Senior Clinical Fellow (Oral & Max Fax Surgery - Facial Deformity)

Senior Clinical Fellow (Oral & Max Fax Surgery - Facial Deformity)

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 potential to extend to 12 months)) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (oncall) Job ref 200-SNCT-712870-8328900-JT

Site St George's Hospital Town Tooting, London Salary £55,355 - £67,325 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/11/2026 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

An exciting opportunity has become available for a senior clinic fellow in Maxillofacial Surgery with an interest in facial deformity and TMJ surgery. They are required to work within the regional South-West London Maxillofacial Surgery Network centred around the department at St George's Hospital.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has become available for a senior clinic fellow in Maxillofacial Surgery with an interest in deformity and TMJ. They are required to work within the regional South-West London Maxillofacial Surgery Network centred around the department at St George's Hospital.

There will also be opportunities in the timetable for the fellow to attend private hospital clinics and operating lists.

Working for our organisation

The unit forms the hub of a network of spokes comprising Ashford & St Peter's, Epsom & St Helier, Kingston and Croydon University Hospitals. The fellows are expected to provide a service in line with the subspecialty themes of the fellowships. This includes outpatient clinics, outpatient and inpatient operating lists, MDT meetings, as well as on call commitment. The on call is one in 1:5, covering the middle grade tier.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for a full overview of role and responsibilities. Please contact us below if you have any questions regarding the role.

The candidate MUST be double qualified in Medicine and Dentistry

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 and/or publications

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.

As part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The documents 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 your 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.