Job summary
Are you a newly qualified (or within 6 months of gaining your FDS Orth) or an experienced Consultant in Orthodontics? Are you looking for an opportunity that will allow you to progress your career and offer you future opportunities to move into a clinical lead role? Are you a consultant looking for additional work to fit in around your private practice sessions? Are you looking to train future orthodontists and therapists?
If the answers to any of these questions are yes, then we would love to hear from you!
We are looking to appoint into 10 sessions, however we are able to offer a high level of flexibility and would be open to discussing the numbers of sessions you are looking for. You can also choose to be based at our site at Yeovil District Hospital, Yeovil or at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton or a combination.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to expand our Orthodontic team, and we are flexible in our approach. We currently have an established team of three Orthodontic Consultants, two trainees, two specialty doctors, and plans are being finalised to train an inhouse dental nurse as an orthodontic therapist at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton and Yeovil District Hospital, Yeovil. We also have an established maxillofacial department and restorative dentistry department, as well as an onsite orthodontic dental laboratory.
You will provide consultation services for General Dentists and Specialist Orthodontists in primary care, offering advice for all patients and treatment for those with the greatest clinical need. You will also have involvement with Specialist Outpatient Services including; Joint, Orthognathic Clinics and Joint Restorative Clinics. There is also a link with the South West Cleft Team and the ability to do the orthodontic treatment for these patients on site.
Moving into this post you will gain all the benefits of a well-established department, whilst enjoying plentiful opportunities for professional development, mentoring and knowledge sharing. There is also the opportunity for you to continue to support taking the department digital with intraoral scanners 3D model scanner and new cone beam CT machine. We are also offering the post with an attractive relocation package.
About us
About the Trust
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is the first NHS trust on the English mainland to provide community, mental health and acute hospital services. We work with health and social care partners in Somerset to ensure that we deliver outstanding services that meet the needs of our population.
Our trust was formed on 1 April 2020 when Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust merged. We provide community and mental health services across the whole of Somerset and acute hospital services in the north, west and centre of the county and beyond.
Location
Taunton is a beautiful area of the South West, located between areas of outstanding natural beauty. Somerset offers you the opportunity to live near some of the UKs most desirable locations; from the beautiful local beaches; to the vibrant cosmopolitan centres of Bristol, Bath and Exeter, all being within easy reach.
The County town of Taunton boasts a wide range of local amenities including; an extensive range of shopping, a wide range of local restaurants, sporting and recreational facilities such as Somerset County Cricket Ground, Taunton Racecourse and The Blackbrook Theatre. Tauntons nightlife offers a great atmosphere with cosy pubs and trendy bars.
Taunton also provides access to the M5 motorway and a mainline intercity rail link with trains to London Paddington in less than 2 hours, and Bristol in 30 minutes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide, to a high standard, the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment and care to patients who need Orthodontic services, as outlined in the proposed job plan.
To take on and share leadership roles within the team as appropriate to the service, with the plan to take on the hypodontia lead.
To contribute to the academic life of the Orthodontic Department, the Division and the Trust.
To contribute to the teaching of junior medical/dental staff, dental students and other Trust staff.
To undertake and promote research initiatives within the Department.
To be responsible to the Clinical Director, Divisional Manager and Medical Director, for the effective and efficient use of resources under his/her control.
To contribute to planning the development of Orthodontic services during tenure of the post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide, to a high standard, the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment and care to patients who need Orthodontic services, as outlined in the proposed job plan.
To take on and share leadership roles within the team as appropriate to the service, with the plan to take on the hypodontia lead.
To contribute to the academic life of the Orthodontic Department, the Division and the Trust.
To contribute to the teaching of junior medical/dental staff, dental students and other Trust staff.
To undertake and promote research initiatives within the Department.
To be responsible to the Clinical Director, Divisional Manager and Medical Director, for the effective and efficient use of resources under his/her control.
To contribute to planning the development of Orthodontic services during tenure of the post.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- GDC Specialist Register in Orthodontics
- Fellowship in Dental Surgery or Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, or equivalent
- Royal College Specialist Membership in Orthodontics, or equivalent
- Wide experience in orthodontics and the use of a full range of orthodontic treatment techniques.
- Experience in planning and supervising treatment carried out by Specialty Dentists
Desirable
- Further postgraduate qualifications (eg. MSc or equivalent)
- Experience of research and ability to apply research outcomes to clinical practice
- Evidence of management and administration experience
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- GDC Specialist Register in Orthodontics
- Fellowship in Dental Surgery or Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, or equivalent
- Royal College Specialist Membership in Orthodontics, or equivalent
- Wide experience in orthodontics and the use of a full range of orthodontic treatment techniques.
- Experience in planning and supervising treatment carried out by Specialty Dentists
Desirable
- Further postgraduate qualifications (eg. MSc or equivalent)
- Experience of research and ability to apply research outcomes to clinical practice
- Evidence of management and administration experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such 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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such 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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
