Consultant Burns & Plastic Surgeon - Generous £20K Recruitment Package

Job overview

We are seeking a Consultant Burns and Plastic Surgeon to join a highly experienced, friendly and supportive consultant team, within a forward-thinking, clinically led and innovative Trust. The post offers real scope to develop specialist interests, contribute to service improvement, and build a fulfilling long-term career in burns surgery.

This is a rare opportunity to join one of the largest, most comprehensive and internationally recognised burns services in the UK, delivering fully integrated paediatric and adult burns care across Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

This post would suit:

• An established consultant seeking a high-quality, sustainable burns practice, or
• A senior fellow / post-CCT candidate approaching completion of a recognised burns fellowship, or

Less-than-full-time working is welcomed.

This is not just a consultant vacancy. It is an opportunity to join a world-leading burns service, within a values-driven, clinically led Trust, where people, research, innovation and quality genuinely matter.

Main duties of the job

We are pleased to offer a highly competitive and transparent package to support recruitment, development and long-term career sustainability:

• £20K Recruitment & Retention Package£8K on appointment, £6K in year 2 and £6K in year 3
• Up to £8K Relocation Support
• £900 per annum Professional Development budget
• Dedicated SPA time of up to 25% of working hours
• Flexible working supported, including less-than-full-time arrangements if appropriate
• Paid study leave and professional leave (2 weeks per year), in addition to CPD, subject to approval
• Potential for additional DCC PAs, with payment per PA, subject to service approval
• Eligibility to apply for Clinical Excellence Awards
• Inclusion on the Consultant on-call rota at the higher level 5% availability supplement
• Full NHS benefits package, including pension, redundancy, paid annual leave (6 weeks + bank holidays), sick leave (6 months full pay and 6 months half pay for those with 5+ years service) and maternity/parental/adoption leave.
• Appraisal and revalidation supported and completed by the Trust
• Access to a wide range of staff wellbeing benefits, NHS discounts (e.g. BlueLight), salary sacrifice and subsidised gym membership
• Access to Health Assured, our free and confidential counselling and wellbeing advice line for support with finances, family wellbeing, emotional support, physical health, legal advice, counselling etc.
• Salary sacrifice bike hire purchase scheme
• Free eye tests and £50 towards corrective lens

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will play a key role in the delivery, leadership and ongoing development of the Birmingham Burns Service, working as part of an integrated consultant team across Birmingham Children’s Hospital (paediatric burns) and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (adult burns).

Key duties and responsibilities include:

• Providing high-quality consultant-level care for patients with burn injuries, covering the full pathway from acute assessment and resuscitation through to operative management, reconstruction and long-term follow-up, for both children and adults.
• Participating in the 1:7 consultant burns on-call rota, providing senior decision-making and leadership across both paediatric and adult burns services.
• Contributing to regular burns MDT meetings, ward rounds, outpatient clinics and operating theatre sessions across both sites, ensuring continuity and excellence of care.
• Working closely with a highly experienced multidisciplinary team, including nursing, therapy, psychology, play and social care colleagues, to deliver holistic, patient-centred care.
• Contributing to the education and supervision of trainees, fellows and resident doctors, and supporting undergraduate medical education within the Trust.
• Actively engaging in research and innovation, including participation in local, national and international clinical studies, and supporting the Trust’s ambition to offer research participation to patients and families wherever appropriate.
• Supporting the ongoing development and evolution of the Birmingham Burns Service, contributing to service improvement, innovation and, where appropriate, leadership initiatives aligned to the Trust’s clinical strategy.
• Developing and maintaining subspecialty interests within burns, plastic surgery and/or laser therapy (adult and/or paediatric), aligned to personal expertise and service need.

The role at a glance

• Base: Birmingham Children’s Hospital, with regular sessions at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
• On-call: 1:7 consultant burns rota (paediatric and adult)
• Contract: 10 PAs (LTFT considered)
• Plastics / laser sessions included depending on experience and service need
• Open to candidates interested in expanding their research portfolio

• Honorary contract at QEHB for adult burns work