Speciality Doctor in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery


Location
Chertsey, England
Salary
£59,175 - £95,400 per annum plus £149 HCAS pro rata
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Senior
Deadline
18 Oct 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
08 Oct 2026
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Job requirements

Essential

8 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Education & Training

    Critically assesses own learning needs and ensures a personal development plan reflects both clinical practice and the relevant generic capabilities to lead and develop services

  • Leadership and Teamwork

    Awareness of the leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviours; managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others

  • Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups

    Recognises and takes responsibility for safeguarding children, young people and adults, using appropriate systems for identifying, sharing information, recording and raising concerns, obtaining advice and taking action.

  • Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

    Takes prompt action where there is an issue with safety of quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns through clinical governance systems where necessary

  • Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

    Collaborates with multidiciplinary and interprofessional teams to manage risk and issues across the organisations and setting

  • Professional Values and Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge

    Practises with the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in the GMC and General Professional Capabilities Framework.

  • Professional Values and Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge

    Clinically evaluates and manages a patient, formulating a prioritised differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan and reviewing and adjusting this depending on the outcomes of treatment.

  • Professional Values and Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge

    Clinically reflects on own competence, understands onw limits, seeks help when required

Desirable

6 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Education & Training

    Evidence of teaching and training of medical/dental students or trainees or allied health

  • Leadership and Teamwork

    Examples of initiatives taken that have effected change

  • Leadership and Teamwork

    Examples of involvement in collaborative leadership work

  • Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups

    Safeguarding courses

  • Professional Values and Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge

    Participation in annual appraisal

  • Professional Values and Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge

    Multi-source feedback

Job overview

Ashford and St Peter’s is a large acute Trust in West Surrey and one of the largest in the region. Ashford Hospital lies close to Heathrow Airport. St Peter’s Hospital is situated between Chertsey and Woking. The two hospitals serve a diverse population of around 450,000 on the borders of Surrey and Middlesex. This area includes Woking, Chertsey, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge, Ashford, Staines, Feltham and Spelthorne.

Oral Surgery clinics take place every day at both Ashford Hospital and St Peter’s Hospital. Day case surgery takes place in a dedicated theatre at Ashford Hospital. Paediatric lists are undertaken at St Peter’s Hospital where we have a dedicated paediatric ward

Main duties of the job

This is a Specialty Doctor post with a weekly commitment of 10 PAs.

The postholder will

  • Play an active part in the management of patients under the care of the department in both emergency and elective cases.
  • Develop and maintain a high standard of practice

Take an active role in all activities of the department.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will support the junior trainees and liaise closely with the nursing staff and consultants.

The job plan will include oral surgery treatment clinics with exposure to a wide range of complex cases.

The role will include clerking patients in a theatre setting.

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.

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This advert is for Speciality Doctor in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery with Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Chertsey, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery role. The advertised salary is £59,175 - £95,400 per annum plus £149 HCAS pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 18 Oct 2026.

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