Locum Consultant Plastic Surgeon (Skin, Head & Neck Oncology 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
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 October 2026
6 days leftJob description
This post is for a Locum Consultant in Plastic Surgery with a Skin Cancer and Head & Neck Oncology surgery interest (12 months FTC). This is an exciti...
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 at the time of application
- 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 & Experience & Skills
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
- Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems.
- Experience in management of skin cancer with special interest in head and neck oncology
- Demonstrates the necessary range, depth, and breadth of competencies suitable for a Skin Cancer or Head and Neck Oncology post
- Evidence the number of independent SNLB's, groin, axilla and neck dissections performed
- In depth knowledge and experience in skin cancer and head & neck surgery.
- Evidence of appropriate teaching experience within the last 3 years
- Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation
- Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate
- Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
- Capacity to work effectively with others
- Able to work in multi-professional teams
- Able to supervise junior medical staff
- Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding
- Sees patients as people
- Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively
- Capacity to prioritise own workload.
- Basic IT skills
- Capacity to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
Desirable
- Fellowship in Skin Cancer
- Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology
- Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit / research within team structure within the last 3 years.
- Evidence of relevant research e.g. presentations, publications in peer reviewed journals within the last 3 years relevant to plastic surgery and skin cancer surgery
- Evidence of relevant academic achievements, e.g. degrees, awards, in the last 3 years
Other
Essential
- Capacity to take responsibility for own actions.
- Demonstrates respect for all.
- Is up to date and fit to practise safely
- Ability to provide complete details of employment history
- ALL sections of application form FULLY completed according to written guidelines
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
14 September 2026
Last checked
16 September 2026
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