Locum Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
| Posting date: | 28 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 August 2025 |
| Location: | Carshalton, SM5 1AA |
| Company: | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7365474/343-LCON-199 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Job Title: Locum Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery ( 1year)
Band: Locum Consultant
Hours of Work – 6 PA
Service Centre/Directorate: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Base:Trustwide – Epsom & St Helier Hospitals
Accountable to: Clinical Lead -Mr Andrew Stewart
This post has been advertised following a recent retirement in the Maxillofacial Surgery department. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake the core responsibilities of a Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon.
The Consultant Group is strongly committed to multidisciplinary team working, benefiting both patients and trainees. This approach is already embedded in several services, including established joint orthognathic clinics and multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings with consultants from outside the region. These collaborative services bring together clinicians from Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, ENT, and other specialties. The new postholder will be encouraged to further develop and expand multidisciplinary working in their area of special interest.
As a senior employee of the Trust you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following:
• The provision of a first class clinical service
• Effective leadership, where appropriate to all staff engaged in the specialty
• Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
• To share in the overall workload of Maxillofacial Referrals in and out of region.Together with the other clinical colleagues to provide a service for patients referred to the Maxillofacial Department. This will includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the department.
• Flexible cover for the clinical commitments of the department.
• Promotion of (and participation in) teaching within the department.
• Shared responsibility with the other clinical colleagues to provide a comprehensive service for patient referred to the Maxillofacial Department. The day to day working arrangements will need to take account of the need to cover colleague’s periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.
• Contribute to continuing oral and maxillofacial surgery education and clinical governance initiatives.
• Responsible for out-patient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed by the management team.
• To contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
• To contribute to the Audit Program.
• To take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Division’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with both internal and external agencies.
• To conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for Oral & Maxillofacial services.
• To exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
• To work in conjunction with clinical and professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for junior colleagues.
• To undertake management duties as agreed with the Divisional Manager/Clinical Director.
• To be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene. To undertake annual training/updates in infection prevention and control.
• To be accountable for implementation of the Code of Practice within own department/area of responsibility.
• To prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence based practice and maintaining patient safety.
This advert closes on Monday 11 Aug 2025
Job Title: Locum Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery ( 1year)
Band: Locum Consultant
Hours of Work – 6 PA
Service Centre/Directorate: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Base:Trustwide – Epsom & St Helier Hospitals
Accountable to: Clinical Lead -Mr Andrew Stewart
This post has been advertised following a recent retirement in the Maxillofacial Surgery department. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake the core responsibilities of a Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon.
The Consultant Group is strongly committed to multidisciplinary team working, benefiting both patients and trainees. This approach is already embedded in several services, including established joint orthognathic clinics and multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings with consultants from outside the region. These collaborative services bring together clinicians from Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, ENT, and other specialties. The new postholder will be encouraged to further develop and expand multidisciplinary working in their area of special interest.
As a senior employee of the Trust you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following:
• The provision of a first class clinical service
• Effective leadership, where appropriate to all staff engaged in the specialty
• Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
• To share in the overall workload of Maxillofacial Referrals in and out of region.Together with the other clinical colleagues to provide a service for patients referred to the Maxillofacial Department. This will includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the department.
• Flexible cover for the clinical commitments of the department.
• Promotion of (and participation in) teaching within the department.
• Shared responsibility with the other clinical colleagues to provide a comprehensive service for patient referred to the Maxillofacial Department. The day to day working arrangements will need to take account of the need to cover colleague’s periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.
• Contribute to continuing oral and maxillofacial surgery education and clinical governance initiatives.
• Responsible for out-patient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed by the management team.
• To contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
• To contribute to the Audit Program.
• To take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Division’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with both internal and external agencies.
• To conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for Oral & Maxillofacial services.
• To exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
• To work in conjunction with clinical and professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for junior colleagues.
• To undertake management duties as agreed with the Divisional Manager/Clinical Director.
• To be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene. To undertake annual training/updates in infection prevention and control.
• To be accountable for implementation of the Code of Practice within own department/area of responsibility.
• To prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence based practice and maintaining patient safety.
This advert closes on Monday 11 Aug 2025