Locum Consultant Surgeon – Maxillofacial: Sponsorship Available

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Job summary

The Maxillofacial Department are looking to appoint a new locum consultant surgeon. We seek a colleague who can demonstrate their ability to work as part of our efficient and cohesive multidisciplinary team and interact well with consultant colleagues, local GPs and dentists. The department provides a wide range of maxillofacial services including oncology, trauma, orthognathic surgery and soft tissue pathology. The successful candidate would join the maxillofacial emergency rota supervising junior doctors on call.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

The department is based within the Head and Neck Clinical Services Centre, which comprises the Departments of: ENT and Audio-Vestibular Medicine, Audiology, Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Ophthalmology and Dermatology. The MFU has a team of specialists providing orthodontics, oral surgery and restorative dentistry as part of dental and surgical MDT care. We have a fully equipped MFU laboratory with highly skilled specialist technicians providing the support for rehabilitation post-surgery and complex care. Clinical support staff including nursing, technical and administration staff numbers are in place to support this post.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
  • FRCS OMFS
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery or within 6 months of obtaining CCST (or equivalent) in OMFS
  • Registerable dental degree

Desirable

  • International /National Head and neck fellowship

Experience

Essential

  • Broad clinical training in the speciality of OFMS
  • Experience of free tissue transfer in the head and neck for Oral and Skin reconstruction

Desirable

  • Demonstrable skills and experience of Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy experience would be desirable
  • Understanding of clinical risk management

Additional criteria

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge
  • Knowledge and use of evidence-based practice
  • IT skills
  • Effective, confident presentation ability
  • Experience in and outside speciality

Desirable

  • Evidence of participation in audit
  • Good oral and written communication skills
  • Experience of clinical supervision of OMFS Registrars and Dental Core Trainees.
  • Teaching
  • Publications
  • Prizes and honours
  • Logical thinking, problem solving and decision making

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 17 November 2026

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