
Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
6 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Teaching Experience
Experience of supervising and teaching junior doctors and undergraduates.
- Teaching Experience
Ability to & experience of teaching clinical skills
- Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in OMF or Oral Surgery
- Qualifications and Eligibility
BDS or equivalent dental qualification
- Qualifications and Eligibility
MFDS or equivalent
- Qualifications and Eligibility
Full GDC Registration, with a licence to practice, at time of application
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Teaching Experience
Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to under-graduates
- Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Minimum 1 year NHS experience
- Qualifications and Eligibility
Dental Sedation qualification
- Qualifications and Eligibility
OMF experience at ST3/Registrar grade level
- Management & Administrative Experience
Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements relevant to the specialty
Job overview
The successful candidate will be part of a cohesive oral & maxillofacial team providing direct patient care. The post offers opportunity for outpatient consultant, minor operation surgery and general anaesthetic daycase surgery.
Main duties of the job
The OMF Specialty Doctors work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to provide end-to-end patient pathway care including assessment, diagnosis and treatment of hospital-based specialist oral surgery care. The successful candidate will undertake direct patient in outpatient, minor operation and daycase settings in our Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton sites.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide patient-facing specialist oral surgery care to assess, diagnose and treat patients who need secondary care level intervention. Working with the wider multidisciplinary team, including Oral & Maxillofacial and Orthodontic consultants to provide seamless patient care episodes and experience.
No on-call requirement is expected although there may be opportunities to be on the on-call rota or engage in occasional on-call commitments if the candidate wishes. This role propviodes the opportunity to learn how to independently manage secondary care level patients within a multidisciplinary care setting.
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.
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This advert is for Specialty Doctor in OMF with University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust in Derby, England. It is listed as a Senior Dentist role. The advertised salary is £63,696 - £102,689 per annum. Pro rata.. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 08 Sep 2026.
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