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Locum Consultant Plastic Reconstruction surgeon

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
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Location
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Consultant
Deadline
13 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Locum: 12 months
Posted Date
13 Jun 2025

Job overview

The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service Line is part of the Surgical Care Group. The Service Line Director for Plastic Surgery is supported by a Service Line Manager and a deputy and is accountable through the Care Group to the Executive Management Team.

The post holder is required to work flexibly to ensure that service requirements are provided and to ensure that both the Service aims and objectives are met.

The job plan will be a 10 PA contract which will include dedicated SPA time. There is potential for the post to increase to 12 PAs with optional DC sessions.

Main duties of the job

The Unit provides a tertiary service for Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Plymouth District and South & West Devon; a population of 1.2 million. The Unit covers the whole spectrum of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery except for craniofacial surgery and cleft surgery.

  • Sarcoma surgery and Reconstruction
  • Head and Neck Reconstruction
  • Hand Surgery
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Skin Cancer Surgery
  • Paediatric Plastic Surgery
  • Thoracic Reconstruction
  • Perineal Reconstruction

Each consultant will in addition be expected to have training and experience in all aspects of general plastic and reconstructive surgery which includes acute management of burns, hand trauma and microvascular surgery so that a comprehensive consultant led plastic surgery trauma service can be provided to the region and in support of the Trusts strategic achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible to the Service Line Director and the Medical Director of the Trust and will be expected to maintain and improve Patients’ Charter standards where appropriate.

The post holder is required to work flexibly to ensure that service requirements are provided and to ensure that both the Service aims and objectives are met.

The job plan will be a 10 PA contract which will include dedicated SPA time. There is potential for the post to increase to 12 PAs with optional DC sessions.

An indicative timetable and Job Plan is outlined below.  The final Job Plan for the post will be agreed with the Service Line or Care Group Director upon appointment and will be subject to annual review in line with the Trust’s Job Planning Programme.

The post is advertised with 1.5 Generic SPA. The department will support additional SPA and Medical School activity in the Job Plan according to the needs of the Service. We would expect the “Average” full time Consultant to have 2 SPAs in their Job Plan.

There is a 1 in 11.5 Trauma Rota.  The working pattern is a 24-hour shift on Monday to Thursday and weekend cover is from Friday 0800 hours until Monday 0800 hours with the following in hour’s commitments.  Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays additional cover is put in place for Trauma in the afternoon to facilitate paediatric trauma, where possible.

Care of post operative patient out of hours is the responsibility of the on-call consultant, supported by the on-call registrar and SHO working a full shift-

For an indication of the intended work programmes/job plans see below.

Weekly timetable displaced when on call

*indicative job plan