Consultant Surgeon in Head & Neck

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cancer treatment center in Greater London is seeking a Consultant for the Head, Neck and Thyroid Unit. This role focuses on surgical management of oral and maxillofacial malignancies and includes responsibilities such as multidisciplinary meetings and emergency cover for reconstruction. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years in head and neck surgery, and expertise in robotic techniques is desirable. The position offers a competitive salary of £109,725 to £145,478 per annum.

Benefits

Dynamic working environment

Wide range of staff benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in head and neck cancer surgery at a high-volume academic centre.
• Subspeciality training/experience in Head & Neck Oncology.
• Formal training and subsequent significant experience including in Head and Neck Oncology reconstruction.

Responsibilities

• Attendance at multidisciplinary team meetings.
• The postholder undertakes to deputise for absent colleagues.
• Provide prospective and cross cover for other members of the Team.

Skills

Head & Neck robotic resective and reconstructive surgery experience

Expertise in delivering a sentinel node biopsy service

Experience in robotic assisted microvascular and microneural surgery

Evidence of national/international speaking at conferences

Good understanding of cancer treatment targets

Education

Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent

Higher Degree

Job description

This is a consultant post within the Head, Neck and Thyroid Unit, with the primary role being the surgical management of oral and maxillofacial malignancies. The Unit has considerable referral volumes of patients with recurrent cancers, and pioneers robotic and minimally invasive surgery and complex free flap reconstructions for these tumours. The key aim of this post will be to provide reconstruction and specifically involving free-flaps to the service. This will be in collaboration with the plastic surgery team with respect to after hours emergency cover for free flap reconstruction who provide in-hours support for Head and Neck reconstruction.

Main duties of the job

• Attendance at multidisciplinary team meetings
• So far as is consistent with the proper discharge of the above duties the postholder undertakes to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues.
• The postholder undertakes exceptionally to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
• The postholder undertakes exceptionally to be available for such irregular commitments outside normally rostered duties as are essential for continuity of patient care.
• The post holder will be expected to provide prospective and cross cover for other members of the Team.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Status

• Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons or equivalent
• Subspeciality training / experience in Head & Neck Oncology
• Higher Degree
• Evidence of national / international speaking at conferences
• Formal training and subsequent significant experience including in in Head and Neck Oncology reconstruction
• Evidence of experience in cross speciality operating with thoracic and other surgical disciplines

Experience

• Good understanding of cancer treatment targets
• Organisation of education and training of junior doctors and/or undergraduates
• Have completed a 'train the trainers' course
• Minimum 5 years' experience in head and neck cancer surgery at a high-volume academic centre
• Head & Neck robotic resective and reconstructive surgery experience
• Expertise in delivering a sentinel node biopsy service and surgical management of head and neck sarcomas
• Experience in robotic assisted microvascular and microneural surgery
• Expertise in intra-tumoural therapy of novel agents for complex recurrent cancers (oncolytic viruses and radioenhancers)
• Management Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum incl. HCAS