Specialty Dentist in Oral Surgery

Job overview

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The department is excited to recruit a Specialty Dentist to be part of our Oral Surgery Team. The Department works in close collaboration with the Oral Medicine, Orthodontic, Paediatric Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry and Special Care services. We work with the University of Birmingham School of Dentistry as one team and all successful candidates will be expected to be involved in clinical undergraduate as well as post graduate teaching including DCT, StR, School of Hygiene and Therapy and Dental Nurse training. We are also looking to expand our dental sedation training courses. We offer treatment under local anaesthetic, sedation and general anaesthetic.

The successful candidate is required to work seven sessions per week in line with service needs.

Main duties of the job

The Oral Surgery Department undertakes a wide range of outpatient treatment and supports the clinical activity in the Urgent Care Service. There is a strong emphasis on the delivery of treatment under sedation. We also run GA services, supported by anaesthetic colleagues from the Birmingham Children’s Hospital and University Hospital Birmingham. The Oral Surgery department provides a comprehensive outpatient service covering a full range of dento-alveolar procedures.

The Urgent Care Service provides a dental casualty service during the opening hours of the Dental Hospital, seeing emergency patients directed from the NHS 111 system.

Clinical undergraduate dental students attend for both practical and theoretical instruction throughout the Department on a regular basis. The post holder will be expected to contribute to this programme as directed by the Head of Service.

An approved training programme for specialist training to membership level is delivered within the department. There is also an active teaching and training programme for Dental Core Trainees.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical duties within the Oral Surgery and Urgent Care Department involve outpatient and day- case care of patients at the Birmingham Dental Hospital. The post holder is clinically and managerially responsible to the Head of Service in Oral Surgery.

These duties involve all aspects of outpatient oral surgery, including consultation clinics and demand driven sessions. The timetable includes commitments to surgical activity utilising local anaesthesia, sedation and general anaesthetic techniques. The successful applicant must be prepared to work in all areas within Oral Surgery and Urgent Care.

It is expected that the post holder will give advice and assistance to members of the junior dental staff in training within the Department as the need arises and to participate in the clinical teaching of undergraduate and junior staff in training.

Discharge of clinical duties will be in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures.

So far as is consistent with proper discharge of the above duties the post holder undertakes to deputise for absent colleagues as directed by the Head of Service.

Exceptionally, the post holder is expected to perform additional duties during occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.

Exceptionally, the post holder needs to be available for such irregular commitments outside normally rostered duties as are essential to ensure continuity of patient care.

Departmental administration and routine correspondence with referring Practitioners is required, for which secretarial support is available.

As a teaching unit, the Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry undertake a wide range of research activities for which excellent facilities are available. The duties of this post are primarily of a service nature and as such, no specific requirement to pursue research is included.

Full participation in hospital/departmental Quality Assurance, Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance programmes is a requirement of the post.

To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the Head of Service for Oral Surgery.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.