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

This is a new post within the team, providing specialist 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 to enable development of a portfolio of leadership and management competencies.

There are two posts available - 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.

This is a new Specialist post approved by the Royal College of Surgeons and will be subject to the Specialist Contract and the Terms and Conditions of Service governing the appointment of hospital medical and dental staff in England or as subsequently varied by collective agreement. The appointment will be under the employment of the Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see theattached job descriptionand 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 Marianne Noon on 0121 466 5133.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BDS.
• Full GDC Registration with a Licence to Practice
• MFDS or MJDF or Equivalent
• Post-graduate Sedation Qualification or documented experience in line with IACSD

Desirable

• Post Graduate Teaching Qualification
• Membership in Oral Surgery
• On the GDC Specialist Register in Oral Surgery
• Relevant Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications

Experience

Essential

• Shall have completed minimum of 12 years Dental work (either continuous period or aggregated) since obtaining a primary Dental qualification of which a minimum of 6 years should have been in a relevant speciality in the speciality doctor and or closed SAS grades or have successfully completed an SAC approved training program in Oral Surgery
• Shall meet the criteria set out in the specialist grade generic capabilities framework.
• Experience in postgraduate or undergraduate teaching and training
• Experience in providing dentoalveolar surgery under local anaesthetic, general anaesthetic , inhalation and intravenous sedation.
• Experience of working autonomously within a clinical environment
• Examples of commitment to the specialty in addition to programmed activities

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of Risk Management Knowledge of legislation, Department of Health Guidance and literature and its implications for clinical practice.
• Ability to take a clinical leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high quality care.
• Skills and sensitivity in being able to negotiate with patients, relatives and other professionals where opinions differ.
• A high-level ability to communicate effectively, at both a written and oral level, complex and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and others.
• Ability to travel between Trust sites and out of Trust.
• Evidence of specific achievements that demonstrate leadership skills.
• Skills in managing time and prioritising clinical work.
• Ability to critically appraise published research and apply this to current clinical practice.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Personal integrity and ability to work ethically.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong team working mentality.
• Commitment to and evidence of active participation in Continuous Professional Development
• Ability to appraise own performance as a doctor and reflect on development needs.

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Birmingham Dental Hospital

5 Mill Pool Way

Birmingham

B5 7EG

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