NHS
Consultant in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery — an 8 PA role at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Closing date:
21 January 2026
Main duties of the job The appointee will be responsible for the care of patients referred by general practitioners, other hospital departments and will undertake clinics, ward rounds and theatre lists 'Programmed Activities' as appropriate. The job plan will be an 8PA job plan which will be agreed in discussion between the successful candidate, the Lead Clinician in Plastic Surgery and the Planned Care operational management team. This will be subject to Annual Review.
On-Call Commitment The appointee will be expected to participate in a 1 in 4 on call service. *This is currently under review and subject to change. Consultant on call from home, generally for telephone advice for resident doctors.
About us The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population
The Trust employs over 5,916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
Person Specification Qualifications & Skills
FRCS (Plast)
On GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery or within 6 months of CCT/CCST at the time of application
Fellowship or equivalent experience in orthoplastic/lower limb trauma
Other specialist fellowship
Clinical Experience and Effectiveness
Wide clinical experience in general Plastic surgery
Independent management of skin cancer and experience in orthoplastic/lower limb trauma
Independent management of all plastic and hand trauma
Other sub interests such as breast, hand or skin are also desirable
Teaching & Training Experience
Experience/Interest teaching
Training the Trainers Course
Other Teaching skill Courses or qualifications
Management & Administrative Experience
Demonstrate the use of Clinical Audit within the Service
Demonstrate the use of research and evidence base to practice
Relevant experience in undertaking and organisation of Audit
Research and publications relevant to post
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.
Applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants are advised to apply early as, if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
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Closing date:
21 January 2026
Main duties of the job The appointee will be responsible for the care of patients referred by general practitioners, other hospital departments and will undertake clinics, ward rounds and theatre lists 'Programmed Activities' as appropriate. The job plan will be an 8PA job plan which will be agreed in discussion between the successful candidate, the Lead Clinician in Plastic Surgery and the Planned Care operational management team. This will be subject to Annual Review.
On-Call Commitment The appointee will be expected to participate in a 1 in 4 on call service. *This is currently under review and subject to change. Consultant on call from home, generally for telephone advice for resident doctors.
About us The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population
The Trust employs over 5,916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
Person Specification Qualifications & Skills
FRCS (Plast)
On GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery or within 6 months of CCT/CCST at the time of application
Fellowship or equivalent experience in orthoplastic/lower limb trauma
Other specialist fellowship
Clinical Experience and Effectiveness
Wide clinical experience in general Plastic surgery
Independent management of skin cancer and experience in orthoplastic/lower limb trauma
Independent management of all plastic and hand trauma
Other sub interests such as breast, hand or skin are also desirable
Teaching & Training Experience
Experience/Interest teaching
Training the Trainers Course
Other Teaching skill Courses or qualifications
Management & Administrative Experience
Demonstrate the use of Clinical Audit within the Service
Demonstrate the use of research and evidence base to practice
Relevant experience in undertaking and organisation of Audit
Research and publications relevant to post
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.
Applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants are advised to apply early as, if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
#J-18808-Ljbffr