Consultant Plastic Surgeon – UHND

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The
Plastic Surgery department currently works across multiple sites providing
outpatient clinics in Darlington Memorial Hospital, the University Hospital of
North Durham, Bishop Auckland Hospital, Shotley Bridge Hospital, Sedgefield
Community Hospital and Chester-Le-Street Hospital. Inpatient and day case
treatment is carried out Darlington Memorial Hospital, University Hospital
North Durham, and Shotley Bridge Hospital. Previous experience in Plastic
Surgery is essential. The post is based at the University Hospital of North
Durham with clinics and theatres at Darlington Memorial Hospital and Bishop
Auckland in addition to the University Hospital of North Durham.

The basic contract is for
10+1 programmed activities plus a 1:8 on call week. There will need to be a
discussion with the post holder regarding the final plan/on-call arrangements
prior to commencement of the appointment.

Taking
this into account it is proposed that whilst a successful candidate will spend
most of their programmed activities the University Hospital of North Durham it
is expected that the role would involve programmed activities at other
hospitals within the trust.

Main duties of the job

The
Plastic Surgery department is a surgical specialty within the larger Surgical
Care Group. The unit currently provides Plastic Surgery services to the
population of Durham, Darlington, North Yorkshire, Bishop Auckland, Sunderland,
South Tyneside and Gateshead. The department works on a hub and spoke basis
with in-patient elective and Trauma work based on the University Hospital of
Durham (UHND) site, day case and outpatient clinics on the Bishop Auckland and
Shotley Bridge sites and outpatient clinics only in Sunderland, South Tyneside,
Gateshead and Sedgefield hospitals.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Medical Degree
  • License to practice
  • MRCS / FRCS or Equivalent

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Hand trauma experience
  • Complex Hand cases
  • Experience in skin cancer
  • Good overall experience of elective plastic surgery and all aspects of plastics trauma and hand surgery.
  • Management Skills
  • Able to manage own time
  • Audit Skills
  • Evidence of previous involvement in clinical audit
  • Teaching Skills
  • Evidence of teaching junior staff

Desirable

  • Microsurgery experience

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in skin cancer, microsurgery reconstruction, and general plastic surgery trauma management.
  • Experience in clinical guideline development

Desirable

  • Evidence of contribution to Audit/Research
  • Evidence of contribution to teaching

Special Requirements

Essential

  • Willingness and ability to participate equally in a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Proven ability to work well within a team.
  • Ability to liaise well with colleagues in other specialties.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to cope with stress.
  • Good discipline and motivation.
  • Ability to travel independently across site to meet the needs of then service.
  • Fluent in English.

Statutory Registration

Essential

  • Full and specialist registration with GMC (and Licence to Practice).
  • Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or should have attained or be within 6 months of attaining CCT in Specialty at time of interview.

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

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UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 4 August 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.