Senior Dental Officer - Oral Surgery

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to becomean essential member of the Salaried Dental Service working as part of a team of clinicians within Cheshire and Merseyside as part of the Dental Network within Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. They will support the Clinical Director and OralSurgery Lead in the delivery of minor oral surgery contracts in a salaried primary dental care setting for patients referred from local dental practitioners (including Community Dental Service colleagues) and other health care professionals asappropriate. The post holder will work alongside specialists in oral surgeryand offer support to juniorcolleagues, andbe able to work independently as a senior oral surgeon.

Our friendly clinic teams pride themselves on the specialist roles they perform and the highest quality service to our patients.

Main duties of the job

To provide outpatient minor oral surgery for patients at clinic sites across Cheshire and Merseyside (Warrington, Halton & St Helens,Western Cheshire, Vale Royal and Sandbach) as required by service need.

Treatment typesinclude :

• Management of acute infection

This list is not exhaustive.Treatment may be carried out using local anaesthetic with or without intravenous sedation (usually as operator-sedationist).

• To ensure all patient records are of a high standard and are keptin accordance withOrganisational Policies and local arrangements.

Job responsibilities

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our values

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities