Job Summary
We are presenting the opportunity to join a team of dedicated professionals who enjoy working collectively in a supportive, enthusiastic and caring department.
The Oral Maxillofacial Surgery team provide services across Worcestershire at three of our hospital sites including Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Alexandra Hospital, Redditch and Kidderminster Treatment Centre. Working with our partners in Herefordshire via the local Integrated Care System allows us to deliver care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
The consultant team comprises nine Maxillofacial Consultant Surgeons and five Consultant Orthodontists. The team is supported by five Specialty Doctors, an OMFS Specialist Training Registrar and four Dental Core Trainees. The medical and dental staff are assisted by an experienced and capable nursing team comprising RGNs, RDNs and CNS members. The department works collaboratively with the Ear, Nose and Throat and Dermatology Departments and benefit from their partnership with the Directorate Leadership Team.
The departments Oral Surgery activity is facilitated by experienced Speciality Doctors working alongside the OMFS consultant team. Recent and ongoing investment in the departments estates ensures a modern and safe working environment for staff and patients. Our Oral Surgery Service is well established and continues to expand and modernise and has recently been included on the Regional Oral Surgery Specialist Training rotation.
Main duties of the job
Applications are being sought to join our Oral Maxillofacial surgical medical team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This applicant information pack will provide you with the post details including the job description and person specification, expected rota and working arrangement, and departmental structure. Your application should be made online through www.jobs.nhs.uk, quoting the vacancy reference on the front of this information pack. Supplementary information or CVs cannot be accepted.
All Senior Trust Clinical Fellow appointments or equivalent are made in accordance with our local Terms and Conditions of service, are designed to offer experience and training to doctors who wish to pursue further training in an area relevant to Oral Maxillofacial Surgery in the UK.
Applicants will have completed at least four years full-time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis, at least two years of which will be in a relevant specialty. Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required at CT/ST3 in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted including time within a relevant training programme. You should also hold full registration with the GDC prior to commencing employment in this post.
Person Specification
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
- Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a multidisciplinary team member, including under periods of pressure.
- Enquiring, critical approach to work with a commitment to continuing Medical Education and Professional Development.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
- Flexible approach to work duties and reliable and supportive to other colleagues.
- Ability to work without supervision.
- Ability to work antisocial hours.
Desirable
- Evidence of innovation.
- Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others.
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Interest in research in medical education.
Qualifications
Essential
- Full or temporary GDC registration.
- BDS Qualification or equivalent.
Desirable
- Higher degree.
- ILS Certification.
- MJDF.
- MFDS.
- Membership examination with the relevant UK Royal College.
Other requirements
Essential
- An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the job and return to the hospital within 30 minutes when undertaking non-resident on call duties.
Research Experience
Essential
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
- An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives.
Desirable
- Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
- Evidence of having undertaken original research.
Experience
Essential
- Satisfactory completion of DCT2.
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems, both emergency and elective, within specialty and sufficient experience.
Desirable
- Previous experience working in the NHS within the specialty of minimum of 12 months.
- Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.
Teaching Experience
Essential
- Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
Desirable
- Critical appraisal skills.
- Medical teaching qualification.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 24 August 2025
