Senior Trust Grade in Oral Surgery (Non-resident)

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the Oral Surgery Dental Team in Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust. The post will be split across multiple sites including Birmingham Dental Hospital, Lyng Health Centre and Dental Outreach Centre, Boots, High Street, Birmingham.

This post within the team supports providing  care for both adults and children under local anaesthetic, sedation and general anaesthetic.  In addition to this, you will be working in the urgent care department in the Birmingham Dental Hospital, helping patients who are in acute pain. This post will involve appropriate lead roles delegated by the Head of Service.

This post is for 40 hours a week. Part time hours can be discussed and negotiated if required.

Main duties of the job

The department is excited to have the opportunity to expand its team in line with local need. The oral surgery team works in close collaboration with the Oral Medicine, Orthodontics, Paediatric Dentistry, Restorative and Special Care services. We work with the University of Birmingham School of Dentistry as one team and the successful candidates will be expected to be involved in clinical undergraduate, as well as postgraduate, teaching. We are involved in DCT, StR, Hygiene & Therapy and Dental Nurse training. We are also looking to expand our dental sedation training courses. We offer treatment under LA, sedation, and GA.

Successful candidates will be expected to offer flexibility around 3 session days, which are well established within the department.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Informal enquiries are encouraged to Harriet Anstey, Consultant in Oral Surgery and Head of Service for the Department. Please contact Harriet Anstey via Adedayo Oqunpola  on 0121 466 5136.