Employer: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: St Helens Hospital
Town: St Helens
Salary: £59,175 - £95,400 per annum (Grade MC 75)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/03/2025 23:59
Specialty Doctor In Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably experienced Specialty Doctor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery to join our team in Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
This post will be split between our sites in Ormskirk and St Helens with clinical sessions in both hospitals.
The departments operate as spokes of the Regional Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Hub based in Aintree who provide the Service’s consultants.
The post holder will be professionally accountable to the clinical lead in Maxillofacial Surgery (Hub Consultant) and will report to the Divisional Director for Surgery.
This post will support the delivery of the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery service by conducting outpatient clinics (including the management of 2ww referrals) and any required treatments within the oral surgery minor operating suite.
Applicants must have a registerable dental qualification and full registration with the General Dental Council. MFDS /MJDFS or equivalent, with significant experience as a LAS or equivalent in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Registration as a Specialist in Oral Surgery with the General Dental Council or a formal qualification in conscious sedation are all desirable but not essential.
Main duties of the job
Duties and Responsibilities
The job plan will be subject to change with the agreement of the post holder, together with the Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and the Head of Department.
The post holder will supervise, providing support and collaboration with other practitioners, as agreed to be appropriate.
So far as is consistent with the proper discharge of the designated duties of the post holder, he/she should undertake to deputise, from time to time, for absent colleagues.
The post holder undertakes to perform additional duties in unforeseen emergencies/circumstances, being both flexible and available for such irregular commitments, outside normal duties, as are essential for continuity of patient care. This post has no timetabled on-call commitments.
Clinical Responsibilities & Professional Responsibilities
There will be by necessity considerable flexibility within the job plan to meet the changing demands of the service.
When sessions coincide with regional audit activity, the post holder would be expected to attend this as part of their supporting professional activity.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BDS or IQE
* Have a full GMC and have a registerable dental qualification or be GDC registered
* Specialist Register in Oral Surgery
Experience
* At least 5 years post graduate experience
* Previous experience at Staff Grade Level
Skills
* Able to see and assess patients presenting for dentoalveolar surgery, facial pain, common oral medicine problems, maxillofacial trauma, and oral cancer, to arrange appropriate forward referral to the Regional Maxillofacial Unit for more complex conditions
* To have an understanding of the management structure within the department, hospital and local clinical networks
* High personal clinical standards, to be familiar with and adhere to the professional standards as laid out by published guidance of the GDC and GMC and Royal Colleges
* A personal commitment to maintaining CPD/CME requirements
* Extensive experience in performing Minor Oral surgical procedures under local anesthetic +/- sedation and in the outpatient setting with minimal supervision
* Some experience of teaching
* To have completed and presented Clinical audits
* Previous experience of managerial duties e.g. running on-call rotas, BDA representative etc.
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective, and experience you bring.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
If you are having difficulty completing an online application or require any disability reasonable adjustments, to the application process, please contact Recruitment@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk
The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Flexible Working
We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:
All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.
At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working.
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