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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Specialty Doctor in Oral Medicine

The closing date is 26 October 2025

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Job summary

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. 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 of the job

  • 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.

Details

Date posted

07 October 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

Depending on experience MC75

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-MED4960

Job locations

Guy's Hospital

St Thomas Street

London

SE1 9RT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Quality Assurance & Safety

  • 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:

  • 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

General

  • To act with probity and professionalism in adherence to general medical council (GMC) good medical practice standards / general dental council (GDC) focus on standards principles.
  • To be familiar with and adhere to the GSTT values
  • To comply with the Trusts Diversity & Equality Policy and treat staff, patients, colleagues and potential employees with dignity and respect at all times and apply Trust values at all times.
  • To take personal responsibility for promoting a safe environment and safe patient care by identifying areas of risk and adhering to incident reporting policy and procedure.
  • To take personal responsibility for ensuring that GSTT resources are used efficiently and with minimum wastage
  • To comply with Trust policies for personal and patient safety and for prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI); this includes a requirement for rigorous and consistent compliance with Trust policies for hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment and safe disposal of sharps.
  • To be aware of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures, the health and safety at work act and the general data protection regulations

Job description

Job responsibilities

Quality Assurance & Safety

  • 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:

  • 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

General

  • To act with probity and professionalism in adherence to general medical council (GMC) good medical practice standards / general dental council (GDC) focus on standards principles.
  • To be familiar with and adhere to the GSTT values
  • To comply with the Trusts Diversity & Equality Policy and treat staff, patients, colleagues and potential employees with dignity and respect at all times and apply Trust values at all times.
  • To take personal responsibility for promoting a safe environment and safe patient care by identifying areas of risk and adhering to incident reporting policy and procedure.
  • To take personal responsibility for ensuring that GSTT resources are used efficiently and with minimum wastage
  • To comply with Trust policies for personal and patient safety and for prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI); this includes a requirement for rigorous and consistent compliance with Trust policies for hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment and safe disposal of sharps.
  • To be aware of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures, the health and safety at work act and the general data protection regulations

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GDC registered

Qualifications

Essential

  • Education

Experience

Essential

  • Experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GDC registered

Qualifications

Essential

  • Education

Experience

Essential

  • 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's Hospital

St Thomas Street

London

SE1 9RT


Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's Hospital

St Thomas Street

London

SE1 9RT


Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Oral Medicine

Barbara Carey

barbara.carey@nhs.net

02071882216

Details

Date posted

07 October 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

Depending on experience MC75

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-MED4960

Job locations

Guy's Hospital

St Thomas Street

London

SE1 9RT


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