Locum Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Head and Neck

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a Locum Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon to join our department at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are a busy unit with strong collaborative working relationships with ENT, Oncology and Dermatology. This is a fantastic opportunity to help the delivery of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery service to patients of Gloucestershire and surrounding areas. This advertisement is for a consultant with an sub-specialist interest in Head and Neck Cancer.

This is a 12 month fixed term position to fill a temporary vacancy in the department. It will be based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. The appointee will maintain the delivery of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery service to patients of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with a specialist interest in Head & Neck Cancer and reconstruction. Other subspecialist interests would be welcomed.

This is a full-time post. Job share applicants are also welcome.

There is an established OMFS H&N service with a significant workload and friendly multidisciplinary team. The service includes:

• Weekly MDT meeting and multidisciplinary clinic
• Microvascular reconstruction working alongside current OMFS surgeon
• Excellent, friendly multidisciplinary team with longstanding good collaborative relationships
• Reliable access to elective critical care beds
• On site Restorative Dental Consultant
• Oral surgery led osteoradionecrosis clinics
• Multidisciplinary prehab clinics

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this post is to provide Consultant care within the Trust’s Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery service. As a senior employee of the Trust, the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-

• To ensure the provision of a first class clinical service
• To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
• To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
• To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
• To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s and Division’s services plans
• To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Surgery Division or the Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Qualifications

• Full registration & a license to practice with the United Kingdom General Medical Council (GMC))
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery via:
• CCT or CESR-CP (Combined Programme) CESR or European Community Rights
• CCT or CESR-CP (Combined Programme)
• CESR or European Community Rights

*Consideration will be given to candidates within 2 years of their expected CCT date where a conditional offer could be made pending achievement of the above essential qualifications. Where there is a commitment to joining the service.

• MBBS & BDS or equivalent qualification FRCS(OMFS) or equivalent qualification

Experience

• Demonstration of a high level of clinical experience and competency in the field of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• Demonstration of expertise in the subspeciality of H&N oncology surgery
• Demonstration of ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Additional Skills

• Experience of post graduate and undergraduate teaching.
• Presentation skills
• Undergraduate and post graduate teaching experience
• Effective participation in clinical audit
• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research
• Publications in refereed journals
• Presentations at national and international levelExperience and management of quality improvement projectsWork independently
• Good communication skills
• Team skills
• Disability and Equality Awareness

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.