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Job overview

A vacancy has arisen for a Consultant Cleft Surgeon within the Network. The appointee will be part of a team of four designated Consultant Cleft Surgeons – two based in Manchester and two in Liverpool. The appointee will provide diagnosis, treatment planning and surgery for children, young people and adults born with cleft lip and/or palate and non-cleft velopharyngeal incompetence. The appointee will also undertake Plastic Surgical sessions or Oral Maxilo Facial Surgery sessions dependent on specialty training . The post is also open to suitably experienced ENT surgeons at 7.5 Cleft PA with potential for subsequent job plan review yto incorporate additional ENT sessions. The post will be based at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust).

Main duties of the job

The Consultant cleft Surgeon will provide treatment within the North West of England, Isle of Man and North Wales Cleft Lip and Palate Service working in conjunction with the other Cleft Surgeons as a single  team across the two main surgical centres. The post holder will contribute to the strategic development of the multidisciplinary cleft lip and palate team, participating in the development of Network guidelines, policies and protocols and liaising with other colleagues as required, including nursing, speech and language therapy, clinical psychology and consultant and trainee surgical, anaesthetic, orthodontic and paediatric dental colleagues throughout the Network. The postholder will also provide sessions to the Paediatric Plastic Surgery Service at RMCH and Wythenshawe Hospital or the Oral, Maxillo-Facial service at RMCH and MRI .

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England 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 Electronic Patient Record system which 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 Green Plan which sets 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.