Locum Consultant Surgeon in Oral & Maxillo Facial Surgery

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Job overview

The successful candidate will be working as an OMFS Consultant in OMFS at Homerton Healthcare, in a primarily elective setting, with support to develop their areas of subspecialty interest. The successful candidate will have regular outpatient and theatre sessions at Homerton Healthcare.

The consultant will also be responsible for teaching Staff Grades and other junior staff, as well as contributing to the department teaching, audit and research programmes at Homerton Healthcare.

• Consultants will have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of their departments.
• Consultants will undertake administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their clinics or department. All Consultants are expected to assume responsibility both singly and corporately for the management of the Junior Medical Staff. In particular, they are expected to be responsible for approving and monitoring junior staff rotas and junior staff locum arrangements, where appropriate.
• The successful applicant will be expected to participate fully in the medical audit arrangements in the District.
• Consultants are also expected to concern themselves with the professional development of their trainees.
• All Consultants have a responsibility to contribute to the teaching and assessment of undergraduates and of junior doctors.
• Consultants are expected to continue with all aspects of professional development to allow successful appraisal and revalidation.

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care trust which provides hospital and community health services for Hackney, the city and surrounding communities. The Trust provides a full range of adult, older people’s and children’s services across medical and surgical specialties.

The hospital has almost 500 beds spread across 11 wards, a ten-bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards. Community services are provided by staff working out of 75 partner sites in Hackney and the City of London. The trust has a separate registration to provide continuing health care at the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

The hospital has three day-surgery theatres and six main operating theatres for all types of general surgery, trauma and orthopedics, gynecology, maxillo-facial, urology, ENT, obesity, bariatrics and obstetrics. We also have a surgical treatment room within the main theatres complex.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Consultants will have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of their departments.
• Consultants will undertake administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their clinics or department. All Consultants are expected to assume responsibility both singly and corporately for the management of the Junior Medical Staff. In particular, they are expected to be responsible for approving and monitoring junior staff rotas and junior staff locum arrangements, where appropriate.
• The successful applicant will be expected to participate fully in the medical audit arrangements in the District.
• Consultants are also expected to concern themselves with the professional development of their trainees.
• All Consultants have a responsibility to contribute to the teaching and assessment of undergraduates and of junior doctors.
• Consultants are expected to continue with all aspects of professional development to allow successful appraisal and revalidation.

Please see attached job description for full details of the role.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• FRCS (OMFS) or equivalent

• MFDS or equivalent Higher degree – BSc MS MD PhD or equivalent

REGISTRATION

• Registered on GMC specialist register or within 6 months of obtaining it at the time of the interview

SPECIALTY

• Subspecialist training in OMFS, in an area of interest suitable to the future development of the department
• Broad based general professional training in general medicine

TRAINING AND TEACHING

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff

• Training the Trainers Course or equivalent
• Teaching and Assessment in Practice Course or equivalent

MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT

• Understanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications
• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Understanding and experience of audit

• Evidence of service audit, design or change management

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

• Knowledge of research methodology
• Evidence of ongoing interest and achievement in research

• Training in research methodology.
• Publications in peer review journals
• Presentations to learned societies

PERSONAL SKILLS

• Communication. Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English.

General Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.