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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Specialty Doctor Oral Surgery

The closing date is 05 October 2025

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Job summary

We are looking to appoint a Speciality Doctor to provide ad hoc or routine clinical sessional cover in our Oral Surgery team. This post will be for a fixed term of 1 year. We are a busy Oral Surgery department, covering Northumberland and North Tyneside.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be expected to carry out face to face assessments, and a range of oral surgery treatments, both under local anaesthetic and general anaesthetic.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details

Date posted

19 September 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£61,542 to £99,216 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

319-7470763HD

Job locations

Hexham General Hospital

Corbridge Rd

Hexham

NE46 1QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Cross site working

Working with colleagues from other specialities

Oral surgery outpatient clinics

Oral Surgery local anaesthetic procedures

Oral Surgery general anaesthetic procedures

Job description

Job responsibilities

Cross site working

Working with colleagues from other specialities

Oral surgery outpatient clinics

Oral Surgery local anaesthetic procedures

Oral Surgery general anaesthetic procedures

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BDS or MBBS equivalent qualification
  • For Dentists: MFDS/ FDS or MJDF For Medics: MRCS or FRCS
  • Full registration and a License to Practice with the General Dental Council (GDC) and/ or General Medical Council
  • Evidence of a minimum of 7 years post qualification clinical experience, with a minimum of 5 years in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades

Desirable

  • Relevant Higher degree
  • Sedation qualification or equivalent
  • Academic excellence e.g. prizes, merits, awards
  • Recognised management or leadership course
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BDS or MBBS equivalent qualification
  • For Dentists: MFDS/ FDS or MJDF For Medics: MRCS or FRCS
  • Full registration and a License to Practice with the General Dental Council (GDC) and/ or General Medical Council
  • Evidence of a minimum of 7 years post qualification clinical experience, with a minimum of 5 years in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades

Desirable

  • Relevant Higher degree
  • Sedation qualification or equivalent
  • Academic excellence e.g. prizes, merits, awards
  • Recognised management or leadership course

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hexham General Hospital

Corbridge Rd

Hexham

NE46 1QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hexham General Hospital

Corbridge Rd

Hexham

NE46 1QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon

Peter Douglas

peter.douglas2@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

19 September 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£61,542 to £99,216 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

319-7470763HD

Job locations

Hexham General Hospital

Corbridge Rd

Hexham

NE46 1QJ


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