Consultant Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Orthodontics and OrthognathicNHS

Job summary

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and forward-thinking Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with a specialist interest in Mohs micrographic surgery to join our friendly and experienced team. This substantive post includes an on-call commitment and offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic, expanding department.

We are looking to complement existing colleagues activity with a full time post with a specialist interest in skin cancer and Mohs surgery to continue to provide a high quality service across the two counties.

Clinical work will include general OMFS conditions and there is scope to develop the role and activities that will complement the forward direction of the department. Opportunities will also exist for interested candidates to in areas including clinical management and leadership, governance and postgraduate education and training. The recent opening on a Medical School in the city of Worcester provides exciting opportunities in undergraduate education

Interested candidates are invited to contact Mr Lewis to discuss the opportunity.

AAC Interview date: 13/11/2026

Main duties of the job

The Oral Maxillofacial Surgery team provide services across Worcestershire at three of our hospital sites including Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Alexandra Hospital, Redditch and Kidderminster Treatment Centre. Working with our partners in Herefordshire via the local Integrated Care Board allows us to deliver care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

The department works collaboratively with the Ear, Nose and Throat and Dermatology Departments and benefits from their partnership with the Directorate Leadership Team.

The OMFS Department provide a specialist Head and Neck Cancer Services for Herefordshire and Worcestershire with services delivered both locally and in partnership with University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire. Two consultant Head and Neck OMF Surgeons work across the two Trusts to provide a co-ordinated service. The OMFS team are core members of the Trusts multidisciplinary skin cancer service and Local Skin Cancer MDT which offers dedicated skin cancer CNS input and is supported by the regional Specialist Skin Cancer MDT. Contemporary management of dentofacial disproportion is provided by the multidisciplinary orthognathic service with access to virtual planning resources and 3D printing.

Job description

This job description, together with the job plan, will be reviewed annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director, on behalf of

the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements.

• A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.
• The post-holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course.
• The post-holder will provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.
• The post-holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

Better never stops, and we are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

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