Job summary
The Head and Neck Unit at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a full time Oral Maxillo-Facial Head and Neck Consultant with a special interest in Head and Neck Microvascular reconstruction. This post is a replacement post.
The post holder will be expected to provide specialist Head and Neck services on the Guy's and St Thomas' sites. Experience and a demonstrated ability in research, audit, medical innovation and working within a well-established Head and Neck multidisciplinary team will be a requirement for the post, in addition to a proven commitment to teaching.
Head and neck unit at Guy's provides tertiary head and neck cancer, skull base and salivary service. It operates in association with the Maxillofacial Unit at King's College Hospital. A full outpatient and inpatient head and neck service is provided by 8 consultants to the Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital sites. Cover is also provided to King's College Hospital. The service includes elective work for mainly adults and to support the paediatric otorhinolaryngology team in paediatric head and neck cancer cases. The department has many areas of special interest including minimally invasive salivary therapy, sentinel node and computer aided reconstruction.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a first-class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be accountable to Mr Alastair Fry, Clinical Lead Head and Neck Surgery and Miss Karen Harrison-Phipps, Clinical Director Surgical Oncology:
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Provide High Quality Care to Patients
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Research, Teaching and Training
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Performance Management
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Medical Staff Management
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Governance
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Strategy and Business Planning
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Leadership and Team Working
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be accountable to Mr Alastair Fry, Clinical Lead Head and Neck Surgery and Miss Karen Harrison-Phipps Clinical Director.
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
- The post holder must be medically and dentally qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and hold a licence to practice.
- To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
- To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
- To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
Research, Teaching and Training
- Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
- To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.
- To act as clinical and/or educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.
Performance Management
- To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
- Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.
- Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates.
- Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
- Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
Medical Staff Management
- To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors hours are compliant in line with current regulations.
- To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments
- To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required.
- To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
- To be responsible for the annual appraisal of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/General Manager.
Governance
- To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
- Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
- To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.
- Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the specialty areas.
- To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.
- To keep fully informed about best practice in the specialty areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
- To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Strategy and Business Planning
- To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.
- To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.
Leadership and Team Working
- To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives. To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Kings Health Partners as required.
- To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
- To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
- Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.
Job Plan
Your job plan is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out on Guys & St Thomas sites and includes on-call commitments. This is an outline programme and you will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Clinical Director within 3 months of your start date.
There is ongoing construction work across the Guys campus which may result in further changes in the planned time table.
The job plan will be negotiated between the consultant and his/her clinical director at least annually. The initial job plan for this post is planned to be:
Direct Clinical Care Activities
These activities include ward rounds, outpatient clinics, theatre sessions and MDM attendance. See timetable below.
Other Programmed Activities
These include job planning, appraisals, governance, audit, teaching and administration.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be accountable to Mr Alastair Fry, Clinical Lead Head and Neck Surgery and Miss Karen Harrison-Phipps Clinical Director.
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
- The post holder must be medically and dentally qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and hold a licence to practice.
- To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
- To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
- To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
Research, Teaching and Training
- Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
- To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.
- To act as clinical and/or educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.
Performance Management
- To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
- Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.
- Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates.
- Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
- Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
Medical Staff Management
- To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors hours are compliant in line with current regulations.
- To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments
- To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required.
- To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
- To be responsible for the annual appraisal of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/General Manager.
Governance
- To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
- Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
- To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.
- Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the specialty areas.
- To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.
- To keep fully informed about best practice in the specialty areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
- To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Strategy and Business Planning
- To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.
- To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.
Leadership and Team Working
- To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives. To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Kings Health Partners as required.
- To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
- To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
- Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.
Job Plan
Your job plan is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out on Guys & St Thomas sites and includes on-call commitments. This is an outline programme and you will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Clinical Director within 3 months of your start date.
There is ongoing construction work across the Guys campus which may result in further changes in the planned time table.
The job plan will be negotiated between the consultant and his/her clinical director at least annually. The initial job plan for this post is planned to be:
Direct Clinical Care Activities
These activities include ward rounds, outpatient clinics, theatre sessions and MDM attendance. See timetable below.
Other Programmed Activities
These include job planning, appraisals, governance, audit, teaching and administration.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a License to Practice. Dental degree registrable with GDC
- On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT.
- Evidence of continuing professional/personal development.
Desirable
- Other relevant postgraduate qualifications e.g. MD, PhD, MS, MSc.
Clinical experience
Essential
- Significant experience of maxillo facial surgery sufficient to undertake general consultant practice.
- Demonstrable experience of Maxillo Facial and microvascular surgery
- Experience in the multidisciplinary management of patients with diagnosed with cancer
Desirable
Clinical Skills
Essential
- A commitment to and evidence of multidisciplinary practice
- A team approach to care and service management, including appreciation of nursing and therapy roles.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively with colleagues; clinical and non-clinical, patients and their carers/relatives.
Audit, research & teaching skills
Essential
- Experience of medical audit within the field of ENT/Head and Neck.
- A demonstrable commitment to the development of Maxillo-facial and microvascular surgery
- Proven experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.
Leadership & management skills
Essential
- Communication; ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Accountability; ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
- Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a License to Practice. Dental degree registrable with GDC
- On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT.
- Evidence of continuing professional/personal development.
Desirable
- Other relevant postgraduate qualifications e.g. MD, PhD, MS, MSc.
Clinical experience
Essential
- Significant experience of maxillo facial surgery sufficient to undertake general consultant practice.
- Demonstrable experience of Maxillo Facial and microvascular surgery
- Experience in the multidisciplinary management of patients with diagnosed with cancer
Desirable
Clinical Skills
Essential
- A commitment to and evidence of multidisciplinary practice
- A team approach to care and service management, including appreciation of nursing and therapy roles.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively with colleagues; clinical and non-clinical, patients and their carers/relatives.
Audit, research & teaching skills
Essential
- Experience of medical audit within the field of ENT/Head and Neck.
- A demonstrable commitment to the development of Maxillo-facial and microvascular surgery
- Proven experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.
Leadership & management skills
Essential
- Communication; ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Accountability; ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
- Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
