Specialty Registrar- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast paced, challenging and busy specialty to improve understanding and experience in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. These appointments are initially for 12 months and will be based mainly at Northwick Park Hospital. It requires motivated doctors with some Oral and Maxillofacial surgery experience to work with other trainee doctors and consultants to care for the emergency and elective patients within OMFS and Head and Neck. A broad based knowledge in all aspects of OMFS is beneficial but the weekly timetable can be adjusted considering the experience of the successful candidate and the need of the service.

The successful candidate will work as a member of the middle grade team who are all both medically and dentally qualified doctors supporting services across the network and participating in 2nd call rota.

Main duties of the job
OMFS Service: The London North West Regional Maxillofacial Unit opened its doors at Northwick Park Hospital in May 2006. This is a Specialist Regional In-Patient Service with dedicated nursing and Critical Care support. In addition there is a prosthodontic and vibrant regional orthodontic service. There is a state of the art maxillofacial and orthodontic laboratory, administrative wing and offices for Oral and Maxillofacial consultants, secretaries and junior doctors. Outpatients facilities are of the latest designs and have PACS associated oral and facial imaging equipment including X-ray and ultrasound imaging and facilities for nasendoscopy.

About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Details
Date posted: 23 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Doctor - other
Salary: £45,715 to £69,976 a year per annum + 1B banding supplement
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 337-MS-2077-SM
Closing date: 06 November 2026

Job responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description for more details about the post.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Trust: The management structure of the Trust encompasses a divisional structure in which OMFS is encompassed in the Head and Neck Division together with Orthodontics, Ophthalmology, ENT and Audiology, Community Dentistry and Oral Surgery. The directorates are financially autonomous, span both sites and have their own Clinical Director and Service Manager. The clinical team is made up of 10 Consultants who specialise in H&N cancer, major trauma and skin cancer, as well as orthognathic and TMJ surgery. We have a team of Associate Specialists and Staff Grades and Middle Grades and Junior Doctors who support our periphery sites as well as the 1st and 2nd on-call rota.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: BDS and MBBS or Equivalent
• Desirable: Post graduate qualification eg MD PhD

Higher qualifications

• Essential: Fellowship in Dental Surgery or Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery or equivalent
• Desirable: MFDS, MJDF, IMRCS, MDS

Registration

• Essential: Full Registration with General Medical Council (GMC) and or General Dental Council (GDC)

Specialty / Sub Specialty

• Essential: Demonstrable evidence of specialist interest in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Essential: Broad based experience in general Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Employer details
Employer name: London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address: Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk

For questions about the job, contact: Rota Co-Ordinator Aarti Patel, aarti.patel11@nhs.net, 02088692942

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.
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