Consultant in Cleft Lip & Palate (8 PA)

Required to fill this replacement post within Leeds Childrens Hospital at the Leeds General Infirmary.
This post will deliver 8 PAs supporting the Cleft Lip and Palate team and will be based at Leeds General Infirmary. The successful candidate will also support the team in providing tertiary Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery clinics across the region.
INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD VIA MS TEAMS: Friday 6 June 2025
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant should possess CCT in a recognised cleft surgical specialty (or equivalent) and should be included on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview, if currently within a training programme within the UK. In accordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categories of doctors must be on the Specialist Register.
Applicants should have established skills in primary and secondary cleft lip and palate surgery in children and adults. A strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and a research interest is desirable.
Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.
If shortlisted, you will be required to give a 10-minute presentation on:
\’Factors I believe are most important in the future delivery of high-quality and effective cleft lip and palate surgery\’.
About us
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1 billion. Our 20,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat over 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A& E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.
Our vision is based on The Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, founded on values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:
Patient-centred
Fair
Collaborative
Accountable
Empowered
We believe that by being true to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve our results in relation to our goals, which are to be:
1. The best for patient safety, quality and experience
2. The best place to work
3. A centre of excellence for specialist services, education, research and innovation
4. Hospitals that offer seamless, integrated care
5. Financially sustainable
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Cleft Lip and Palate Service based at Leeds General Infirmary provides all aspects of multidisciplinary cleft care and management across the Yorkshire regional network. Whilst all cleft surgery is undertaken in Leeds at the General Infirmary other aspects of cleft care are provided on a hub and spoke basis with regular network multidisciplinary clinics in Bradford, York, Wakefield and Hull, as well as in Leeds. The appointee to this new substantive post will work in conjunction with the incumbent cleft surgeon who has reduced clinical activities to a part-time basis. The post is available immediately however it is expected that the successful applicant will take up this post within 2-3 months of appointment.
The service is fully staffed by all members of a cleft multidisciplinary team and is supported by a cleft administrative team including Cleft Co-ordinator and Audit Administrator. The team enjoys good relations and mutual support with colleagues in Newcastle.
Leeds childrens Hospital Childrens Services in Leeds has 280 inpatient beds.The Clinical Service Unit employs a total of 80 consultants, 56 of whom are Paediatricians providing general, specialist and community childrens medical and surgical services.
Following a review of Trust-wide acute hospital services, the centralisation of Childrens inpatient services was be completed in 2010 on the Leeds General Infirmary site.
ThefollowingestablishedspecialistchildrensservicesareprovidedfortheYorkshireareawithinthe Northern and Yorkshire Region:
PaediatricMedicine
Neonatal MedicineLGI and SJUH Neonatal Surgery Oncology/Haematology,includingBMTU
Nephrology,DialysisandRenaltransplantation Cystic Fibrosis and Respiratory
HepatologyandLiverTransplantation Gastroenterology
CardiologyandCardiacSurgery Neurosurgery
Neurology Endocrinology Rheumatology
PaediatricSurgeryincludingUrology Cleft Lip and Palate
IntensiveCare Orthopaedics Plastics
ENT
Max-Fax Dental
Person Specification
Training, Research, Teaching & Audit
Essential

• Should have completed a recognised training programme at sub-speciality level (or equivalent) in a cleft surgical specialty.
• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
• Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit.

Desirable

• Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff.
• Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group Teaching Workshops.

Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• Entry on the GMC specialist Register via:
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or CESR (CP) proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview.
• YOUR GMC NUMBER MUST BE CLEARLY STATED IN YOUR APPLICATION FORM.
• CESR/Portfolio pathway, or alternative routes to specialist registration, or an appropriate higher surgical qualification.
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice & eligibility to work in the UK.
• Is up to date and fit to practise safely.

Desirable

• Relevant higher degree.

Experience
Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in primary repair of cleft lip and/or palate and provision of secondary cleft surgery including revision cleft lip and palate surgery, surgical management of velopharyngeal incompetence and alveolar bone grafting.
• Specifically, must demonstrate higher training in cleft surgery for adults including revision cleft lip and palate surgery, speech surgery and septo-rhinoplasty.
• Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.

Management, Interpersonal Skills & Other Requirements
Essential

• Understanding of current issues in the NHS.
• *Well organised and skilled in good time management.
• *Effective interpersonal skills.
• *Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.
• *Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
• *Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via:
• -CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) CESR (or) international applicants should comply with the GMC specialty registration process. CESR applicants must be on the relevant Specialist Register at the time of application.

Desirable

• Attendance at recognised management course.

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