Job summary
- Main area
- CIC Oral Surgery Med Staff
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (1:4 on call)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 262-A-25-7258932
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cumberland Infirmary
- Town
- Carlisle
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 PA Pro Rate
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
NHS Locum Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Special Interest in Facial Deformity and Orthognathic Surgery / Head and Neck Oncology
12 months Fixed Term Contract.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) is seeking to appoint a motivated and forward-thinking Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. We welcome applications from dynamic and enthusiastic individuals with a special interest in facial deformity and orthognathic surgery and/or head and neck oncology surgery.
The post will be based at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, with an expectation to contribute to service delivery across the Trust. As with all consultant appointments within NCIC, there will be a requirement to provide clinical input at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, and/or in community clinics across North Cumbria, supporting equitable access to specialist services across the region.
Main duties of the job
Applicants must be registered with the General Medical Council and hold an appropriate higher surgical qualification and preferably should also be registered with the General Dental Council.
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’.
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our policy for eligible vacancies
Person specification
Person specification
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC)
- An appropriate higher Surgical qualification
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification.
- Special interest in facial deformity and orthognathic
- Full registration with the GDC
- Entry on the GMC specialist register in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery via relevant CCT, MRCP (UK) or equivalent (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview), relevant CESR or European Community Rights
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- High level of clinical experience and competence in OMFS services, including Trauma
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Ability to anticipate change and show an awareness of where the team sits in the bigger picture
- Demonstrate an understanding of the wider health economy and the implications for the Trust
Desirable criteria
- A commitment to and experience of teaching.
- An interest in developing links with Primary Care.
- Business Planning
Management & Administrative
Essential criteria
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the service.
- Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently
- Management and Leadership skills
- Ability to support solution focused decisions
Desirable criteria
- Experience of audit management.
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate staff.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates.
- Teaching of non-medical health professionals.
- Educational Qualification.
Research, Audit and Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit.
- Experience of research and Clinical Governance.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Communication skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Empathetic and sensitive approach to patient needs.
- Excellent communication skills with patients, colleagues, managers and other staff.
- Approachable and effective Multi-disciplinary team member with excellent/highly effective interpersonal skills
- Ability to influence and negotiate
- Approachable Team membership/loyalty.
- Positive approach to lessons learnt.
- Confident approach without being arrogant.
Desirable criteria
- IT Skills.
- Presentation skills.
Continued Professional / Personal Development
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning.
- Reflective approach to personal development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance.
- Participation in appropriate peer review processes
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Participation in on call and emergency cover.
- Ability to travel to fulfil the requirements of the post.
- Ability to effectively balance loyalty to the service through corporate behaviours
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Germain
- Job title
- Clinical Director Head & Neck
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01228 814224
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