Specialty Doctor in Oral Medicine

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS trust in London is looking for a Specialty Doctor in Oral Medicine. This role involves high-quality management of Head & Neck patients and participation in multidisciplinary team activities. Suitable for candidates with GDC registration and experience working independently. Responsibilities include teaching, audit projects, and adhering to patient protocols. This position offers the opportunity to enhance skills in a leading tertiary referral unit.

Qualifications

• GDC registered.
• Experience working independently in a specialty.
• Interest in obtaining further experience in Oral Medicine.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality management of H&N patients.
• Ensure clinical protocols are followed for H&N patients.
• Conduct teaching and training for all staff levels.

Job description

Guys' and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a 10 session Specialty Doctor in Oral Medicine to work as part of the Head & Neck Surgical Oncology Department with a commitment to high quality patient care, innovative service models, delivery of performance targets, and excellence in education / training.

Job Summary

The post has no recognition for training and would therefore, be suitable for an experienced specialty doctor who is interested in obtaining further experience in this field and has a demonstrable track record of working independently. Core components of this particular post include: weekly Head and Neck Oncology MDT meetings, regular H&N 2 week-wait and biopsy clinics, audit and clinical research.

Main Duties

• Provide a courteous and efficient H&N 2 week-wait service to all users by actioning all enquiries & queries accurately and promptly thus enabling patients, referrers and clinicians needs to be met/exceeded
• Provide high quality management of H&N patients
• Be directly involved in the administration of patient investigations according to departmental operating procedures e.g. blood testing, imaging, biopsy
• Deliver the clinical protocols for all H&N patients to ensure that processes and procedures in place conform to local and national standards
• Ensure that the whole team is aware of the process and protocols in place for a patient requiring H&N care.
• Ensure that the appropriate patient pathways defined for the internal referral of patients who require such treatment are in place.
• Undertake continuing professional development / local mandatory training and be aware of any new clinical developments, and to regularly update his/her skills and clinical practice.
• Undertake teaching and training for all levels of staff which will include undergraduate medical students, trainees as well as support staff.

About Us

Our unit is one of the largest tertiary referral base centres in the UK for Complex Head and Neck Oncological Surgery including Salvage Surgery, Transoral Robotic Surgery, Thyroid and Salivary Gland Cancer. The Unit also provides a tertiary referral base for complex Thyroid Surgery including revision and mediastinal surgery, malignant skull base surgery, complex head and neck skin cancers and surgery osteoradionecrosis.

Responsibilities

• Develop quality improvement and audit projects in keeping with hospital policies
• Contribute towards developing, monitoring and reviewing the service including preparing reports as required
• Ensure that all electronic records are completed fully with all relevant data documented
• Ensure that appropriate quality assurance structures and governance are in place and any variations in the service delivery and need are raised with the Consultant/Clinical Lead and the Clinical Director immediately
• Conform to the Trust incident reporting guidelines
• Maintain an awareness of the ongoing changes in relation to H&N practise
• Deliver the service provision to ensure that NHS 2 week-wait service delivery targets are met
• Undertake any training necessary to fulfil duties of the post, including mandatory training e.g. basic life support, fire training and data protection

Administrative Tasks

• Undertake all patient related administration in keeping with locally agreed timeframes to support clinical care
• Deal with complaints efficiently and effectively in line with Trust guidelines under supervision of the relevant Consultant
• Attend all departmental/divisional and hospital meetings
• Undertake effective communications with all users of the service, including referrers

Person Specification

• GDC registered

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.