Senior Clinical Fellow - Burns & Plastics

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in the UK is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Burns & Plastics Surgery. This full-time role offers an exceptional opportunity to enhance your career with extensive clinical exposure in a renowned unit. Candidates must hold full GMC registration and possess relevant qualifications in microsurgery and plastic surgery. The position delivers a robust operative and outpatient experience, enriching your expertise in a multidisciplinary setting.

Qualifications

• Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of application.
• Experience managing plastic surgery patients.
• Active participation in audit and understanding of research.

Responsibilities

• Manage plastic surgery trauma workload and increase clinical skills.
• Provide outpatient and operative experience in burns and plastics.

Skills

Communication skills

Surgical exposure documentation

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualifications

FRCS (plast) or equivalent

Microsurgery course

ATLS

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow - Burns & Plastics

The closing date is 17 November 2025

This post is for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Burns & Plastics Surgery.

12 month, 7 month and 6 month fixed term posts available

This is a full-time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Surgeon looking to progress their career in burns, plastics and reconstructive surgery to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

The successful candidate will be expected to have full Registration with the GMC at the time of application.

Main duties of the job

This post will provide the successful applicant with especially good exposure to Burns and Plastic surgery in a Regional Plastic Surgery Unit and Burns Centre with a catchment area of over 6 million in population across Cheshire, Merseyside, West Lancashire, North Wales and the Isle of Man. The department has an international reputation in publishing including journal editorship's and several key textbooks.

The post holder will play a full role in the management of the plastic surgery trauma workload. The role provides numerous opportunities for the successful candidate to enhance their clinical skills and have clinical exposure in a wide range of areas. The Burns and Plastic surgery directorate is amongst the largest in the UK with 29 Consultant Plastic Surgeons.

Duties will involve the full range of clinical, outpatient and operative experience.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

• Acute Care – Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
• Primary Care – Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
• Community Services – Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
• Specialist Regional Services – We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

You will be expected to undertake the Trusts' commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Proposed Interview date: 10th December 2025 (Or 17th December 2025 as well if high number of candidates)

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of application
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualifications
• Microsurgery course
• FRCS (plast) or equivalent
• ATLS

Knowledge

• Knowledge/experience of managing plastic surgery patients
• Evidence of active participation in audit
• Evidence and an understanding of research
• Excellent technical competence/diagnostics skills and judgment required
• Evidence of contributing to teaching and learning of others

Skills

• Communication skills, capacity to communicate effectively and sensitively to others, able to discuss treatment options with patients in a way they can understand
• Validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date

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.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust