Consultant in Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
This is a career enhancing opportunity for an ambitious Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, with a specialist head & neck oncology and reconstructive interest, to join Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. It’s not just an outstanding post to accelerate your clinical & leadership skills, it’s your chance to join our friendly OMFS team & be at the heart of the enormous transformation of North Manchester General Hospital, the primary base for this role.
At NMGH, we’re creating a state-of-the-art health campus. Based on a radical re-design & investment, with 70% of the estate being rebuilt, the hospital will sit at the heart of a site comprising a series of hubs. These will include wellbeing, healthy neighbourhood, residential community, mental health, sustainable transport & more.Your Consultancy role will be clinically vital, but you’ll be a high-profile expert in an organisation with a more far-reaching impact – boosting the life expectancy of local people & acting as a catalyst programme for the city’s future prosperity.
You’ll join a skilled team working closely with Head and Neck Surgeons across our North & South Manchester sites & be part of shaping our future as NMGH becomes the hub of Head & Neck Services for the 3.5 million population of Greater Manchester.
Offered with 10 Pas, there are opportunities to pursue research, teaching & specialist interests at a tertiary level. Let us tell you a little more about the attitude and skills we’re looking for.- You’ll provide outstanding clinical leadership across NMGH, and outreach sites, delivering highly personalised care alongside developing your skills in clinical research to advance the field of oral maxillofacial surgery.
- Through postgraduate training in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, you’ll have obtained the Intercollegiate Exit FRC (OMFS) to provide surgical interventions for various oral and maxillofacial procedures, such as dental implants, orthognathic surgeries, TMJ disorders, facial trauma, and facial reconstructive surgeries.
- You’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including dentists, orthodontists, radiologists, and anaesthesiologists, ensuring optimal patient care and treatment outcomes for patients and have a direct impact on the lives of thousands of people across Manchester and beyond.
- Resilient and ambitious, your values will mirror our own with the drive and flexibility to operate at pace and shape the future of our service.
- You’ll be forward thinking and innovative, staying up to date with the latest developments in oral maxillofacial surgery, techniques, and treatment modalities.
- With a vibrant ‘can do’ attitude you’ll teach, mentor, and supervise of residents, fellows, and medical students to develop the next generation of OMFS specialist
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Oct 2024