Senior Clinical Fellow in Advanced Head and Neck Surgery

The Fellowship is under the supervision of Mr Asit Arora and Mr Raf Niziol who are the Lead Educational Supervisors for the post. The Fellowship includes all aspects of Advanced Head and Neck Surgery with emphasis on Head and Neck Oncological Surgery. The Unit has a large tertiary referral base for Complex Head and Neck Oncological Surgery including Salvage Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Thyroid and Salivary Gland Cancer. The Unit also provides a tertiary referral base for complex Thyroid Surgery including revision and mediastinal surgery, malignant skull base surgery, complex head and neck skin cancers and surgery for TMJ disorders and osteoradionecrosis. Core components of the Fellowship include: Full weekly Head and Neck Oncology and Thyroid MDT meetings, ablative and reconstructive surgery, complex thyroid and salivary gland surgery, airway surgery, revision and salvage surgery, regular audit and clinical research

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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 attended and to ensure high standard of patient care

b) Participating in the Head and Neck ward round rota

c) 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.

d) Ensure adequate data collection through the new CIS.

e) Conduct clinical research and audit.

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

g) Contribute to service improvement and development

Support Staff and Facilities

There are six SpRs, two CT doctors on surgical rotation and one Trust Doctor. In addition there are two FY1 Doctors. The number and distribution of these posts is keptunder review and there will be change with the implementation of the European Working Time Directive.

In addition, there are two allied healthcare diagnosticians, two nurse practitioners, who run the preadmission clinic and one paediatric nurse specialist.

Clinical

The postholder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include:

(a) Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.

(b) Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.

Training of junior staff

The postholder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her under aegis of the training plan that that postholder has agreed with their supervising consultant.

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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