# Consultant in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-plastic-and-reconstructive-surgery/707b11f5-208f-4dbe-a74b-b580e0275cce - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-plastic-and-reconstructive-surgery/707b11f5-208f-4dbe-a74b-b580e0275cce.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Countess of Chester Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Plastic Surgery - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 pa - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (Plus on-call) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T09:00:46.062Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Chester/Countess_Chester_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Plastic_Surgery/Plastic_Surgery-v8019932 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8019932?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.coch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Working Full time: 10 sessions per week An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time consultant in Plastic & Reconstructive surgery to join our expanding department in the beautiful city of Chester. This role is predominantly to aid with a surge in demand of skin cancer referrals as well as supporting general plastic services. The successful candidate will be expected to have an interest in general plastic surgery with a large proportion of skin cancer cases making up the bulk of elective work. The post also involves some orthoplastic support for lower limb cases in Oswestry as well as locally. Permanent and locum applications will be considered. ### Main duties of the job Duties and Responsibilities The appointee will be responsible for the care of patients referred by general practitioners, other hospital departments and will undertake clinics, ward rounds and theatre lists. ‘Programmed Activities’ as appropriate. The job plan will be a 10PA job plan which will be agreed in discussion between the successful candidate, the Lead Clinician in Plastic Surgery, and with Planned Care operational management team. This will be subject to Annual Review. Total ‘Programmed activities’ = 10 On-Call Commitment The appointee will be expected to participate in a 1 in 4 on call service. This is currently under review and subject to change. Consultant on call from home, generally for telephone advice for junior doctors. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See Job Description for further details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’ Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes. The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications & Skills **Essential** - FRCS (Plast) - On GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery or within 6 months of CCT/CCST at the time of application - Fellowship or equivalent experience in orthoplastic /lower limb trauma **Desirable** - Other specialist fellowship ### Teaching & Training Experience **Essential** - Experience /Interest teaching - Training the Trainers Course **Desirable** - Other Teaching skill Courses or qualifications ### Clinical Experience and Effectiveness **Essential** - Wide clinical experience in general Plastic Surgery - Independent management of skin cancer and experience in orthoplastic / lower limb trauma - Independent management of all plastic and hand trauma **Desirable** - Other sub interests such as breast, hand or skin are also desirable ### Management & Administrative Experience **Essential** - Demonstrate the use of Clinical Audit within the Service - Demonstrate the use of research and evidence base to practice **Desirable** - Relevant experience in undertaking and organisation of Audit - Research and publications relevant to post ## Documents - [risk id (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10634874) - [how to travel to work (pdf, 186.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2810) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2608) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10662018) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.