Consultant Plastic Surgeon - Skin & Mohs Interest
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Prescot, L35 5DRView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
12 November 2026
24 days leftJob description
The post is for a substantive Consultant in Plastic Surgery with a Skin Cancer and Mohs and Surgery interest. This is an exciting opportunity for a hi...
The appointee will have a responsibility for the running of their clinical service, integrating this with the department as a whole and ensuring appropriate communication with general practitioners, managers, and hospital committees. The appointee will be responsible for contributing to the achievement of relevant aspects if the Trusts contractual obligations and business plans.
The appointee will be expected to ensure their clinical service is in accordance with the principles of Clinical Governance which must include appropriate clinical audit, clinical targets, key performance indicators (KPI's), evidence-based practice, continued personal educational and professional development. The post holder will also be expected to comply with existing appraisal procedures, job planning and revalidation procedures.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCS (UK) or equivalent medical qualification
- FRCS (Plast) or equivalent
- Valid Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider Status
Desirable: - Member BAPRAS
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including:
- Good clinical care
- Maintaining good medical practice
- Good relationships and communication with patients
- Good working relationships with colleagues
- Good teaching and training
- Professional behaviour and probity
- Delivery of good acute clinical care
- Demonstrate skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
- Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems.
- Experience in the management of Mohs & skin cancer.
- Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Demonstrates the necessary range, depth, and breadth of competencies suitable for a Skin Cancer post with an interest in Mohs surgery
- Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: In depth knowledge and experience in Mohs & skin cancer
- Research Skills: Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit / research within team structure within the last 3 years.
- Teaching: Evidence of appropriate teaching experience within the last 3 years
Desirable
- Fellowship in Mohs surgery
- Evidence of relevant research e.g. presentations, publications in peer reviewed journals within the last 3 years relevant to plastic surgery, Mohs and skin cancer surgery.
- Evidence of relevant academic achievements, e.g. degrees, awards, in the last 3 years.
Skills
Essential
- Communication Skills: Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation.
- Problem Solving & Decision Making: Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
- Managing Others & Team Involvement: Capacity to work effectively with others & work in multi-professional teams
- Managing Others & Team Involvement: Able to supervise junior medical staff
- Empathy & Sensitivity: Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding
- Organisation & Planning: Capacity to manage/prioritise time/workload and information effectively.
- Organisation & Planning: Basic IT skills
- Vigilance & Situational Awareness: Capacity to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
- Coping with Pressure: Capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrates initiative & resilience to cope with changing circumstances
Other
Essential: - Professional Integrity: Capacity to take responsibility for own actions.; - Demonstrates respect for all.
Values
Essential: - We are kind; - We are open; - We are inclusive
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
15 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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