Senior Clinical Fellow (Head & Neck Oncology Surgery)

Senior Clinical Fellow (Head & Neck Oncology Surgery)

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Main area Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow Contract Fixed term: 6 months (6 months with extension to 12 months pending interim review) Hours Full time - 48 hours per week Job ref SNCT-CAI-8328681-JT

Site St George's Hospital Town Tooting, London Salary £55,355 - £67,325 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/11/2026 23:59

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.

With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.

Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.

Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.

We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.

As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.

Job overview

A fellow in Maxillofacial Surgery with an interest in head and neck oncology is required to work within the regional South-West London Maxillofacial Surgery Network centred around the department at St George's Hospital.

The unit is closely associated with the Thomas Tatum Head and Neck Unit and provides treatment for a large number of patients with head and neck cancer.

The post offers an excellent opportunity to be part of a large Head and Neck Oncology service covering the South West of London with a population of 1.7million.

Duties and responsibilities cover the full range of head and neck oncology, including reconstructive surgery, additionally the successful applicant will be expected to participate in the management of Maxillofacial trauma and to undertake research. There is strong emphasis on the multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.

Mr Luis Freire - Service Manager, Maxillofacial Surgery – luiscarlos.mondimfreire@stgeorges.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

Duties and Responsibilities - The appointee will be expected to work in close collaboration with all the staff in the Maxillofacial Department and the timetable may be changed on discussion with the consultants and Care Group Leader. The post holder will also be expected to take part in local and regional Audit and Clinical Governance, in addition to contributing to the organisation and supervision of junior medical staff.

As this a Fellow position, the appointee is expected to have completed the specialist training in their respective country and must provide evidence of attainment of their specialist qualification. The appointee must also be able to work in the UK (ie possession of HSMP or EU residency status).

The appointee must be doubly qualified in Medicine and Dentistry.

Working for our organisation

A fellow in Maxillofacial Surgery with an interest in head and neck oncology is required to work within the regional South-West London Maxillofacial Surgery Network centred around the department at St George's Hospital. The unit is closely associated with the Thomas Tatum Head and Neck Unit and provides treatment for a large number of patients with head and neck cancer. The post offers an excellent opportunity to be part of a large Head and Neck Oncology service covering the South West of London with a population of 1.7million. Duties and responsibilities cover the full range of head and neck oncology, including reconstructive surgery, additionally the successful applicant will be expected to participate in the management of Maxillofacial trauma and to undertake research. There is strong emphasis on the multidisciplinary approach to patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

On Call - Maxillofacial Surgical Services in south west London, (and surrounding counties), are delivered by a network of hospitals including St George’s, Kingston, Ashford, St. Peter’s, Epsom, St Helier and Croydon University hospitals. St Georges is the 'hub' for this network undertaking all inpatient activity. The on call arrangements for the registrars is in the form of a 1:5 rota with prospective cover, and provides cover for the entirety of the South West London Maxillofacial Network out of normal working hours.

The Maxillofacial fellow is expected to contribute to the general on-call maxillofacial surgery rota at specialist registrar level. A UK driving licence or equivalent would be an advantage.

Timetable - The Fellow will attend the Head and Neck Oncology operating lists (Monday and Tuesday), the Head and Neck MDT and following clinic. All sessions will be on the St George’s Hospital campus. Additionally the Fellow will be expected to play an active part in the educational activity of the department as well as caring for the inpatients and participating in clinical managerial activity as required by the Consultants.

Please see attached JD for a full scope of responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MBBS/MFDS/MRCS or equivalent
• Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery or equivalent
• Higher Degree

Experience

• Comprehensive experience in the management of facial trauma, dento-alveolar pathology, oral medicine and generic in-patient management skills
• Head and neck surgical oncology, surgical Dermatology.

Skills

• Good oral and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to work within a team

Knowledge

• Ability to teach junior staff
• Evidence of audit projects
• Evidence of research

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email or via NHS Jobs.

If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:

• The machine readable zone
• An ultra violet image
• An infra red image

As part of you pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Luis-Carlos Freire Job title Service Manager Email address luiscarlos.mondimfreire@stgeorges.nhs.uk Telephone number 02087250024