Job overview

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a  Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with a special interest in head and neck oncology and reconstruction. This new post is to join a team of five other head and neck oncology and reconstruction surgeons based at both Wythenshawe Hospital and Oxford Road Campus (Manchester Royal Infirmary) site. This is to be the hub of head and neck cancer services for the population of Greater Manchester of 3.5 million and will involve close working with the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons on the North Manchester site.  The successful applicant will join a rota that is currently 1 in 10 with additional microvascular commitments. The unit covers the regional and major trauma centres for both adults and children, and, has close working relationships with multiple medical hospitals throughout Greater Manchester and the University Dental Hospital of Manchester.

Main duties of the job

This is a substantive post with an exciting opportunity for the successful applicant to develop and strengthen joint working arrangements within the 3 units in Manchester University Foundation Trust providing OMFS services to all of Greater Manchester. This post offers the opportunity to work within a major teaching hospital adjacent to one of the largest university campuses in Western Europe, in collaboration with the Medical School and Dental School of Manchester. There are good prospects for research and teaching at all levels and the development of special interests at a tertiary level. The post demands an individual who has a recognised Certificate of Completion of Training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and has obtained the Intercollegiate FRCS in OMFS. It is desirable that the individual has also completed a fellowship.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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.