Plastic Surgery Clinical Fellow
| Posting date: | 09 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £41,750 - £64,288 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2026 |
| Location: | North Shields, NE29 8NH |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7889485/319-7889485HD |
Summary
A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Applications are invited for this exciting role of Plastic Surgery Clinical Fellow, created to provide an opportunity to develop skills in Plastic Surgery and Skin. To deliver audit and research within Northumbria Healthcare NHS. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is rated “outstanding” for the Care Quality Commission. This is a unique opportunity to develop skills in plastic/skin surgery procedures and the management of complex wounds, within a small multidisciplinary team at Northumbria Healthcare.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable number of applications are received.
Supporting with the care of patients pre and post surgery with general plastic and Skin patients.
Assisting the Surgeons in theatres.
Complex wound management, including debridement and use of skin flaps and grafts.
To deliver outpatient and inpatient care.
To assist in the development of the Plastic Surgery service at Northumbria Healthcare.
To carry out treatment room activity under supervision
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
The primary aims of the post are:
• To provide support to the plastic surgeons in theatre lists and develop skillset
• To support patients both pre and post surgery, including ward rounds and OPD clinics
• To manage patients surgically for minor procedures
• To deliver follow up for patients on skin cancer pathways
• To develop the orthoplastic/breast service
This advert closes on Thursday 23 Apr 2026
Applications are invited for this exciting role of Plastic Surgery Clinical Fellow, created to provide an opportunity to develop skills in Plastic Surgery and Skin. To deliver audit and research within Northumbria Healthcare NHS. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is rated “outstanding” for the Care Quality Commission. This is a unique opportunity to develop skills in plastic/skin surgery procedures and the management of complex wounds, within a small multidisciplinary team at Northumbria Healthcare.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable number of applications are received.
Supporting with the care of patients pre and post surgery with general plastic and Skin patients.
Assisting the Surgeons in theatres.
Complex wound management, including debridement and use of skin flaps and grafts.
To deliver outpatient and inpatient care.
To assist in the development of the Plastic Surgery service at Northumbria Healthcare.
To carry out treatment room activity under supervision
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
The primary aims of the post are:
• To provide support to the plastic surgeons in theatre lists and develop skillset
• To support patients both pre and post surgery, including ward rounds and OPD clinics
• To manage patients surgically for minor procedures
• To deliver follow up for patients on skin cancer pathways
• To develop the orthoplastic/breast service
This advert closes on Thursday 23 Apr 2026