Job requirements
Essential
5 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualifications
MBBS or equivalent medical degree at time of application
- Qualifications
GMC registration
- Qualifications
Successful completion of FRCS (Plast) or equivalent at time of application
- Qualifications
Entry on the UK Specialist Register via: • CCT, or proposed CCT date must be within six months of the interview date, CESR, or proposed CESR date must be within six months of interview date, European Community Rights
- Qualifications
Significant experience of NHS working practices
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
This role is to provide Locum Consultant fixed term contract to support the hand service based at the Queen Victoria Hospital. The successful candidate will have experience of, and an interest in hand surgery. Candidates are expected to actively contribute to the management, teaching, audit and research activities of the department. Clinics and Theatre sessions are provided at QVH.
Main duties of the job
As a Locum Consultant at the Trust, you will share responsibility for the development and delivery of your clinical service. You will work with colleagues to ensure that your service meets all relevant professional, national, and local service standards and targets. You will contribute to the delivery of an annual service plan that includes patient activity and revenue during the year as part of the hospital's overall business plan. You will be expected to take part in audit and publish measures of your outcomes appropriate to specialty.
As a senior figure and role model in the organisation, you will demonstrate the behaviours and values that are expected of all staff: in particular, taking pride in the services we offer, showing humanity and consideration for patients and colleagues, and seeking continuous improvement through research, development, and innovation. You will actively engage with the General Medical Council revalidation process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
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This advert is for Locum Plastic Surgery Consultant with a special interest in Hands with Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in East Grinstead, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Plastic Surgery role. The advertised salary is £113565.00 to £150569.00. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Potential on call and duty weeks). The application deadline is 17 Sep 2026.
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