Locum consultant surgeon post for 12 months in the Maxillofacial Department at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. The work centres on head and neck cancer, reconstruction and skin cancer surgery, and includes supervising junior doctors on the maxillofacial emergency rota. The post can add a visiting role at St Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight, limited to clinics and day case surgery. Candidates need FRCS OMFS and entry on the GMC Specialist Register in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
What the job involves
- Manage head and neck cancer patients
- Carry out reconstruction surgery
- Carry out skin cancer surgery
- Supervise junior doctors on the maxillofacial emergency rota
- Participate in all aspects of department activity
- Undertake teaching, audit and research
- Work within the multidisciplinary team alongside consultant colleagues, GPs and dentists
- Possible visiting role at St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight, for clinics and day case surgery
What’s required
Qualifications
- FRCS OMFS
- Registerable dental degree
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register in OMFS, or within 6 months of CCST (or equivalent)
Experience
- Broad clinical training in oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Experience of free tissue transfer in the head and neck for oral and skin reconstruction
- Experience in and outside the speciality
Skills & knowledge
- Appropriate level of clinical knowledge
- Use of evidence-based practice
- IT skills
- Effective, confident presentation ability
Nice to have
- International or national head and neck fellowship
- Demonstrable maxillofacial surgery skills and experience
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy experience
- Understanding of clinical risk management
- Participation in audit
- Good oral and written communication, logical thinking, problem solving and decision making
- Teaching and clinical supervision of OMFS registrars and dental core trainees
- Publications, prizes and honours
What’s offered
- Mentorship scheme open to all new consultants
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
