Robotic Senior Clinical Fellow in Advanced Head and Neck Surgery

This post provides advanced head and neck surgery training and would suit a trainee at the end of their training scheme wanting further exposure to the full remit of head and neck surgical oncological techniques as well as advanced salivary gland and thyroid surgery, prior to becoming a consultant head and neck surgeon.

GSTT Head and Neck Cancer Centre as the tertiary head and neck cancer centre for the South East London Cancer Network treats over 430 new head and neck cancers a year, with surgical treatments varying from trans oral laser resection to complex cases requiring free tissue transfer performed on a single site. Multi-disciplinary team working with thoracic, lateral skull base and plastic surgeons facilitates a supra-regional revision thyroid, lateral skull base and salivary gland service. The main emphasis of the post is in ablative surgery however ample opportunity exists for exposure to head and neck reconstructive surgery.

The candidate will be expected to carry out research and audit projects and will be encouraged to present them in national and international meetings as well as mentoring and teaching of junior staff.

The core components of this Fellowship include: Transoral Robotic Surgery, weekly Head and Neck Oncology MDT meetings, regular H&N 2 week-wait, audit and clinical research. There will be an opportunity to gain extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment head and neck cancer with particular emphasis on exposure to Transoral Robotic Surgery. There will be additional exposure to salivary gland surgery, thyroid surgery, airway surgery, ablative head and neck surgery, revision and salvage surgery. There is an excellent opportunity to carry-out clinical-translational research in Robotic Head and Neck surgery with an active existing PhD program and established links with the Department of Surgical and Intervention Engineering within the School of Biomedical Engineering and Image Sciences at Kings College London.

The Fellowship includes all aspects of Advanced Head and Neck Surgery with a particular emphasis on Transoral Robotic Surgery using robotic systems that are presently in regular clinical use within the Trust. These include the daVinci X and XI systems (Intuitive Surgical) and The Versius system (CMR surgical). The post holder would have the opportunity to develop and participate in a novel TORS teaching program and would be supported with a view to developing sufficient skills and proficiency to achieve TORS Console certification. The successful candidate will be working as part of a combined Head and Neck surgical oncology unit primarily under the supervision of Mr Asit Arora (Head and Neck Robotic Surgery Lead) in addition to Mr Jean-Pierre Jeannon and Mr Aleix Rovira. Mr Arora is a proctor in Head and Robotic Surgery for Intuitive Surgical, sits on the TORS Medical Advisory Board for CMR Surgical and runs a PhD program in Surgical technology at KCL.

The post-holder will under the relevant consultant be responsible for the provision of specialist Otorhinolaryngology, Oral and Maxillofacial and Head and Neck services to the Guys & St Thomas Hospital Trust. This will include:

a) Diagnosis and treatment in the specialist clinics he attends and to ensure high standard of patient care

b) Diagnosis and treatment of patients occupying accommodation made available under Sections 58, 65 and 66 of the National Health Service Act 1977 in so far as such patients have not made private arrangements for such treatment under section 65(2) of the Act.

c) Ensure adequate data collection through the new CIS.

d) Conduct clinical research and audit.

e) Conduct undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and training.

f) Contribute to service improvement and development

The current consultant staff in Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery are:

Mr J P Jeannon Head and Neck Surgery

Mr Ricard Simo Head and Neck Surgery

Mr Richard Oakley Head and Neck Surgery

Mr Asit Arora Head and Neck Surgery Clinical Lead

Mr Aleix Rovira Head and Neck Surgery

The current Consultant staff in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery are

Mr Mus Alibhai Head and Neck and Reconstructive surgery

Mr Rafal Niziol Head and Neck and Reconstructive surgery

The Fellowship Director and Lead Educational supervisor for the post is Mr Ricard Simo

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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

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