# Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery-Head and Neck > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-oral-and-maxillofacial-surgery-head-and-neck/f9c6d642-6e9e-421f-96c7-a270aed13975 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-oral-and-maxillofacial-surgery-head-and-neck/f9c6d642-6e9e-421f-96c7-a270aed13975.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust - **Location:** University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-12-02T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-11T14:50:50.066Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Coventry/University_Hospitals_Coventry_Warwickshire_NHS_Trust/Surgery/Surgery-v8431740 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8431740?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhcw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview A golden opportunity has arisen for a full-time Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery to join the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW NHS Trust). Whilst the posts are designed for an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon with a subspecialty interest in Head and Neck Surgery and Microvascular Surgery, the successful candidate will form part of a team of consultants providing a comprehensive service to the populations of Coventry, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. The majority of the successful candidate’s clinical sessions are likely to be at UHCW and its satellite clinics in Rugby, Nuneaton or. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly with colleagues from both Maxillofacial Surgery and ENT Surgery to provide a comprehensive Oral & Maxillofacial and Head and Neck Service between the various trusts. On call duties are currently 1 week in 8 covering UHCW NHS Trust. Specifically the successful candidate will be expected to support the already established microvascular reconstructive service and in addition will also be an integral team member in the busy head and neck surgical service. In addition there will be opportunities to develop interests which complement the current team ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will form part of a team of consultants providing a comprehensive Oral & maxillofacial Surgery service to the population of Coventry and Warwickshire. In-patient operating and some clinical activity will be at the University Hospital, but the successful candidate’s remaining clinical sessions are likely to include a peripheral site which may be at Warwick Hospital, Rugby St Cross Hospital or the George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton. The successful applicant will be expected to manage a mixed workload of adult and paediatric patients. On call duties are currently 1 week in 8 based at UHCW NHS Trust. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities As part of our commitment to patients and delivery of a world class service for all, we have created the UHCW Improvement (UHCWi) System in partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute in Seattle; this involves a structured approach to removing waste and putting the patient first using a lean management system and methodologies. Our culture and ways of working reflect and embed the practices and methodologies of UHCWi. You are expected, where identified, to attend and complete relevant training and development opportunities to support this. This may include Lean for Leaders, Advanced Lean Training, and the Human Factors Programme, amongst others. Full attendance and completion of identified courses is considered essential for this post. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Meets all Essential **Desirable** - Meets all Desirable ### Teaching & Education **Essential** - - Commitment to continuing medical education. - Ability to organise and participate in and evidence of teaching and training undergraduate and postgraduate students. - Ability to supervise, appraise, coach and mentor trainee and other doctors. - Experienced in demonstrating clinical procedures and techniques to other healthcare professionals. **Desirable** - Educational qualification ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - - Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in OMFS. - Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of both emergency and elective Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. - Competent in basic information technology. - Ability to organise and manage out patient priorities, waiting times/lists. **Desirable** - - Subspecialty fellowship training. - Experience of service development. ### Audit/ Governance/ Research **Essential** - - Experience of delivery of Audit cycles. - Understanding of the clinical governance process. - Ability to demonstrate recent evidence of participation in relevant and continued research. - Published research in peer-reviewed journals. **Desirable** - - Experience of audit management. - Higher degree by research (e.g., MSc/Mphil/MD/PhD). ### Communication Skills & Abilities **Essential** - - Excellent inter-personal qualities. - Credible and persuasive presence both amongst clinical and management colleagues. - Ability to communicate effectively (written, public speaking and presentational). ### Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours **Essential** - - Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below). ## Documents - [jdps (docx, 527.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10766597) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.