Job summary
Recruitment Incentive of £15K, Relocation Expenses to £8k
This is a full time post and we seek a colleague who can demonstrate their ability to work as part of our efficient and cohesive multidisciplinary teamand interact well with consultant colleagues, local GPs and dentists.
There is no on-call commitment attached to this job. The post requires a strong lead clinician to champion the speciality across the ICS and in the wider West Midlands Dental landscape.
Closing Date: October 29th 2022
Main duties of the job
The appointee will join the Dental Specialties Team as a Consultant Orthodontist to replace a retiring part time colleague and will be responsible for the care of the orthodontic patients across Herefordshire and surrounding and adjoining counties.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake managerial duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of the department and will be expected to participate in all facets of departmental activity. Regional Audit is arranged via a division of the COG in the West Midlands and entails a day per 3 months at varying venues across the regional units. Similarly engagement with the MCN is required for the post holder on an every 3 month basis.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The department is based within the Surgical Division, which comprises the Departments of: ENT, Orthopaedics, Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Surgery and Ophthalmology. The Orthodontic staff composes this post, and a part time Staff Doctor [ 6 PAs per week ] and a 2 PA per week Post Grad StR from the Birmingham Dental School Training Programme.
The Trust has a team providing Oral Surgery [on a dento-alveolar surgery basis], Oral and Maxillo-Facial surgery [ orthognathic surgery ] Restorative and special care dentistry as part of a dental and surgical MDT care. Clinicalsupport staff including experienced and qualified dental nurses and administration staff members are in place to support this post. Specialist laboratory services are provided from Worcester with a team of orthodontic technicians providing clinical appliance fabrication and planning for orthognathic cases.
The postholder will be encouraged to build strong links across the ICS for example with the Worcestershire Hospital Orthodontic Dept and Orthodontic Department at the Birmingham Dental Hospital to ensure highquality care is provided to patients locally drawing on supra-regional expertise as necessary, and will collaborate with and support the provision of orthodontics in primary care across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The department is based within the Surgical Division, which comprises the Departments of: ENT, Orthopaedics, Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Surgery and Ophthalmology. The Orthodontic staff composes this post, and a part time Staff Doctor [ 6 PAs per week ] and a 2 PA per week Post Grad StR from the Birmingham Dental School Training Programme.
The Trust has a team providing Oral Surgery [on a dento-alveolar surgery basis], Oral and Maxillo-Facial surgery [ orthognathic surgery ] Restorative and special care dentistry as part of a dental and surgical MDT care. Clinicalsupport staff including experienced and qualified dental nurses and administration staff members are in place to support this post. Specialist laboratory services are provided from Worcester with a team of orthodontic technicians providing clinical appliance fabrication and planning for orthognathic cases.
The postholder will be encouraged to build strong links across the ICS for example with the Worcestershire Hospital Orthodontic Dept and Orthodontic Department at the Birmingham Dental Hospital to ensure highquality care is provided to patients locally drawing on supra-regional expertise as necessary, and will collaborate with and support the provision of orthodontics in primary care across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oFull GDC registration with no restriction or impairment to practice.
- oEntry on GDC Orthodontics specialist register via CCST and successful Intercollegiate exam Post CCST (proposed date must be within 3-6 months),
Desirable
- FDS or quivalent (Dsirable)
- oExperience in diagnostic and practical general dentistry
Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge and use of evidence based practice
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- oBroad range of experience covering General dentistry, Paediatric dentistry, dento-alveolar / Oral Surgery oMaxillo-Facial orthognathic surgery
Desirable
- oDemonstrable Sub Specialty interest eg management of medically compromised patient, special care, Cleft lip and Palate, Cranio-Facial cases or Orthognathic surgery
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oFull GDC registration with no restriction or impairment to practice.
- oEntry on GDC Orthodontics specialist register via CCST and successful Intercollegiate exam Post CCST (proposed date must be within 3-6 months),
Desirable
- FDS or quivalent (Dsirable)
- oExperience in diagnostic and practical general dentistry
Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge and use of evidence based practice
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- oBroad range of experience covering General dentistry, Paediatric dentistry, dento-alveolar / Oral Surgery oMaxillo-Facial orthognathic surgery
Desirable
- oDemonstrable Sub Specialty interest eg management of medically compromised patient, special care, Cleft lip and Palate, Cranio-Facial cases or Orthognathic surgery
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).
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).
