Locum Consultant in Paediatric Hand and Upper Limb Surgery: Sponsorship Available

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Hand and Upper Limb Team at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, part of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust — one of the UK’s leading specialist paediatric centres, rated Good by the Care Quality Commission.

We are seeking an FRCS Plast trained candidate or equivalent well versed in the generality of hand and upper limb surgery and with a strong interest in pursuing a career within children’s hand and upper limb surgery. The European Hand Diploma or UK Hand Diploma are The European Hand Exam, UK Hand Diploma or international equivalent must have been commenced or completed by the time of appointment. Applicants must demonstrate a clear commitment and intention to complete the qualification if not already achieved. Support for completion will be provided. The successful applicant will be expected to commence in post as soon as possible following appointment.

Main duties of the job

1. Clinical service delivery

Provide specialist Paediatric Hand and Upper Limb Surgery at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

Assess and manage children with hand and upper limb as well as forefoot conditions, including elective and emergency presentations.

Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality, patient-centred care.

2. Consultant on-call responsibilities

Participate in the General Paediatric Plastic Surgery consultant on-call rota, currently 1:6.

Provide consultant-level clinical decision-making and support for urgent and emergency patients.

Contribute to consultant cross-cover arrangements, including during colleague leave and short-term sickness within the hand service and general plastic surgery consultant on call.

3. Teaching and training

Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.

Support the training and supervision of junior doctors, fellows and other healthcare professionals..

4. Clinical governance and quality improvement

Maintain safe, ethical and effective clinical practice.

Contribute to service development and quality improvement.

Participate and supervise clinical audit.

5. Research and academic activity

Take an active interest in clinical research.

Support research and academic development within the department.

6. Teamwork and service development

Work closely with Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedics, therapists and other specialist teams.

Person Specification

1.Education and Training

Essential

  • Full GMC registration
  • Higher specialist training in Plastic Surgery or equivalent, MB BS, FRCS (PLast) or equivalent
  • A 6-month minimum of hand fellowship
  • European Hand Exam or British hand Diploma (or equivalent) finished or enrolled

Desirable

  • Higher degree equivalent to MPhil, MD or PhD level
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support

2.Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable interest in Paediatric Hand and Upper Limb Surgery

3.Skills

Essential

  • Teaching skills and experience
  • Research interest
  • Ability to supervise the clinical work of doctors in training and other staff
  • Ability to organise and prioritise personal workload and that of others
  • Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organization
  • Ability to relate to patients and carers from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their needs and concerns

Desirable

  • Track record of delivery of new activity
  • Track record of delivery of standards of care along with service development
  • Evidence of business awareness

4.Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Self-motivation to set and achieve targets
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Effective member of multidisciplinary team
  • Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to personal and professional development
  • Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to the development of a high quality service
  • Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to clinical governance

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).

Closing Date: 23 November 2026

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