The Clinical Lead for Head and Neck Surgery will provide strategic and operational leadership across the Head and Neck service, encompassing ENT, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) and Plastic Surgery. The postholder will be responsible for delivering safe, effective, and high‑quality care across cancer and elective pathways, supporting the achievement of national access standards and local performance metrics.
Responsibilities
* Provide visible and effective leadership to the Head and Neck clinical team, ensuring high standards of care, patient safety and compliance with national guidelines.
* Contribute to the development of strategic and annual service plans, including business case preparation and service redesign to meet evolving clinical needs.
* Monitor quality and safety of clinical activities, lead incident reviews and implement actions to address risks identified in the divisional risk register.
* Work collaboratively with the Operational Service Manager, Matron and Clinical Director to ensure efficient use of resources, theatre scheduling and delivery of performance targets.
* Support recruitment, retention and development of clinical staff. Mentor junior doctors and allied health professionals.
* Act as the key liaison between the specialty and divisional leadership, representing the service at governance, performance and planning meetings.
* Participate in the consultant on‑call rota as required, ensuring safe and sustainable cover for the service.
Qualifications
* Senior‑level clinician working within head and neck surgery.
* Good organisational and leadership skills, and an understanding of how to lead change.
* Excellent communication skills and a good understanding of clinical governance.
* Interest in quality improvement and appropriate UK professional registration.
About the Trust
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country, providing a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and serving as a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
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