Consultant in Plastic Surgery with an interest in Upper Limb

Job overview

This is an 10 PA post in the Department of Paediatric Burns and Plastic Surgery, with a special interest in the management of upper limb conditions, including congenital hands, cerebral palsy spasticity and vascular malformations. The appointee will join the existing congenital hand and vascular malformations teams. The appointee will also provide a general paediatric plastic surgery service, including participating in the on-call rota, which includes burns as well as paediatric plastic surgery trauma. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in service development activity for the department and will be supported to undertake research and audit.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide a paediatric plastic surgery service with an interest in upper limb conditions. The post-holder will join the wider MDT for the management of congenital hands, participating in MDT clinics, offering new and outpatient follow up and carrying out surgery. There will be scope for additional development of specialist skill in this field. The post holder will also contribute to the management of hand trauma and spasticity for cerebral palsy. In addition, the appointee will join the vascular anomalies team for upper limb anomalies and deliver some laser treatments. The appointee will join the Alder hey 1 in 6 on call rota, category A, based at Alder Hey. The on-call rota incudes paediatric burns as well as plastic surgery trauma

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post attracts 10 programmed activities per week. There may be the opportunity to discuss and review this with the Clinical Director.

The job plan for the first three months will be based on a provisional/indicative timetable. A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Clinical Director within three months of the commencement date of the appointee.

The supporting professional activities (SPAs) allocation within the provisional job plan is an

illustrative guide only and will be finalised following individual agreement with successful candidate.

The basic template for new consultants is 1.5 SPA.  Any additional SPA time in the Job Plan is linked to defined roles with clear objectives.