Job summary
- Main area
- Plastic Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (participation in on call activity)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 164-7007486
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Nottingham City Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Locum Consultant Plastic Surgeon (with interest in skin cancer)
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Job overview
Full-time Locum Consultant Plastic Surgeon with a responsibility in skin cancer for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.Ìý
This is a locum post to support provision of skin cancer (Including Head & Neck Skin Cancer) and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) across both sites at Queens Medical Centre (QMC) and Nottingham City Hospital (NCH) Campus of Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust, with possibility of some skin cancer programmed activities for affiliated trusts (University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS and Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust) as part of Service Level Agreements (SLAs). There will also be opportunity to restart facial palsy service within Plastic Surgery.
Main duties of the job
The post is initially for 12 months. It is our intention that the post will be converted and advertised as a substantive position within this timeframe.
The Job Description for this role is provisional and not fixed and may be subject to changes in response to service demands and clinical needs over the tenure of the locum vacancy but will retain a primary focus to support delivery of specialist skin cancer services.
Working for our organisation
Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives, and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.
With more than 20,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond. Our Trust spans over three sites including Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham City Hospital and Ropewalk House.
We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services, and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed information (including proposed job plan) refer to the job description document attached to the advert.Ìý
Person specification
Professional qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
- CCT / CESR expected within 6 months of interview date
- FRCS (Plast) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Higher professional degree
Skills / Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description
- Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.
Desirable criteria
- Fellowship level experience or equivalent in Skin Cancer
- H&N Reconstruction fellowship or similar experience
- Fellowship level experience or equivalent in microsurgical reconstruction.
- Facial Palsy fellowship or equivalent experience
- Specific training in communication skills
- Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
Other skills
Essential criteria
- Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
- Able to work in a team.
- Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit.
- Ability to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen’s Medical Centre campus
Desirable criteria
- Original Research ; Publications ; Higher teaching degree or qualification or training
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Sarmad Tamimy
- Job title
- Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Mr Jonathan PollockÌý - Consultant Plastic SurgeonÌý
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