Consultant in Plastic Surgery (Breast Reconstruction and Skin Cancer): Sponsorship Available

Job summary

This is an opportunity to join the dynamic and enthusiastic team of reconstructive surgeons to gain experience in a skin and breast oncology. In addition to activity in Oxford, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide plastic surgery support within our spoke service based at the Great Western Hospital. There is excellent collaborative working relationships with our Dermatology and Breast teams in Oxford and Swindon and there will be support and mentoring for new consultants when they join the department.

Main duties of the job

The post-holders’ duties will be primarily at The John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals in Oxford, but it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the

Trust’s locations and its partner hospitals. Flexible working is essential, and the job plans are annualised to reflect this.

Clinical Duties

The post-holder will have responsibility for general plastic surgery services at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. There will be an on-call commitment (presently 1 in 14).

The Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery provides a comprehensive reconstructive surgery service to Oxford and its surrounding areas. We have a consultant-based service. Services provided by existing consultants in the department include plastics trauma surgery, craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and palate, upper limb, bone infection, sarcoma, breast reconstruction, skin cancer, autologous transplantation, head and neck cancer in addition to hypospadias. We have Burn Facility status as part of the London and South East Burn Network. We are fortunate to have our offices, outpatient clinics, theatres, adult and children’s wards and day case units co-located in a new block on the John Radcliffe site. The Head & Neck Unit is in the Cancer Centre at the nearby Churchill Hospital.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Full GMC registration and licence to practise
• Basic medical qualifications
• FRCS Plast or its equivalent
• To have completed a minimum of 6 years training in Plastic Surgery
• To have a Certificate of Completion of Training

Desirable

• Higher medical degree
• Further training a Fellowship level in microsurgical breast reconstruction in the United Kingdom and internationally

Experience

Essential

• Broad experience in general plastic surgery
• Competence in all aspects of microsurgical reconstruction.
• Competence in all aspects of Plastic Surgery including lower and upper limb trauma in addition to skin oncology
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.

Desirable

• Experience of working at consultant level in a major trauma centre
• Leadership at consultant level of the management of breast reconstruction, skin oncology and complex trauma in a major trauma centre

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
• Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
• Peer reviewed publications and presentations at national and international meetings

Desirable

• Leadership training
• Management qualification.
• Evidence of high-level organisation skills
• Research grants

Closing Date: 10 October 2026