# Consultant in Plastic Surgery with Special Interest in Skin Cancer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-plastic-surgery-with-special-interest-in-skin-cancer/35e7061f-20c3-45b6-aa2e-ab6be402d519 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-plastic-surgery-with-special-interest-in-skin-cancer/35e7061f-20c3-45b6-aa2e-ab6be402d519.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Camberley - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Plastic Surgery - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-14T13:12:25.448Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Ascot/Frimley_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Plastic_Surgery/Plastic_Surgery-v8154587 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8154587?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.fhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Plastic Surgery is a busy department with 8 Consultants with plans to expand further to deliver a truly 7-day consultant led service. The department manages trauma from a large catchment, including patients from regional hospitals such as Hillingdon Hospital in Uxbridge and the Royal Berkshire Hospital, in Reading. The elective workload includes skin cancer surgery, hand & wrist surgery, breast reconstruction (including Breast microsurgery), abdomino-perineal reconstruction and some aspects of congenital plastic surgery (e.g. polydactyly, syndactyly, pinnaplasty, skin lesions & hypospadias). Members of the Plastic surgery team are involved in the following weekly/monthly MDTs: - Skin cancer, Hand Surgery, Breast reconstruction, Diabetic foot reconstruction and Abdominal wall reconstruction. - A multidisciplinary team for hand surgery meets monthly, with input from Radiologists and hand therapists. - A multidisciplinary team meets weekly for local and specialist skin cancers on both sites, Frimley North and Frimley South with input from dermatology, oncology, head and neck, radiology, pathology, and ENT. Some of these MDTs are based at Wexham and others are cross site across the Frimley Trust and many are now conducted via TEAMS. Plastic Surgery also supports the General Surgery team at Reading in their abdominal wall reconstruction work. ### Main duties of the job The post holder is expected to deliver elective skin cancer surgery, including clinics, operating lists and attending the MDTs along with the three other skin cancer surgeons, dermatologists, oncologists and with clinical nurse specialists. There is also the opportunity to get involved in the development of the one stop service in skin cancer, seeing and operating on 2 week wait patients at the same visit.   The elective work will include a general plastic surgery caseload. The post holder will also help deliver a Plastic Urgent Care (PUC) clinic which sees open injuries and a trauma list. The post holder will join the on-call rota (1:8) and provide emergency cover and ward rounds. The ability to work flexibly, cohesively and in collaboration with the existing Consultants is a necessary requirement to the post. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full role requirements. The successful candidate would slot into the proposed job plan (this may change according to availability of operating lists in particular) This department runs a Consultant of the day on call with a view to achieve a consultant delivered service rather than consultant led. The appointed candidate would join the on-call rota of 1:8 with a fixed day on call every other week. The appointment will be subject to the terms and conditions of the new Consultant contract. The job plan will be made up of 10 programmed activities (PA). This includes the new on call system which sees the Consultant on-call deliver the following activity depending on whether it is a weekday or weekend. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - MBBS FRCS(Plast) - Applicants must be on GMC specialist register (or within 6 months of achievement) and hold a current licence to practise **Desirable** - Additional postgraduate qualifications e.g. MD, PhD, MSc ### Personal attributes **Essential** - Commitment to work in a team and actively support colleagues in own and other disciplines - Good interpersonal skills - Able to organise time efficiently and effectively - Able to motivate colleagues - Commitment to continuing professional development and the requirements of clinical governance - Demonstrates attributes consistent with the values of the department and the organisation **Desirable** - Evidence of managerial training - Experience of management/leadership ### Service development **Essential** - Evidence of developing a service **Desirable** - Success in bid or grant writing in obtaining funding at local or national level - Evidence of developing a new service ### Teaching experience **Essential** - Evidence of training in teaching & training of staff and students **Desirable** - Additional qualifications or awards in teaching and training - Evidence of both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at formal & informal levels ### Academic Achievements and Audit **Essential** - Evidence of interest in skin cancer surgery such as presentations, publications, relevant courses or positions of responsibility - Participation in audits (including national audits) **Desirable** - Participation in Research ### Advanced clinical training and experience **Essential** - Experience in skin cancer surgery and management (excision and reconstruction) and MDTs - Confident in skin cancer diagnosis using dermoscopy - Experience assessing and treating hand injuries and general trauma **Desirable** - Fellowship in skin cancer surgery - Consultant experience in skin cancer delivery ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 577.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=736) - [updated jd and ps may 26 (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10454616) ## 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.