full time and one part time consultants. We are looking to appoint another consultant. It provides services for skin cancer management, immediate and delayed breast reconstruction, hand surgery services, limb reconstruction, plastic surgery support to general surgeons for perineal wound reconstruction as well as complex abdominal wall reconstruction. We have plans to expand further by adding an MOHs service, sentinel lymph node biopsy, as well as to establish lymphedema services. We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic person to provide support in all such activities especially skin cancer management and reconstruction.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable number of applications are received.

Main duties of the job

This job entails providing support to skin cancer services which includes participating in outpatient clinics, and theatre sessions either working with the Consultant, or working independently.

Providing support to breast reconstruction services and participate in microvascular reconstruction to breast or limbs. Participation in MDT meetings, ward rounds and post‑operative flap monitoring. Provide support and education to other members of the team, including the specialist nursing team, for smooth running of the service. Also, to participate in academic activities of the department such as audits, research projects maintaining morbidity and mortality record.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed, in addition to our state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job responsibilities

Skin Cancer and its management including pre‑op clinics, operative commitments and post‑operative care under supervision of a consultant.

Attending skin cancer MDT.

Participating in microvascular reconstruction and post‑operative flap monitoring.

Assisting consultants in complex tissue reconstructions.

Participating in monthly departmental teaching activities.

Participating and conducting different audit and research projects.

Participating in CPD events.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Full registration and a License to Practice with the General Medical Council (GMC)

Experience

• Evidence of a minimum of 12 years post‑qualification clinical experience, with a minimum of 6 years in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust