Locum Consultant in Burns & Plastic Surgery - Consultant Hand Surgeon

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Locum Consultant Plastic Surgeon with subspecialty interests in Hand and Trauma to join our ever-growing orthoplastic hand surgery service in the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery at Manchester Foundation Trust.

The burns and plastic surgery services at MFT provide secondary and tertiary level care to Greater Manchester’s population of over 2.5 million.

You will be supported to develop your general elective adult hand surgery practice including areas of special interest in keeping with the needs of the department; you will deliver hand and general plastic surgery emergency care including at our national exemplar site for WALANT hand trauma surgery

For further information or to discuss the role in greater detail, please contact Specialty Lead Consultant Mr James Bedford via email to [email protected] or [email protected].

Main duties of the job

This is a full time position with 10 programmed activities spread throughout the week.

please see indicative timetable on the hob description for full details.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your application

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Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.