# Locum Consultant in Paediatric Hand and Upper Limb Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-paediatric-hand-and-upper-limb-surgery/d5f67386-0660-4bb8-bebf-b17649aacbcf - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-paediatric-hand-and-upper-limb-surgery/d5f67386-0660-4bb8-bebf-b17649aacbcf.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Birmingham Children's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Plastic Surgery - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Locum: 12 months (On call 1:6) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (With On call supplement 1:6) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-23T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-26T11:40:36.738Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Plastic_surgery_Hand_Upper_Limb/Plastic_surgery_Hand_Upper_Limb-v8302497 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8302497?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Hand and Upper Limb Team at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, part of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust — one of the UK’s leading specialist paediatric centres, rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. We are seeking an FRCS Plast trained candidate or equivalent well versed in the generality of hand and upper limb surgery and with a strong interest in pursuing a career within children's hand and upper limb surgery. The European Hand Diploma or UK Hand Diploma are The European Hand Exam, UK Hand Diploma or international equivalent must have been commenced or completed by the time of appointment. Applicants must demonstrate a clear commitment and intention to complete the qualification if not already achieved. Support for completion will be provided. The successful applicant will be expected to commence in post as soon as possible following appointment. ### Main duties of the job - Clinical service delivery Provide specialist Paediatric Hand and Upper Limb Surgery at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Assess and manage children with hand and upper limb as well as forefoot conditions, including elective and emergency presentations. Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality, patient-centred care. - Consultant on-call responsibilities Participate in the General Paediatric Plastic Surgery consultant on-call rota, currently 1:6. Provide consultant-level clinical decision-making and support for urgent and emergency patients. Contribute to consultant cross-cover arrangements, including during colleague leave and short-term sickness within the hand service and general plastic surgery consultant on call. - Teaching and training Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Support the training and supervision of junior doctors, fellows and other healthcare professionals.. - Clinical governance and quality improvement Maintain safe, ethical and effective clinical practice. Contribute to service development and quality improvement. Participate and supervise clinical audit. - Research and academic activity Take an active interest in clinical research. Support research and academic development within the department. - Teamwork and service development Work closely with Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedics, therapists and other specialist teams. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive many applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ### 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 ### 3. Skills **Essential** - - Teaching skills and experience - - Research interest - - Ability to supervise the clinical work of doctors in training and other staff - - Ability to organise and prioritise personal workload and that of others - - Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organization - - Ability to relate to patients and carers from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their needs and concerns **Desirable** - - Track record of delivery of new activity - - Track record of delivery of standards of care along with service development - - Evidence of business awareness ### 2. Experience **Essential** - - Demonstrable interest in Paediatric Hand and Upper Limb Surgery ### 4. Personal Attributes **Essential** - - Self-motivation to set and achieve targets - - Ability to work in a team - - Effective member of multidisciplinary team - - Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to personal and professional development - - Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to the development of a high quality service - - Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to clinical governance ### 1. Education and Training **Essential** - - Full GMC registration - - Higher specialist training in Plastic Surgery or equivalent, MB BS, FRCS (PLast) or equivalent - - a 6-month minimum of hand fellowship - - European Hand Exam or British hand Diploma (or equivalent) finished or enrolled **Desirable** - - Higher degree equivalent to MPhil, MD or PhD level - - Advanced Trauma Life Support ## Documents - [job description and person specification (pdf, 797.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10723755) ## 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.