Consultant in Oral&Maxillofacial Surgery, Luton

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The appointments will be subject to full Occupational Health Clearance and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for the successful candidates prior to commencement.

The appointee will have Full UK General Medical and General Dental registration at time of application.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advert closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.

If you have not received correspondence inviting you for interview within 28 days of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Please note that all shortlisted candidates will be required to attend a pre-interview assessment process involving the completion of an on-line personality profiling assessment, followed by a 1-1 session, a written exercise and a group assessment via MS Teams. These will be scheduled prior to the interview date; all shortlisted candidates must attend these appointments.

Candidates should note that canvassing any member of the Appointments Committee or The Luton&Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Board will disqualify them from appointment. This should however, not deter candidates from approaching any person for further information about this post.

Closing Date: 7th June 2026

Assessment Date: 7th July 2026

Interview Date: 17th July 2026

Person specification

Personnel Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Residence within 10 miles by road or up to thirty minutes travelling time of the hospital for purposes of on-call emergencies.
• Fit to undertake the role with satisfactory Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory DBS clearance

Registration

Essential criteria

• Full and Specialist GMC Registration with a licence to practice
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register: CCT (or within 6 months of receipt of CCT at time of interview)
• A registable qualification with the UK GDC or eligibility to enter it within 6 months at the time of interview

Training

Essential criteria

• Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or within six months of award of CCT or equivalent (CESR) by date of interview

Desirable criteria

• Completion of a Head and Neck Cancer Fellowship or equivalent.

Qualification

Essential criteria

• MBBS or evidence of equivalent qualification
• BDS or equivalent
• FRCS (OMFS) or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• A post graduate qualification MSc, MD, PhD, MA, Masters in Education
• Medical and Dental Degree

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of thorough, broad training and experience in OMFS
• Comprehensive knowledge of OMFS and ability to offer expert clinical opinions on range of OMFS conditions
• Able to take full and independent responsibility for delivering OMFS service including trauma, without direct supervision.
• Experience in OMFS Head&Neck Surgery with micro-vascular reconstruction
• Experience in Surgical Dermatology.
• Experience in the management, treatment and reconstruction of Head and Neck Malignancy

Desirable criteria

• Record of regular attendance at national specialty meetings in OMFS.
• Evidence of sub-specialty training or fellowship out of region

Clinical Governance/Audit

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate a broad understanding of the principles and elements of clinical governance
• Knowledge of the principles of evidence based practice
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical audit and direct experience of audit.
• Experience of guideline appraisal

Desirable criteria

• Implementation of evidence based guidelines.
• Participation in relevant national audits.

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and ability to teach clinical and operative skills to all grades of trainees and medical students
• Understands learner-centred teaching
• Completed a Teaching the Teachers or similar course

Desirable criteria

• Interest in teaching medical, nursing and other groups of staff

Research

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of the principles of research and ability to interpret and apply clinical research.
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems.

Desirable criteria

• Recent published clinical research in peer reviewed journal.
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research.

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

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