Locum Consultant in Cleft Lip & Palate Surgery
| Posting date: | 12 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £109,725.00 to £145,478.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £109725.00 - £145478.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 March 2026 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS1 3EX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | C9298-MED-920 |
Summary
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE POST 2.1 To deliver care to patients with cleft lip and/or palate and non-cleft velopharyngeal incompetence within the Regional Cleft Lip and Palate Service based at Leeds General Infirmary. Out-patient clinics Supervision of patients Care of Plastic Surgery in-patients on a 1:13 rota Contribute to Specialist Multi-disciplinary team meetings Provision of primary surgical repair for children born with cleft lip and/or palate including cleft lip repair, cleft palate repair and alveolar bone grafting Provision of secondary cleft surgery in children; including surgical management of cleft and non-cleft velopharyngeal incompetence, revisional lip and palate surgery Provision of cleft lip and palate surgery in adult patients (all aspects of revisional cleft lip and palate surgery, speech-related surgery and complex septorhinoplasty). Ability to provide orthognathic surgery in cleft adult patients would be advantageous. Delivery of cleft surgeon input to multidisciplinary cleft clinics throughout the network Full participation in speech therapist/cleft surgeon speech investigation meetings Cleft surgical out-patient clinic at Leeds General Infirmary Full participation in Clinical Team meetings and Clinical Audit The post will include on-call/out-of-hours responsibilities for cleft lip and palate. It is also anticipated that the successful applicant would participate in the on-call provision for their parent specialty. Other more generic objectives include: Supervision of patients, telephone advice and daily ward rounds Contribute to Specialist Multi-disciplinary team meetings To link with Consultant colleagues in other relevant site specialist teams within the Childrens Hospital and across the Trust. To contribute to research, teaching and new developments within service. The post holder will be encouraged to facilitate and contribute to the current clinical research programs on going in the department. To further develop and maintain a high quality regional tertiary service to Leeds and Yorkshire. To lead on developing a particular aspect of the service, depending on interests, and in conjunction with other consultants Help implement current national guidelines, as referenced by commissioners Develop department / network guidelines