Consultant in Oral Surgery

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Consultant in Oral Surgery to lead the Oral Surgery service for West Norfolk and surrounding areas. The role is full-time (10 PA) and covers outpatient, day surgery and theatre work within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

The successful candidate will contribute to service development, education, governance and research, participate in audits and CPD, and supervise trainees, with no on-call commitment.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist oral surgery services across outpatient and surgical settings.
• Undertake oral surgery procedures independently under local anaesthesia, IV sedation and general anaesthesia.
• Conduct consultant-led clinics and operating lists.
• Work collaboratively with consultants and multidisciplinary colleagues within the Oral Health Department.
• Participate in clinical audit, governance and quality improvement activities.
• Support the education and training of Dental Core Trainees, Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and medical students.
• Contribute to service development and innovation within oral surgery.
• Maintain continuing professional development and participate in continuing medical education programmes.
• Undertake appraisal and development support for staff where required.
• Promote high standards of patient safety, safeguarding, infection prevention and equality and diversity.

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Consultant in Oral Surgery to join the Oral Surgery team at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in delivering a comprehensive oral surgery service for the population of West Norfolk and surrounding areas. The successful candidate will work within a supportive multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality patient care across outpatient, day surgery and theatre settings, while contributing to service development, education, clinical governance and research activities. This is a full-time 10 PA consultant post with no on-call commitment.

• Provide specialist oral surgery services across outpatient and surgical settings.
• Undertake oral surgery procedures independently under local anaesthesia, IV sedation and general anaesthesia.
• Conduct consultant-led clinics and operating lists.
• Work collaboratively with consultants and multidisciplinary colleagues within the Oral Health Department.
• Participate in clinical audit, governance and quality improvement activities.
• Support the education and training of Dental Core Trainees, Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and medical students.
• Contribute to service development and innovation within oral surgery.
• Maintain continuing professional development and participate in continuing medical education programmes.
• Undertake appraisal and development support for staff where required.
• Promote high standards of patient safety, safeguarding, infection prevention and equality and diversity.

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital due to open in 2031/32 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paul Bowden-Noble Job title: Service Manager Telephone number: 01553 613613