Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery with a special interest in Head and Neck Cancer to join The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. This a locum  position to join a team of 6 Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. 

There has never been a better time to join our team.

Main duties of the job

• Provide and develop with clinical colleagues, an integrated Head and Neck service for the Trust. This may involve all disciplines including primary and tertiary care.
• Participate in the structural development of the Head and Neck service, treatment protocols and guidelines and extend knowledge in the management of Head and Neck conditions.
• Provide a consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in other specialties within the Trust and Primary Care.
• Work with other members of the Maxillofacial team to provide a comprehensive general surgical service to the Trust, Primary Care Trusts and General Practitioners.
• Participate in the Maxillofacial on-call rota with consultant colleagues to ensure that appropriate emergency services are provided out-of-normal working hours.
• Take responsibility for the professional supervision and development of trainee doctors within the specialty. This will include the appraisal of SHOs and SpRs.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with medical colleagues in other specialties and participate in regular clinical meetings and other post graduate activities.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.

Working for our organisation

The Directorate is proud of being able to serve its community by consistently modernising its service provision and crucial to that is encouraging and supporting its consultants to innovate, progress and develop.

The Trust has a reputation for delivering a high level of clinical care and we are the second largest Undergraduate Teaching Hospital in the region. We have long standing and excellent working relationships with our primary care colleagues and our commissioners. There is a strong teaching and research base.