Locum Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting for a Locum Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The post holder will complement and develop existing services through the provision of specialist knowledge & expertise in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
This opportunity is to join a dynamic, friendly and supportive team of Consultants in a busy tertiary referral major trauma centre hospital, located at the top of the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors., The post will be based at the James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, providing an exciting opportunity to work within a committed team. Service provision extends to The Friarage Hospital (Northallerton) and opportunities at Darlington Memorial Hospital., It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected]
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.
IMPORTANT - Please ensure you read the 'Guidance Notes for Applicants' document attached to this advert before you start to complete your application form.
This document provides detailed advice regarding the completion of your application form.
The guidance document also provides in detail what identification and certificates you must provide at interview should you be shortlisted.
As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references from their last continuous 3 year employment and/or training/education. The referees MUST be a Line Manager/Supervisor. Applicants are requested to ensure email addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references and references from colleagues are not acceptable.
Unfortunately we are unable to respond to all applicants and those who are not contacted within six weeks of the closing date should assume that their application has been unsuccessful.

This post is a full-time post to provide cover for a leaving colleague. The successful candidate should have a broad experience in General Maxillofacial Surgery including Head & Neck, Facial Trauma, Orthognathic, TMJ, Skin and Dentoalveolar Surgery.

South Tees is the largest Trust in the Tees Valley with two acute hospitals and services in several community hospitals.
James Cook Hospital is a designated major trauma centre, providing all specialties from one site. It provides a range of general and specialist services such as neurosciences, renal med, spinal injuries, major trauma, cardiothoracics, vascular surgery, cancer services and hosts the regional spinal cord injuries centre. It has 1,024 beds, a 24-hour acute admissions unit and an emergency dept. housing the major trauma centre for Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire and has its own helipad.
In 2012, the hospital completed a £35 million redevelopment of cancer services and now provides some of the best facilities in Europe. It has a modern operating suite containing 20 well-equipped theatres and a 33-bedded critical care unit. There's also an Institute of Learning, Research and Innovation on site, embracing postgraduate medical education, undergraduate teaching centre, nurse training school, school of radiography and library.
The Friarage Hospital Northallerton is an essential part of the organisation and an important point of delivery for the community. Cancer services at the Friarage are delivered in the purpose-built Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre, providing a range of outpatient and diagnostic services, and will have a new-build 8-theatre complex opening in 2025 to further enhance the hospital's role as an elective surgical hub.