Job summary
- Main area
- Plastic Surgery
- Grade
- MN37
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (06/08/2025 to 04/08/2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-TDPB-020
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary’s Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £41,750-£64,288 per annum plus London Weighting
- Closing
- 22/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Fellow in Plastic Surgery
MN37
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are actively looking for a Junior Hand Fellow in Plastic Surgery to join the registrar rota at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for a fixed term period of from 06/08/2025 to 04/08/2026.
The post is based at both the Charing Cross and St Mary’s sites and will provide a wide range of experience. The Department specializes in microsurgical reconstruction; head and neck reconstruction, breast reconstruction and extremity reconstruction. The Department also supports the Trust’s Level 1 Major Trauma Centre at St Mary’s Hospital. The Department is responsible for the care of general Plastic Surgery patients with an emphasis on tertiary referrals and undertakes between 200-250 free flaps per year.
The post is suitable for an individual wishing to pursue a career in Plastic surgery and has previously been held by individuals at the beginning of their training. This is not a formally approved training posts but the post holder will have Consultant-led education and supervision and will be supported in their professional development. Applicants must possess the MRCS or equivalent exam.
The successful applicant must have some previous experience in Plastic Surgery, preferably at Registrar level.
Applicants must be registered and licensed with the General Medical Council.
Main duties of the job
The post is based at both the Charing Cross and St Mary’s sites and will provide a wide range of experience. The Department specializes in microsurgical reconstruction; head and neck reconstruction, breast reconstruction and extremity reconstruction. The Department also supports the Trust’s Level 1 Major Trauma Centre at St Mary’s Hospital. The Department is responsible for the care of general Plastic Surgery patients with an emphasis on tertiary referrals and undertakes between 200-250 free flaps per year.
The post is suitable for an individual wishing to pursue a career in Plastic surgery and has previously been held by individuals at the beginning of their training. This is not a formally approved training posts but the post holder will have Consultant-led education and supervision and will be supported in their professional development. Applicants must possess the MRCS or equivalent exam.
The successful applicant must have some previous experience in Plastic Surgery, preferably at Registrar level.
Applicants must be registered and licensed with the General Medical Council.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The duties of the post are performed at the 3 hospital across the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Charing Cross, St Mary’s and Hammersmith Hospitals.
The post holder will join the Specialist Registrars’ daily and on call rota and will work closely with all Consultants in the care of routine and emergency clinical problems. The post‑holder will see all patients admitted to the Plastic Surgery Unit and perform a daily ward round with the Consultants, SpRs and SHOs. The post‑holder will join a 1 in 12 on call rota covering Plastic Surgical emergencies across the Trust and support to the Major Trauma Centre. The post‑holder will be expected to assist in the operating theatre and will undertake elective and emergency surgery, with supervision where appropriate. There are regular outpatient clinics and local anaesthetic operating lists. Teaching and supervision is provided for all the Plastic Surgery juniors.
Detailed protocols for clinical management are available which the post‑holders are expected to adhere to at all times.
Educational objectives:
To develop the post-holder’s clinical and surgical expertise in Plastic Surgery in general; however, this is not a recognized training post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC registration
- MRCS
Language
Essential criteria
- Ability to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements
Academic Achievements including Research/Publications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of achievement appropriate to level of appointment at ICHNT
Audit
Essential criteria
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Complete audits in previous year
Clinical skills
Essential criteria
- Appropriate to job description
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Plastic Surgery at Registrar level
Relevant Experience in Specialty/Sub Specialty
Essential criteria
- 6 months NHS experience 18 months experience in Plastics Surgery
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Plastic Surgery at Registrar level
Teaching & Training
Essential criteria
- Evidence of experience and skills in training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ms Liz Dex
- Job title
- Associate Specialist Plastic Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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