Maxillofacial Prosthetist and Technologist

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a major trauma centre, supporting a broad and complex caseload across cranio-maxillofacial prosthetics, orthognathic surgery, cranioplasty, 3D cranio-maxillofacial reconstruction and multidisciplinary surgical planning, as well as a busy ocular prosthetic clinic. The successful candidate will work closely with clinical, surgical, dental, nursing both CNS and Dental Nurses, technical and administrative colleagues to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.

The service provides care across a wide range of specialties, including maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, ENT, head and neck, plastics, ophthalmology, dermatology and associated clinical services. The role requires a practitioner who can work autonomously, manage and prioritise their own caseload, contribute to safe and effective service delivery, and support high standards of clinical governance, documentation and professional practice.

The post holder will also contribute to the supervision and development of junior staff and students, support departmental protocols and quality standards, and take part in clinical audit, CPD and ongoing service development.

Main duties of the job:

• Provide a clinical and technical service pre-operative model planning, surgical splint and template fabrication for craniofacial reconstruction, orthognathic surgery and cranioplasty speciality services.
• Provide 3D cranio-maxillofacial surgical reconstruction services and 3D manufacturing craniofacial technology and allocated surgical caseload.
• Provide timely, efficient and courteous provision of delegated Cranio-Maxillofacial Prosthetics services including oculoplastic services to the agreed standards and protocols of the department taking account of the patient/clients clinical, physical and cultural needs in agreement with the Consultant / Head of Cranio-Maxillofacial Prosthetics Unit during periods of low activity in orthognathic, cranioplasty and 3D craniofacial surgical reconstruction services.
• Monitor and adjust work priorities in conjunction with Consultants and Clinicians to take into account changing demands on the diagnostic services due to emergencies.
• Ensuring that the Trust targets in the Cranio-Maxillofacial Prosthetics Unit are met.
• Be responsible for ensuring the legal documentation on the Cranio-Maxillofacial Prosthetics Information System associated with each completed patient episode.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King’s Strategy – 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high-quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.

Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King’s, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities and each other.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people. King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Person specification:

• BSc Dental Sciences/Technology or equivalent; postgraduate MPT qualification; vocational training and/or MSc MFPR.
• Registered with the relevant professional body/Healthcare Scientists (desirable) and GDC registration (essential).
• NHS experience as an MPT and postgraduate cranio-maxillofacial unit experience.
• Experience in maxillofacial prosthetics, orthognathic planning, cranioplasty, craniofacial reconstruction and/or oculoplastic work.
• Ability to use or show knowledge of 3D planning systems such as ProPlan, Surgicase/Synthes, Mimics or equivalent.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary medical/dental teams.
• Evidence of CPD, clinical/technical audit, legal documentation, quality standards and safe practice.
• Good written and verbal communication, including ability to present complex information clearly.
• Experience managing own workload, prioritising clinical/technical work and meeting deadlines.
• Evidence of supporting junior staff, students or contributing to training/CPD.