Consultant in Oral Surgery

King's College Hospital; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A large teaching hospital in London is seeking a Consultant to provide and further develop oral surgery services. The role involves leading staff, maintaining high standards in clinical practice, and contributing to teaching and research. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to high-quality healthcare with significant opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience providing specialized Oral Surgery services.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide a first-class clinical service.
• Lead staff engaged in the specialty.
• Sustain and develop teaching and research.

Job description

Overview

This is a replacement Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for patients referred to Oral Surgery services and to provide and develop specialist Oral Surgery services to the Trust's patients. The individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff. All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust's sites as required by the service. 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.

Responsibilities

1. The provision of a first-class clinical service
2. Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
3. Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King's College London / KHP
4. Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
5. Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's service plans
6. Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust

About the Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of £1.8bn per annum. We are delighted you are considering a career with us. Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King's College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon. We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year. We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recognised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.