Detailed job description and main 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 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 Children's 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 women's and neonatal services have been combined into the Women's Hospital which opened in 1997. The centralisation of all these services is designed to improve the provision of women's 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 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
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Person specification
Training
Essential criteria
* MBBS or equivalent
* Full GMC registration with license to practice
* Post graduate FRCS (ORL-HNS) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
* Five years as a Type 1 (NTN/VTN) or equivalent
Ability
Essential criteria
* Competent to work without direct supervision
* Evidence of a commitment to a special interest in Head & Neck
Desirable criteria
* Ability to organise own learning and time
Research/Audit
Essential criteria
* Peer reviewed journal publications
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of successful grant applications
Additional Information
Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.
UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.
The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.
The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.
COVID 19 Risk Assessment
Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.
The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.
If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.
Covid Vaccination Status
Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* Head and Neck fellow maxfax JD (PDF, 1.1MB)
* Understanding your right to work in the UK (PDF, 1.1MB)
* Employee Benefits (PDF, 578.5KB)
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