Consultant Oral Surgeon | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	29 August 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£109,725 - £145,478 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	28 September 2025
Location:	Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AZ
Company:	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7447384/317-CON-25-215

Summary

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our team.



Candidates would be joining a well-integrated team with ties to the wider oral and maxillofacial surgery department and academic oral surgery with aim of providing specialist oral surgery management within our busy department. We offer excellent clinical facilities, with appropriate laboratory, nursing and multi-disciplinary team support on-site.



Candidates for the post must be registered dental practitioners. You will be on the GDC’s specialist list in Oral Surgery. Evidence of management/leadership, teaching and research experience would be desirable. In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

The primary aim of this whole time, substantive appointment as Consultant in Oral Surgery (10 programmed activities) is to join the existing well-integrated team to provide consultant specialist services in Oral Surgery. The successful applicant will provide a comprehensive diagnostic, treatment and advisory service based at the Dental Hospital. Outpatient local anaesthesia and sedation services are available. General anaesthetic facilities are sited within the Dental Hospital day case unit. The successful applicant will contribute to the oral surgery and dental emergency clinic (DEC) consultant tier on call rota within office hours.



Candidates are required to hold a primary dental qualification and be on the GDC oral surgery specialist list.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical:

· To provide clinical service for patients attending oral surgery services within the Trust

· To deliver service in accordance with the Job Purpose

· Undertake clinical teaching and supervision of Junior Dental Staff including undergraduate students.

· Provide Consultant Cover for Junior Dental Staff at the Dental Hospital as necessary



Managerial:

· Play an active role in the day-to-day organisation and delivery of clinical services as part of the consultant team.

· Participate in the clinical audit, governance activities and continuous development of the oral and maxillofacial surgery department, Dental Hospital and Trust.


This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Sep 2025

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