Client Name: York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Role: Substantive Consultant in Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
Salary: £99,532 - £131,964 per annum
Hours: Full time, part time and flexible working considered
Location: York Hospital
Job summary
YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTConsultant Orthodontist - Base: York HospitalFull Time - 10 Programmed Activities (an additional programme activity may be offered).
Application Process
This consultant post is a replacement post for a long-serving colleague who is retiring in September 2024. Currently, it is a full-time post (10 PAs) based at York Hospital, but with a clinical commitment at Scarborough General Hospital, two days per week. We are open to discussion regarding flexible/less-that-full-time working. The successful candidate would participate in the Orthognathic and Orthodontic/Restorative MDTs and would carry out the full range of orthodontic consultations and treatments appropriate for secondary care apart from the treatment of cleft patients. We are happy to accept applications from candidates planning on sitting the ISFE in May 2024 with a view to starting in the department in September 2024, if successful.
Main duties of the job
The department in York Hospital is part of the Head and Neck Directorate which sits in the Surgical Care Group and is based in the Head and Neck outpatient department with Audiology, ENT, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Restorative Dentistry. There is an on-site laboratory, and the department is 3D-enabled with an intra-oral scanner and 3D printer.
You will be working alongside two orthodontic consultant colleagues, one of whom also has clinical commitments at Scarborough General Hospital and one who has clinical commitments at Harrogate District Hospital. There is also an orthodontic specialty dentist, clinic assistant and therapist in York and therapists in Scarborough and Harrogate. The dental nursing team is excellent and extremely helpful, as are our secretary and reception team. You will also be working with two Restorative Dentistry consultants and there are five Maxillofacial surgeons, two of whom undertake orthognathic surgery which is 3D planned. Post-pandemic, our orthognathic service has been fully operational since May 2021 and we have undertaken twice as many procedures as any other unit in our region in that time. We do not have a backlog. Joint orthodontic/ restorative patients have access to a full catalogue of treatment options including dental implants and associated hard and soft tissue augmentation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The department in York Hospital is part of the Head and Neck Directorate which sits in the Surgical Care Group and is based in the Head and Neck outpatient department with Audiology, ENT, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Restorative Dentistry. There is an on-site first-class technical laboratory and the department is fully 3D-enabled with an intra-oral scanner and 3D printer.
We are open to discuss any specific or specialised job plans that candidates may desire, including flexible/less-than-full-time working. The department strives to achieve a collective work ethos to help to maintain long term sustainability to work-life balance. Whether you are interested in a subspecialty commitment, teaching, research or quality improvement projects, we are excited to explore these opportunities with you.
There are excellent teaching and research opportunities with orthodontic trainees shared with Leeds Dental Institute and funded by HEE Yorkshire and Humber. The Trust is actively raising its research profile and the research lead for our Care Group is currently one of the restorative dentists.
We feel incredibly privileged to live and work in York and North Yorkshire which is a beautiful part of the UK with two national parks Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors a fabulous coastline and vibrant cities and market towns. You really can have the perfect work-life balance and a wonderful mixture of urban and rural lifestyles with the option to live in York or in one of the many beautiful villages that are within easy commuting distance.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* Hold a licence to practice with the GDC
Desirable
* Substantive NHS experience
Qualifications Essential
* oHas passed the ISFE in Orthodontics or will have successfully sat the ISFE within 6 months of the interview date
Desirable
* oAbility to supervise postgraduate research
Clinical Practice Essential
* oKnowledge of Standards for the Dental Team and the General Dental Council requirements
Desirable
* oExperience of working in or setting up a clinical decision unit service
Clinical Practice Essential
* oExperience of working in a range of MDTs including Orthognathic and Restorative
Mentoring and Teaching Essential
* oExperience of teaching undergraduate and post graduate trainees
Desirable
* oExperience of supervising SpRs/specialist trainees
Mentoring and Teaching Essential
* oExperience of undertaking audits and presenting their findings
Desirable
* oExperience of teaching lay groups
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications