Trust Junior Doctor STfor Head & Neck

Overview

Advertised as Trust Junior Doctor ST1/2 posts for Head & Neck; we would consider applicants wishing to carry out more specific roles in either Maxillofacial Surgery or ENT Surgery depending on individual interest and training needs. The post holder will provide care for Head and Neck, Maxillofacial and ENT patients. The rota allows the post holder to gain significant Head and Neck Cancer experience including reconstructive free flap surgery (around eight major cases performed per month), facial trauma and aesthetic facial surgery.

Applicants will be encouraged to participate in extensive teaching, research, audit and service improvement within UCL collaboration projects around individual development requirements and the service needs. The on‑call rota is a full shift system to cover the Maxillofacial and ENT admissions. All eight Trust junior doctors participate in the shift system. We encourage applications from medically qualified Junior Trust doctors (equivalent to CT1/2) wishing to pursue a career in Head & Neck Surgery.

We are pleased to announce this exciting opportunity to recruit one full‑time Junior Doctor ST1/2 (equivalent to CT1/2 level) position to join Head and Neck Surgical specialties. The post is expected to start April 2026 on a 16 month contract with a possibility of extending.

At UCLH (University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) our success starts with you. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest and most successful Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation and a tradition of innovation. Based in the busy West End of London, we have a lively and vibrant working atmosphere, with quick and easy transport links to all our sites.

Our size and resources enable us to offer a range of attractive benefits as well as unparalleled education and development opportunities for staff at all levels. This includes an extensive portfolio of academic and clinical courses and programmes ranging from ongoing personal development through to clinical excellence and leadership skills.

UCLH prides itself on its investment in staff, both in terms of developing career skills and its commitment to staff health and wellbeing. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas.

Our vision is to deliver top‑quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research.

We provide first‑class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing), National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, University College Hospital Grafton Way Building, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street. We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses, with UCLH specialising in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease.

We have world‑class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology, and we are committed to sustainability with targets to become a carbon‑net‑zero health service (direct emissions by 2031, indirect by 2040).

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application. Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff.

• UCLH top trust to work at in England — In the most recent NHS staff survey, UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who would recommend us as a place to work, for the third year in a row.

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