Locum Consultant Plastic Surgeon; Skin, Head & Neck Oncology Interest) Prescot

Job summary

This post is for a Locum Consultant in Plastic Surgery with a Skin Cancer and Head & Neck Oncology surgery interest (12 months FTC).

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Surgeon join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary care within the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery unit based at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. This is a whole-time post with a weekly peripheral site clinical commitment.

The appointee will have a responsibility for the running of their clinical service, integrating this with the department as a whole and ensuring appropriate communication with general practitioners, managers, and hospital committees. The appointee will be responsible for contributing to the achievement of relevant aspects if the Trusts contractual obligations and business plans.

The appointee will be expected to ensure their clinical service is in accordance with the principles of Clinical Governance which must include appropriate clinical audit, clinical targets, key performance indicators (KPI's), evidence-based practice, continued personal educational and professional development. The post holder will also be expected to comply with existing appraisal procedures, job planning and revalidation procedures.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Advertising date: 14th September 2026

Closing date: 9th October 2026

Shortlisting date: 12th October 2026

Proposed Interview date: 20th October 2026

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

• Full GMC registration at the time of application
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCS (UK) or equivalent medical qualification
• FRCS (Plast) or equivalent
• Valid Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider Status

• Member BAPRAS

• Evidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: oGood clinical care oMaintaining good medical practice oGood relationships and communication with patients oGood working relationships with colleagues oGood teaching and training oProfessional behaviour and probity Delivery of good acute clinical care
• Demonstrate skills in written and spoken English…