Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant - Plastic Surgery

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Job summary

Alder Hey Children's Hospital Plastic Surgery Department are looking for a Locum Consultant to join the team. The successful candidate will work with a highly skilled team of surgeons and provide care for patients needing support with congenital hand defects, cerebral palsy, nerve injury, vascular malformations (including laser treatment) and Brachial Plexus surgery.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide a paediatric plastic surgery service with commitment to the upper limb service, and will support the laser and vascular malformations service based at Alder Hey Hospital. It is envisaged that the successful candidate will participate in a 1:6 on call for plastic surgery and burns at Alder Hey Children's Hospital at Category A.

About us

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals providing care for over 200,000 children and young people each year. It is one of only four stand-alone paediatric trusts in the UK and is staffed by 2,800 employees. The Trust provides a range of community services including school nursing, home carers and a child development centre. A child and adolescent mental health service is also provided with an inpatient unit based at the Trust. The hospital has approximately 270 beds, including day beds for surgery.

The paediatric services and expertise within the hospital are considerable and in addition to General Plastics and Burns Surgery, the Plastic Surgery Department provides a Congenital Hand Anomaly Service and is part of the Supra-Regional Craniofacial Service. Alder Hey is a Major Trauma Service and has on site Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, Paediatric Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Neonatology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, Dentistry, Audiology, Nephrology, Respiratory, Oncology, General Surgery, Urology and General Medicine. The Radiology department provides both a CT and MRI scanning service.

A purpose built Education Centre is situated on the hospital site and is available for all postgraduate educational activity.

Date posted

08 December 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£93,666 to £126,281 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

411-SUR-23-5866831

Job locations

Alder Hey Childrens Hospital

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification for details and main responsibilities of this post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification for details and main responsibilities of this post.

Person Specification

GMC Registration

Essential

Full registration and licence to practice

Person Specification

GMC Registration

Essential

Full registration and licence to practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alder Hey Childrens Hospital

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP

Employer's website

https://alderhey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alder Hey Childrens Hospital

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP

Employer's website

https://alderhey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)