Job summary
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
This is an excellent opportunity for a Specialty Doctor to join our proactive team. The post holder will be expected to embrace the culture of the unit and work enthusiastically and closely with the existing team to develop all areas of the service.
The role will consist of a mixture of outpatient clinics, minor oral surgery sessions for patients under local anaesthesia, local anaesthesia with sedation, general anaesthetic sessions under reduced supervision and clinical administration.
* Please note all applicants that apply must have full dental registration*
Main duties of the job
- Undertaking outpatient clinics independently referring to a consultant when required.
- Unsupervised day case operating for patients under general anaesthesia.
- Local anaesthetic Minor Oral Surgery lists in outpatient department.
- Provide senior level cover in the department including supervision and teaching of less experienced doctors.
- Participate in the development of maxillofacial services as agreed with the clinical lead.
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with medical colleagues in other specialties and participate in regular clinical meetings and other post graduate activities.
- Develop and maintain good communications with General Dental Practitioners and General Practitioners and appropriate external agencies.
- Active involvement in clinical audit and clinical governance.
- Ensure that own practice is up to date; this will include taking responsibility for own Clinical Professional Development and participating in the Trust’s Performance and Annual Review System.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Berkshire Hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is one of the largest general hospital Trusts in the country and is Reading’s biggest employer:
The hospital provides all those services normally associated with a very large District General Hospital. The hospital provides services on a single site for all the major specialities including Accident and Emergency, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Intensive Care, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Genitourinary Medicine, Ophthalmology, ENT, Maxillo-Facial surgery, paediatrics (including a NICU), general medicine (including all major medical specialities including CCU, Renal Unit, ITU and gastroenterology), radiotherapy and oncology, and all the general surgical specialities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In general, the post holder will be expected to:
- Participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of clinical care.
- Take on appropriate management responsibilities and lead in service developments as appropriate to interests and experience.
Clinical Objectives
- To provide, with colleagues, adult and paediatric oral surgery care in both day case and out-patient settings.
Person specification
professional qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the General Dental Council (GDC) or eligible for full registration at the time of appointment
- Current licence to practice at the time of application and appointment MFDS/FDSRCS or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Sedation qualification
- Teaching qualification
person
Essential criteria
- Motivated and efficient
- Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, of a standard to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues evidenced by undergraduate medical training in English, or ILETS score above 7.5 overall or alternative supporting evidence
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking clinical research
- Teaching qualification
clinical and academic skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and competences to provide Oral & Maxillofacial clinical care at the appropriate level
- Logbook summary with details of surgical exposure to date must be submitted with the application
- Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in sedation
- Experience of undertaking clinical research
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Presentations at scientific meetings
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Hemendranath Shah
- Job title
- Clinical Lead and Consultant in Orthodontics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0118 322 7139
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