North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

The closing date is 24 February 2026

Job summary

Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial SurgerySpecial Interest in Facial Deformity and Orthognathic Surgery / Head and Neck Oncology

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) is seeking to appoint a motivated and forward-thinking Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. We welcome applications from dynamic and enthusiastic individuals with a special interest in facial deformity and orthognathic surgery and/or head and neck oncology surgery.

The post will be based at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, with an expectation to contribute to service delivery across the Trust. As with all consultant appointments within NCIC, there will be a requirement to provide clinical input at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, and/or in community clinics across North Cumbria, supporting equitable access to specialist services across the region.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited from accredited specialists in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery who are on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining the CCT or equivalent at interview stage. Applicants must be registered with the General Medical Council and hold an appropriate higher surgical qualification and preferably should also be registered with the General Dental Council.

About us

Our CEO, Trudie Davies, and Executive Medical Director, Adrian Clements, would love to hear from you to discuss your future career in North Cumbria. To arrange an informal chat, please contact Karen Dark on karen.dark@ncic.nhs.uk for Trudie and Julia McClune on Julia.mcclune@ncic.nhs.uk for Adrian.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Details

Date posted

27 January 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year Per Annum Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

262-A-26-7733246

Job locations

Cumberland Infirmary

Newtown Road

Carlisle

CA2 7HY


Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Person specification

Essential

  • Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC)
  • Entry on the GMC specialist register in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery via relevant CCT, MRCP (UK) or equivalent (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview), relevant CESR or European Community Rights
  • An appropriate higher Surgical qualification

Desirable

  • Postgraduate qualification.
  • Special interest in facial deformity and orthognathic
  • Full registration with the GDC

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • High level of clinical experience and competence in OMFS services, including Trauma
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
  • Ability to anticipate change and show an awareness of where the team sits in the bigger picture
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the wider health economy and the implications for the Trust

Desirable

  • A commitment to and experience of teaching.
  • An interest in developing links with Primary Care.
  • Business Planning

Management & Administrative

Essential

  • Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the service.
  • Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently
  • Management and Leadership skills
  • Ability to support solution focused decisions

Desirable

  • Experience of audit management.

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate staff.
  • Provide support and guidance to aid professional development of team members

Desirable

  • Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates.
  • Teaching of non-medical health professionals.
  • Educational Qualification.

Research, Audit and Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit.
  • Experience of research and Clinical Governance.

Desirable

  • Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Communication skills and abilities

Essential

  • Empathetic and sensitive approach to patient needs.
  • Excellent communication skills with patients, colleagues, managers and other staff.
  • Approachable and effective Multi-disciplinary team member with excellent/highly effective interpersonal skills
  • Ability to influence and negotiate
  • Approachable Team membership/loyalty.
  • Positive approach to lessons learnt.
  • Confident approach without being arrogant.

Desirable

  • IT Skills.
  • Presentation skills.

Continued Professional / Personal Development

Essential

  • Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning.
  • Reflective approach to personal development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance.
  • Participation in appropriate peer review processes

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Is up to date a fit to practice safely.
  • Is compliant with appraisal and revalidation requirements.
  • Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning.
  • Reflective approach to personal development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance
  • Participation in appropriate peer review processes.
  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Participation in on call and emergency cover.
  • Ability to travel to fulfil the requirements of the post
  • Ability to effectively balance loyalty to the service through corporate behaviours and demonstrate Trust Values
Person Specification

Person specification

Essential

  • Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC)
  • Entry on the GMC specialist register in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery via relevant CCT, MRCP (UK) or equivalent (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview), relevant CESR or European Community Rights
  • An appropriate higher Surgical qualification

Desirable

  • Postgraduate qualification.
  • Special interest in facial deformity and orthognathic
  • Full registration with the GDC

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • High level of clinical experience and competence in OMFS services, including Trauma
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
  • Ability to anticipate change and show an awareness of where the team sits in the bigger picture
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the wider health economy and the implications for the Trust

Desirable

  • A commitment to and experience of teaching.
  • An interest in developing links with Primary Care.
  • Business Planning

Management & Administrative

Essential

  • Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the service.
  • Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently
  • Management and Leadership skills
  • Ability to support solution focused decisions

Desirable

  • Experience of audit management.

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate staff.
  • Provide support and guidance to aid professional development of team members

Desirable

  • Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates.
  • Teaching of non-medical health professionals.
  • Educational Qualification.

Research, Audit and Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit.
  • Experience of research and Clinical Governance.

Desirable

  • Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Communication skills and abilities

Essential

  • Empathetic and sensitive approach to patient needs.
  • Excellent communication skills with patients, colleagues, managers and other staff.
  • Approachable and effective Multi-disciplinary team member with excellent/highly effective interpersonal skills
  • Ability to influence and negotiate
  • Approachable Team membership/loyalty.
  • Positive approach to lessons learnt.
  • Confident approach without being arrogant.

Desirable

  • IT Skills.
  • Presentation skills.

Continued Professional / Personal Development

Essential

  • Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning.
  • Reflective approach to personal development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance.
  • Participation in appropriate peer review processes

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Is up to date a fit to practice safely.
  • Is compliant with appraisal and revalidation requirements.
  • Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning.
  • Reflective approach to personal development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance
  • Participation in appropriate peer review processes.
  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Participation in on call and emergency cover.
  • Ability to travel to fulfil the requirements of the post
  • Ability to effectively balance loyalty to the service through corporate behaviours and demonstrate Trust Values

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

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cumberland Infirmary

Newtown Road

Carlisle

CA2 7HY


Employer's website

https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cumberland Infirmary

Newtown Road

Carlisle

CA2 7HY


Employer's website

https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Director Head & Neck

Sarah Germain

sarah.germain@ncic.nhs.uk

01228814224

Details

Date posted

27 January 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year Per Annum Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

262-A-26-7733246

Job locations

Cumberland Infirmary

Newtown Road

Carlisle

CA2 7HY


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