Plastic Surgery Specialist Grade Doctor
The closing date is 11 November 2025
Job summary
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Specialist Doctor (on a full-time basis) based at North Tyneside General Hospital and supporting the delivery of our trust wide service.
Plastic Surgery is high throughput department having 3 full time and one part time consultants. We are looking to appoint another consultant. It provides services for skin cancer management, immediate and delayed breast reconstruction, hand surgery services, limb reconstruction, plastic surgery support to general surgeons for perineal wound reconstruction as well as complex abdominal wall reconstruction. We have plans to expand further by adding a MOHs service, sentinel lymph node biopsy as well as to establish lymphedema services. We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic person to provide support in all such activities especially skin cancer management and reconstruction.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable number of applications are received.
Main duties of the job
This job entails providing support to skin cancer services which includes participating in outpatient clinics, and theatre sessions either working with the Consultant, or working independently.
Providing support to breast reconstruction services and participate in microvascular reconstruction to breast or limbs. Participation in MDT meetings, ward rounds and post-operative flap monitoring. Provide support and education to other members of the team, including the specialist nursing team, for sooth running of the service. Also, to participate in academic activities of the department such as audits, research projects maintaining morbidity and mortality record.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Details
Date posted
29 October 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£100,870 to £111,441 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
319-7553551HD
Job locations
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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