Working Part time: 8 sessions per week An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive consultant working 8 PAs in Plastic & Reconstruction surgery to join our expanding department in the beautiful city of Chester. This role is predominantly to aid with a surge in demand of skin cancer referrals as well as supporting general plastic services. The successful candidate will be expected to have an interest in general plastic surgery with a large proportion of skin cancer cases making up the bulk of elective work. The post also involves some orthoplastic support for lower limb cases in Oswestry as well as locally. Duties And Responsibilities 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. Total ‘Programmed activities’ = 8 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. 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 5916 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. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mr Rishi Sharma Job title: Consultant Plastic Surgeon (Clinical Lead) Email address: rishi.sharma1@nhs.net Telephone number: 01244 365911 Jenna Roberts, Service Manager, 01244 364656