Oral & Maxillofacial Consultant

This is an exciting opportunity to join our multi-disciplinary team of Oral and Maxillofacial, Orthodontic and Restorative colleagues and several other medical related specialities. Oxford University Hospitals is keen to appoint a substantive, full-time consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, with a focus on Head & Neck cancer management. The role involves being a core member of the multidisciplinary team, providing both ablative and reconstructive care for Head & Neck cancer patients. The consultant will support the general OMFS workload, on-call rota, participate in outpatient clinics, supervise junior staff, and contribute to teaching, research, and clinical governance. The position requires collaboration with colleagues across specialties. The postholder is set to work primarily at Churchill and John Radcliffe Hospitals, but must be willing to work at any Trust location as needed. The postholder is expected to contribute to service development, risk management, and uphold the Trust's values of compassionate excellence,

• The post will also support the general Oral & Maxillofacial consultant workload and on-call service
• The post will be part of the core member of Head & Neck MDT
• Undertake outpatient clinics, new and follow-ups with supervision of junior staff as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with medical and dental colleagues in other specialties and participate in regular clinical meetings and other post-graduate activities.
• Develop and maintain good communication with General Practitioners (medical and dental), colleagues in the salaried dental services and allied health care practitioners.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team within and outside the department.
• Active involvement in Audit, Clinical Governance, morbidity and mortality meetings
• Participation in departmental educational activity.
• Share responsibility for data protection, particularly digital and electronic records.
• Ensure good clinical practice and continued professional development.
• The post holder will comply with infection control practices and any relevant trust policies and procedures with regards to Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults.
• Supervision of the Specialist Registrars will be expected.
  
  Eligible for Full registration with the GMC and on the specialist Register Or confirmed CCT date within 6 months of the date of AAC
• Registration with GDC
Desirable criteria
• Research Degree
• Focused Head & Neck Training/Fellowship, Successful completion of an SAC-approved OMFS Training Program
• Training in Cleft/Alveolar Bone Graft
• Evidence of understanding of and participation in Audit and Governance
• Understanding of clinical risk management
• Evidence of involvement in management and leadership practices
• Experience of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching
Desirable criteria
• Fellowship
• Good IT skills
• Active research interest
• Good Clinical Practice training
• Publication in Peer Reviewed Journals
• Evidence of management training
• Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education, Ability to work within a team and independently
• Flexibility
• Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English
Desirable criteria
• Full driving license, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

This is a permanent full-time appointment on a 10 PA job plan. The post holder will be part of an established multidisciplinary team.