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Main area
Oral & Maxillofacial surgery -TMJ
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
265-6745583
Employer
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northampton General Hospital
Town
Northampton
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/03/2025 23:59

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Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial surgery - TMJ

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

o   Applications are warmly invited for a substantive consultant to replace a colleague at University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Oral and Maxillofacial Department.  You will join our established, but dynamic, 5 consultant team primarily in Northampton, treating patients across hospital sites in our sister unit in Kettering.

o   As part of the Maxillofacial Team you will be supported in all aspects of the role, but you will also support, coach and impart your knowledge and experience to your team.

Main duties of the job

o   Subspeciality interest: TMJ- fellowship / experience required.  Salivary (Minimally invasive), Vascular anomalies, Trauma

o   Timetable: The timetable will involve routine clinics and theatre.  There is a 1:5 on call commitment.

o   Teaching: The department hosts DCT trainees from the East Midlands Deanery, and has 3 Oxford / East of England Specialty Trainees working within the team.

Working for our organisation

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

o   There is an call commitment of 1:5(equivalent to 2 PAs) – planning to rise to 1:6 in future

o   10PA contract is flexible but will involve some joint hospital clinical activity

o   To fully support the delivery and development of the Maxillofacial Service.

o   To share responsibility for the service with the other Consultants, Head and neck surgeon supported by the general maxillofacial surgeons.

o   To participate with the other Consultant Surgeons in the management of the Department of Maxillofacial. 

o   To demonstrate a firm commitment to clinical governance including participation in effective clinical audit and continuing medical education.

o   To contribute to management within the Trust through the Directorate.

o   To participate in all teaching programmes for medical staff, medical students

and other hospital employees as required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Primary medical qualification/MRCS or equivalent qualifications
  • Current CCT or Equivalent, or within 6 months of CCT
  • GDC and GMC registrant

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience and Specific Training in Surgery of TMJ disease
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in Surgery / Minimally Invasive surgery of Salivary disease or Vascular anomaly or Trauma interest

Education & Audit

Essential criteria
  • Experience of audit in Head and neck Cancer Surgery
  • Teaching junior staff
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of Publications in peer reviewed journals within the last 5 years

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kerry Herd
Job title
Clinical Lead, OMFS
Email address
[email protected]
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