Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our team.

We are a progressive team with a strong commitment to develop the scope of the specialty within the Trust and to advance the specialty with partner Trusts within the Great North Healthcare Alliance.

In this post, the expectation would be to contribute to the provision of comprehensive Oral and Maxillofacial (OMFS) services based primarily at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, including a commitment to the on-call rota. As part of the development of the department's scope of practice we are looking for an enthusiastic candidate with sub-specialist interests in temporomandibular joint surgery and/or trauma. The Great North Healthcare Alliance has opened opportunities of developing the specialty regionally, with opportunities within job planning for peripheral clinical activity.

Main duties of the job
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Mr Robert Stuart McCormick, Clinical Service Lead for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery via e-mail: robert.mccormick2@nhs.net or Mr Graham Walton, Clinical Director via e-mail: graham.walton2@nhs.net

About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Details
Date posted: 17 July 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 317-CON-26-176
Job locations: Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, United Kingdom

Job description
The primary aim of this whole time appointment as Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (10 programmed activities) is to join the existing well-integrated team to provide consultant lead service at tertiary level to the population of the North-East and beyond.

The successful candidate would provide elective and emergency oral and maxillofacial surgical expertise and, in particular, it is desirable within the department to work alongside colleagues with similar interests to help contribute to the development of a comprehensive surgical service for the diagnosis and management of temporomandibular disorders

Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• FRCS (OMFS) (or equivalent)
• GMC registration
• On, or eligible for inclusion on, the GMC specialist list in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Desirable

• Broad experience in OMFS at senior trainee or consultant level
• Evidence of sub-specialty training and or relevant courses

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Training and experience in all aspects of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion for general oral and maxillofacial surgery.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.

Desirable

• Sub-specialty interest and experience in TMJ surgery e.g TMJ arthroscopy/arthrocentesis and open TMJ surgery
• Evidence within training or at consultant level of experience of working within the MDT setting

Management and Administration Experience
Essential

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines
• An understanding of Clinical Governance

Desirable

• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management.
• Evidence of having implemented change.
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.

Teaching
Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.

Desirable

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research
Essential

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• Research/critical review of literature.

Desirable

• Higher degree.
• Publications in the last five years.

Audit
Essential

• Evidence of participation in audit.

Desirable

• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

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).

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.