Locum Consultant in B&P with Special Interests in Orthoplastics

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a fixed term locum burns and plastic surgeon within the highly renowned Manchester Burns and Plastic Surgery Service based at Wythenshawe Hospital (adult burns), Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital (paediatric burns)and the Manchester Royal Infirmary (Orthoplastics), The successful applicant will join our team of twenty seven plastic surgery consultants and will be responsible for supporting the delivery of centre-level burn care in our adult and paediatric services. This includes participating in the 1:8 on call commitment on the burns consultant rota (which currently includes plastic surgery at the Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital).

This role would suit a CCT-holder with interests in Orthoplastics and adult and paediatric burn care with additional interests in areas such as major trauma / lower limb reconstruction, paediatric plastic surgery or skin cancer would be welcomed. Recent experience in adult & paediatric burns and collaborative multi-disciplinary team working are all essential criteria.

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.