Head and Neck Clinical fellow Maxillofacial- ST8

Job responsibilities

The Leicester Royal Infirmary is an acute hospital with beds for each of the main specialties and contains the only Accident and Emergency Unit in the District.

The University Hospitals of Leicester are celebrating the opening of a new £48 million state-of-the-art Emergency Department in April 2017. The ED is the busiest single-site service in the UK.

There is a suite of 16 operating theatres with a 24 hour recovery area, and in addition there are 3 other outlying theatres.

The Sandringham Building which opened in 1980, provides Pathology, Medical Physics and Physiological Measurement departments, and separate, purpose built laboratories for Histopathology, Chemical Pathology and the Public Health Laboratory Service.

Medical Physics and Physiological Measurement occupy two floors, with accommodation for Radio Isotopes, E.C.G. diagnostic reporting service, E.E.G., E.N.T. measurements and many special procedures.

A large clinical skills centre is housed within the Robert Kilpatrick Clinical Sciences Building(RKCSB) of the University of Leicester is situated on the Royal Infirmary site. The ground floor of the RKSCB building is being converted into a dedicated simulation facility which will include state of the art facilities for delivering undergraduate simulation teaching and examinations. The new centre will open in Jan 2016.

The RKSCB also houses offices, including the Postgraduate Dean's Office, and research laboratories for the greater part of the University Departments of Medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Community Health, Pathology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

The Windsor Building opened in November 1992, includes Acute wards, The Childrens Hospital, Integrated Medicine wards, Haematology and Bone marrow transplant wards, X-Ray, Pharmacy, Mortuary, Medical Illustration, Ophthalmic Outpatients, Child Development Centre, Staff Changing, and Kitchen/Dining area.

The Osborne Building opened in October 1997. It provides an integrated service including the Departments of Haematology and Oncology. New radiotherapy equipment has been installed and outpatient, inpatient and hostel facilities are available within the building. Regular meetings and lectures by invited speakers take place in the seminar suite within the Osborne Building.

Obstetric and all other womens and neonatal services have been combined into the Womens Hospital which opened in 1997. The centralisation of all these services is designed to improve the provision of womens health in Leicestershire.

The Trust is currently planning a major reconfiguration of its services. This involves proposals for a Centre for Planned Care on the site of the Leicester General Hospital with the establishing of the Leicester Royal Infirmary and Glenfield Hospitals as sites delivering emergency services. The detail of services to be placed on each of these sites is currently the subject of debate with the particular involvement of clinicians.

DEPARTMENT OF MAXILLOFACIAL

BACKGROUND

The Department is based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in the City Centre. There are dedicated clinic rooms onsite with support from nursing teams and other allied health professionals. The department also has its own dedicated prosthesis laboratory and technicians with a state of the art 3D printer and facilities.

The service has 14 theatre sessions per week, day case patients recover in the Ambulatory Surgical Unit (ASU) on level 2 of the Balmoral Building whilst our inpatients are on Level 3 in Ward 9 or within the Kinmonth Unit (high dependency step down unit).

MEDICAL STAFF

Mr Nahul Patel Head of Service for Maxillofacial, Orthodontics and Restorative

Dentistry

Ms Hazel Busby-Earle Consultant for Facial Trauma & Salivary Gland Diseases, Clinical Director for MSS

Mr Chris Avery Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon

Mr Manish Mair Consultant in Head and Neck Surgery

Mr Phillip Ameerally Consultant in Head and Neck Surgery

Mr Sundarraj Laksmiah Locum Consultant in Head and Neck surgery

Mr Christopher Vinall Consultant for Orthonathic Surgery

Mr Raghav Kulkarni Consultant Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon

Consultant Vacancy Consultant in Head and Neck Surgery (post filled from Feb 2025)

1.0 wte Speciality Fellow (H&N)

7.5 wte Speciality Doctor

8.0 wte Trust Grade

1.0 wte Trust Grade Rational Post (This post rotates th

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC registration with license to practice
• Post graduate FRCS (ORL-HNS) or equivalent

Desirable

• Higher Degree

Ability

Essential

• Competent to work without direct supervision
• Shows awareness of own limitations

Research

Essential

• Peer reviewed journal publications
• Willingness to do research and evidence of provisional
• research

Desirable

• Evidence of successful grant applications

Experience

Essential

• Five years as a Type 1 (NTN/VTN) Specialist Registrar in ENT OR equivalent

Motivation

Essential

• Evidence of a commitment to a special interest in Head & Neck
• Punctuality

Desirable

• Ability to organise own learning and time

Personality

Essential

• Good communication skills

Desirable

• Able to work in a multidisciplinary team

Audit/Clinical Governance

Essential

• Evidence of completed audit

Management Ability

Essential

• To be prepared to learn and take on minor managerial roles (e.g. organisation of rotas)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
• All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others

Communication and relationship skills

Essential

• Good communication skills

Desirable

• Able to work in a multidisciplinary team

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

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).